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I'm not so sure about that. I run AVG (among others) and never had that issue but I did have a root kit
that did exactly what you're getting: Thousands of temp files created over and over. That's why I ask
for a list of your processes to see what's running so that specific root kit can be eliminated or blamed.
It was my fault it found access, I mishandled it but AVG did find it, I just didn't delete it correctly.
That and AVG just came out saying they are selling your information to 3rd parties.
Avira depends on a successful custom installation. If you don't deviate from the instructions I posted, then there's nothing better out there.I saw that, I'm weighing my options on that.................
C6 may have talked me into the newest Avira if it's compatible with an old Vista 64 version.
C6? Avira with Vista 64 OK?
I use Avira on an older XP machine that C6 told me not to upgrade the program, just use the new
definitions which has worked well so far.
Avira depends on a successful custom installation. If you don't deviate from the instructions I posted, then there's nothing better out there.
And if one day something else comes out that is, I would drop Avira and install something else... but there is no better freeware today, which also as a bonus beats 9/10 pay-for products too.
By partitioning your hard drive and making drive images of your OS partition at certain key points.
I install a dual boot and image one OS *from* the other. So I reboot from one into the other and image/reimage, it takes a few minutes only.
Windows XP doesn't use BCD to boot so it's handy to dual boot WinXP and any OS that came after it, but others are fine too unless you always want to use a startup USB to image/reimage.
I image once a month right after patch Tuesday. I boot from Windows 8 (soon to be 10) into Windows XP, nuke Windows 8 (10) partition, reimage it it, install patches and any other changes then make a new image. It usually takes me a few tries to narrow down the driver/program/update that caused a system wide problem.
While that method would work, surely theres gotta be a way to diagnose this otherwise lol
While that method would work, surely theres gotta be a way to diagnose this otherwise lol
Try Malwarebytes and see if it finds anything...
RollingThunder said:Bob,
For what it's worth, can you run
https://www.malwarebytes.org/downloads/#tools
in safe mode then in Windows? I may be off-base here but last year I had a root kit that did the same
thing, added thousands of temp files and used all CPU power from time-to-time. Malwarebytes Anti-Root
Kit Beta nailed it. This is a short and quick test and if it doesn't work only a little time is lost on your end.