For me, the scan lasted 15 seconds, 8 files scanned.

I'm running 1903 and have experienced no issues so far.

A program you may find useful is WinDirStat ... WinDirStat - Permalinks to downloads and other content which tells you which files/folders are taking up the most space on your hard drive.

Personally, I don't recommend the use of driver updater programs as they have the potential to do more harm than good. See here for more information....

Please post the contents of Addition.txt as well. It will be located at C:\Users\sdown\Downloads\Addition.txt

A factory reset is certainly an option. However, we can try to clean the malware without formatting/reinstalling Windows.

If you decide to do so, please post the logs from FRST. If you decide to...

What is the full path to the registry values?

Yes.
If you are able to download and run FRST, please post the contents of FRST.txt and Addition.txt in your reply.

Thanks all. :-)

No antivirus program can detect 100% of malware out there. Personally, I would recommend the built-in Windows Defender Antivirus as it is light on system resources and is a good AV. Anti-malware...

It sounds like you have a malware infection. Please do this ...

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Farbar Recovery Scan Tool (FRST)

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Hello,

I am a member of the Bleeping Computer Malware Response Team and a malware removal instructor at Geeks to Go. Thought I'd join the forum and have a look around. I recognize a few names...