Frehley,
Looks good.
I would suggest keeping Avira Antivir, and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Those two should be sufficient, along with the programs below.
Antivir will give you one popup nag screen (Click OK) each day if you don't want the paid version, but the paid version is relatively cheap and gives automatic two-way e-mail scan.
Either version has excellent detections.
-----------------------------------------------------------Reset System Restore Points - Click Start > Help and Support
- Click on ->Undo changes to your computer with System Restore.
- Click Create A Restore Point then click Next. Give it a name it and then click Create, then Close.
- Close Help and Support Center.
- Click Start | Run and type Cleanmgr
- Select (C: ) then click OK.
- Click the More Options tab.
- Click Clean Up in the System Restore Section.
This will remove all previous restore points
except the newly created one.
This System Restore sequence is not to be done regularly, but only as a Special Case after the removal of malware. -----------------------------------------------------------Replace the Current HOSTS File with MVPsDownload
HostsXpert and unzip (extract) it to your computer, somewhere where you can find it.
- Double click on HostsXpert.exe to launch the program. Give whatever Permissions are required.
- In the bottom half of the left pane, click on File Handling
- If the first button at the top is labeled Make Writeable?, click on it so the label changes to Make Read Only
- Click third button from the bottom, labeled Download. A couple new buttons will appear at the top.
- Click on the top button labeled MVPs Hosts and choose Replace
- When asked to verify if you want to Replace present Hosts file, click OK.
- When it finishes , click on File Handling again.
- Click the button at the top labeled Make Read Only, so the label changes to Make Writeable?
- Hit the X in the upper right corner to exit HostsXpert
If you have a separate third party firewall, or Winpatrol, you may have to give permissions at various times to Unlock the present default HOSTS file and install the new one.
-----------------------------------------------------------Install WinPatrol - Download and Install the Free WinPatrol, and view Instructions here:
http://www.winpatrol.com/winpatrol.html - WinPatrol is an active program that drops a "Scotty Dog" icon into the system tray (right click to check/change status), allows you to monitor/edit startups, services, Browser helpers, and prompts for permission if any program tries to change your system.
You should be good to go.
Let me know if any additional questions.
askey127