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Avast ???? suspicious msg

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Tigerseal
January 3, 2018, 11:37 AM UTC
Hi, thanks for allowing me onto this forum.

Plugged my underwater camera into a public computer's USB port on an island in Thailand.

Next time I plugged it into my personal laptop/tablet, noticed a suspicious message - '???? hasn't yet opened' or something equivalent.

Immediately ran avast smart scan but it showed nothing. Now the cam doesn't work, laptop is slower and its avast has 6 new fields available to search for ????

(un)Surprisingly the search returns no infection results.

Pretty sure my android phone's infected too cos it runs avast. LoL not.
pgmigg Admin/Teacher
January 3, 2018, 8:35 PM UTC
By posting just a description of your problems it is likely that your topic will be passed by and you will not receive the help you're looking for.

We need to know what's running on your computer so we can give you appropriate instructions.

May I draw your attention to THIS topic, which you should have read, and which tells you what we need you to post so that we can help you.

This topic will now be closed.

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