lavasoft leftovers / no connection

[patriotaki]

hello
for some strange reason lavasoft webcompanion was preinstalled with a downloaded win 10 version from piratebay ,i unistalled the app immidiately because i didnt knew what this is

after few weeks (today) i decided to delete the leftovers some sort of (lavasofttcp.dll , lavasofttcp.ini etc) files after removing it some apps like skype and steam couildnt connect to the internet although i had a working internet connection and browsing the internet via chrome was good

 

everytime i launch steam i get this message 
 

any help?

[Lurick]

Why would you download Windows 10 from TPB?

Sounds like you deleted something important that was baked into the copy you downloaded.

[patriotaki]

Just now, Lurick said:

Why would you download Windows 10 from TPB?

Sounds like you deleted something important that was baked into the copy you downloaded.

i restored the files and now they working

 

but im thinking that this could be a virus or something?

[Lurick]

Just now, patriotaki said:

i restored the files and now they working

 

but im thinking that this could be a virus or something?

Yes, there is no reason to download Windows 10 from anywhere other than Microsoft.

It's free to download and make an installer and you can get a key for like $20.

I would suggest you make a bootable media from here and reinstall from scratch:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

[patriotaki]

Just now, Lurick said:

Yes, there is no reason to download Windows 10 from anywhere other than Microsoft.

It's free to download and make an installer and you can get a key for like $20.

I would suggest you make a bootable media from here and reinstall from scratch:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

already did that

i just need to wait until exams are over so i dont lose everything during the process and then ill install it

[Droidbot]

Essentially this lavasoft crap is being injected into the steam process, and it has been identified that it is injected 

 

Steam have a list of conflicting programs with their downloader, and DLL injectors usually mean you can't connect to vac servers when needed

[ProjectBox153]

Just reinstall Windows with an official image from Microsoft and use that, even if it isn't activated.