Proxy Virus - need help eliminating

[Curson]

Hi themetallikid,

If you didn't experience issues before, corruption of the system may have happened during the upgrade to Windows Version 1903 (19H1). I have seen multiple computers experiencing unexpected behaviour after such upgrades, so it may be the case here.

No, I don't think you will experience catastrophic issues, only erratic behaviour.
However, please be sure to regularly make backup of your personal files on an external hard drive. I was not able to exactly determine what the issue is, so better be safe than sorry.

Thanks for your kind words.

Regards.

[themetallikid]

the upgrade your talking about is that an automatic one that windows did? 

[Curson]

Hi themetallikid,

Yes, probably : Microsoft is starting to auto-update Windows 10 Home, Pro users on 1803 or older to 1903.
Older builds of Windows 10 Home Edition did not have the option to pause updates.

Regards.

[themetallikid]

hmm....ok, I would imagine somewhere in my cpu there is a log of those updates....any idea where I can see if it was updated around that time?

[Curson]

Hi, themetallikid

You may have some clues with the windowsupdate.log file : Windows Update log files.

Please keep in mind that you may have to generate it and that it contains many information.
There should be a KB associated to the upgrade, but since I don't follow the Windows 10 lifecycle closely I don't know which one you should look for.

Regards.

[themetallikid]

ok....again thank you very much.   I didnt think it came from my behavior, it sounds like MS's behavior more and that I'll need to lean on their recommendations. 

[Curson]

Hi themetallikid,

You are very welcome again.
Best of luck in your endeavors.

Regards.