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1st part… screenshots & links to virustotal - I did 3 - the one with the most CPU usage at the time(under WUDFHost.exe) & Avast & Voodooshield as the highest ‘private bytes’. VirusTotalVirusTotalVirusTotal
No, I havent cleaned dust from my machine. Speccy results to follow…
AdsFix Scan and clean.
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[li]Disable Windows Defender, Firewall & Antivirus prior to running this tool!![/li][li]Save AdsFix to your desktop.[/li][li]Right Click & Run As Administrator.[/li][li]With an infected machine, it could take several seconds to be charged.[/li][li]You will then be prompted to install Certificates.[/li][li]Install then click OK.[/li][li]Right Click & Run As Administrator Again.[/li][/ul]
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[li]Click Options then select Unlock the deletion.[/li][li]Then click on clean.[/li][li]Enter your country[/li][li]Don’t use the machine while scanning and be patient[/li][li]Once the scan has completed, please copy and paste the report in your next reply.[/li][li]The report will be C:\AdsFix_date_hour.txt or on your desktop with the same name.[/li][/ul]
FRST Fix.
Click Here To Download Fixlist.
Download attached fixlist.txt file and save it to the Desktop. NOTE. It’s important that both files, FRST/FRST64 and fixlist.txt are in the same location or the fix will not work. NOTICE: This script was written specifically for this user, for use on that particular machine. Running this on another machine may cause damage to your operating system Run FRST/FRST64 and press the Fix button just once and wait. If for some reason the tool needs a restart, please make sure you let the system restart normally. After that let the tool complete its run. When finished FRST will generate a log on the Desktop (Fixlog.txt). Please post it to your reply.
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