I've definitely got Malware!

[jmarket]

How does your computer run now?

[FireflyX91]

All seems to be fine now. I would guess we’re done here so thanks for helping me out with that

Also, are you still accepting donations? The https://pchelpforum.net/donations/ link seems to be dead.

[jmarket]

I am. You can gladly send us a donation through our Paypal link here

PayPal.Me

Now let’s clean up our mess lol

Please go HERE and download Delfix Save it to your desktop.

Right click the new Delfix desktop icon and then click “run as administrator”

Place a tick in the following checkboxes

[ol][li]Remove disinfection tools [/li][li]Create registry backup [/li][li]Purge system restore [/li][/ol]

Then select “Run”


Delfix will remove the tools used to clean your PC and remove itself. When finished a .txt file will display on your desktop. A copy of this file will be also located as C:\Delfix.txt.

Please post a copy of this file in your next post

[FireflyX91]

And here are the results of Delfix:
[HEADING=1]DelFix v1.013 - Logfile created 21/11/2018 at 01:22:33[/HEADING]
[HEADING=1]Updated 17/04/2016 by Xplode[/HEADING]
[HEADING=1]Username : tom_000 - TOMPC[/HEADING]
[HEADING=1]Operating System : Windows 8.1 (64 bits)[/HEADING]
~ Removing disinfection tools …

Deleted : C:\FRST
Deleted : C:\AdwCleaner
Deleted : C:\SecurityCheck
Deleted : C:\Users\tom_000\Downloads\FRST-OlderVersion
Deleted : C:\Users\tom_000\Desktop\adwcleaner_7.2.4.0.exe
Deleted : C:\Users\tom_000\Desktop\aswmbr.exe
Deleted : C:\Users\tom_000\Downloads\Addition.txt
Deleted : C:\Users\tom_000\Downloads\Fixlog.txt
Deleted : C:\Users\tom_000\Downloads\FRST.txt
Deleted : C:\Users\tom_000\Downloads\FRST64.exe
Deleted : C:\Users\tom_000\Downloads\SecurityCheck.exe

~ Creating registry backup … OK

~ Cleaning system restore …

Deleted : RP #143 [Restore Point Created by FRST | 11/15/2018 15:24:44]

New restore point created !

########## - EOF - ##########

Also you should receive a $10 donation from me as a thank you for the help you have provided

[jmarket]

Much appreciated @FireflyX91 I’m glad we were able to assist you in this matter

Please don’t hesitate to come back for any assistance you may need in the future. We will always be here

If you want I will go ahead and mark this as solved

[FireflyX91]

You can mark this thread as solved. I can use this laptop efficiently now since you have done a good job removing all that c**p.

One more thing I’d like to ask though… Are there any tutorials on Malware remvoval that you can direct me to? I wouldn’t mind learning how to do this for myself.

Thanks again

[jmarket]

If you’re interested, we do have a malware school here if you’re interested in learning. There’s a thread here with more information if you’re interested

Otherwise there’s plenty of places and guides. Youtube is a great place to start, and Malwarebytes has a lot of guides, in-depth analysis, etc for those with an inquisitive mind

[FireflyX91]

I’ll certainly look into it and who knows… I might even be one of your Malware removal experts one day