I am pretty diligent at home, and I am a technician. A client came into work today with his system, and this annoying false alert.

I tried the fixes that used to work, nada.

I said screw it, I’ll try the AV I use at home, and trust to protect my servers even.

Avast Home, the free edition. I said yes to schedule a bootscan when done installing. Restarted his system, did the bootscan. Windows is now loaded. It’s gone.

I knew Avast wouldn’t let me down. I have been using it for years on my own systems.

Good luck people.

Anyone who wants to contact me, may do so at:

delphinus at eastlink dot com.

– Jason