On 5/25/2018 8:44 PM, Paul wrote:
I was kind of hoping I wouldn't have to come back here for a while.
Last night, I ran my malware program 3 times because there were 2
things it failed to fix. I'm using spybot and I know some of you will
tell me it's no good. (Go ahead and say it, if it's true.) The 2
problem ones were listed as registry changes. It had them checked to
be fixed, but they are still there. Today I ran it 2 or 3 times while
in safe mode. Same results.
Then I did the most detailed virus scan and it says nothing was found.
My thanks for doing all that is that my computer is all jumpy again.
Firefox works but jumps from one part of a web page to another, then
back where it was supposed to be.
I tried Microsoft Edge and it's completely worthless. I'm going to
start a new subject, but I have to leave right now. Later. Most
likely, the computer will be running fine when I get back, because
that's what it does. Steve.

Windows Defender has an "offline scan" capability now.

You could give that a try for fun.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/...-protect-my-pc


I gather by the description of the Win7/Win8 version, the initial
time spent in the Windows 10 version, is making a boot environment
for itself to run the offline scan from. So the initial 15 minutes,
it's just making boot materials, then it reboots, then the scan runs
(in relative quiet).

I actually tried doing the offline scan yesterday and it didn't work. At
some point, it turned off my computer completely and it never came back
until I pushed the button to turn it back on. The computer was acting
badly at that point so I'll try that again while things seem normal (I
haven't even opened a browser yet, but Thunderbird is OK so far.
Also, thanks for the registry information. I'll look into that too.