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by RossG » Tue Nov 10, 2015 10:06 pm
The short answer to my problem is (was) a virus.
When I tried to run the compiled programme
Avast Antivirus popped up to inform me that
it was infected and deleted it.
I accepted its offer of a complete scan and the
result was amazing. For the best part of four
hours the list of infected files moved slowly
up the screen. Those infected included most
of my carefully preserved back-ups and even
the System Volume Information of my numerous
partitions.
As each file moved up the word "Deleted" was
appended to each one. In my ignorance I thought
this mean the file, rather than the infection, had
gone.
I was delighted to find that I was wrong and my
computer is now working normally.
The moral of this story: good virus protection
and a good malware scanner e.g. Malwarebytes
(which can co-exist with Avast).
The question I have is not how the virus arrived
but why didn't Avast pick it up sooner.
Is age an excuse? Eighty-four and counting.
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