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  1. Following up

    All good to know. Thanks again! I'm going to refrain from using Kaspersky's tools for now, but I think I'm malware/virus/spyware free.... if there's something similar to Kernel-panik that I can...
  2. Kernel panik

    Hi Juliet, I keep reading about Kaspersky, and potential problems with Russian hacking. This makes me leery of using Kernel panik, which looks to be made by Kaspersky. Do you have any insights on...
  3. Last Emsisoft Scan

    It's clean! Looking good.

    Thank you again, Juliet!
  4. Microsoft Safety Scanner Results

    Interesting...as it was scanning the computer, I could see that "9 files were infected". However, the results said that there were no threats of any kind. So it could be what you had said before: ...
  5. Thank you!

    I really appreciate your help! I'll let you know if any scans turn up something bad. Will run all of them today, including a full Microsoft Safety Scanner.

    Thank you!!
  6. No symptoms

    Spybot Immujnization is making it harder for me to browse "freely", but this is probably a good thing. Computer has no symptoms.

    I did a Spybot scan and found nothing major. Will do...
  7. clarifying

    I think it was spybot immunization that wanted me to not download the EEK from bleeping computer.

    But I did allow it, obviously.

    S.H.
  8. emsisoft

    Hi, I did a little more research. Went on the Emsisoft website. It looks like "protection" that is ongoing with them would cost $ after a 30-day trial. So it looks like their free option, like...
  9. Install Emsoft Cleaner?

    Hi Juliet,

    At the end of the Emsisoft scan, it prompted me to install something -- Emsisoft protection of some kind? I'm sorry I don't remember exactly. It was like "please let us protect you"...
  10. Emsisoft Scan Report

    Emsisoft Emergency Kit - Version 2022.1
    Last update: 4/12/2022 12:15:30 PM
    My own DESKTOP-VNQB6MV\Steve Hoffman
    DESKTOP-VNQB6MV
    Windows 10x64

    Scan settings:

    Scan type: Malware Scan...
  11. Looks like the rest of the above are outdated

    I looked into doing the rest of what the technician above recommended, and it's mostly seems to be outdated.

    I await any further advice. I now have a new Windows 11 system running -- with the...
  12. Malwarebytes scan including rootkits

    I decided to go ahead and do a malwarebytes scan, again, this time with 'scan for rootkits' enabled. No threat was detected at all.

    I wonder if I should go ahead and do the other steps...
  13. Microsoft Safety Scanner Results

    It said that 10 files/items were infected. The results of the scan were listed this way:

    VirTool:Win32/DefenderTamperingRestore ("malware") Removed.

    When I click on the hyperlink, I got...
  14. Microsoft Safety Scanner

    I'm 20 min into a full scan with the MS Safety Scanner. 2 infected files found so far. Let's hope those are the bundled software which came with Windows 11, or previously quarantined files. We'll...
  15. By the way -- about GOM

    By the way, my experience of the GOM DVD player was so-so. I played a DVD of New Amsterdam and couldn't get subtitles to work with it. (Having had to download a codec and also messed with audio to...
  16. Last Question

    Hi Juliet, It seems that you were maybe guessing that I picked up some adware somewhere, somehow. Like clicking on an ad and getting a trojan that way? How bad could that trojan have been? Would...
  17. log file from AdwCleaner scan

    # -------------------------------
    # Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.3.1.0
    # -------------------------------
    # Build: 11-18-2021
    # Database: 2022-03-15.3 (Cloud)
    # Support: ...
  18. Thanks!

    Hi Juliet, I wasn't sure anyone would respond. I used Spybot maybe 1-2 days after the first incident, having removed Win32.Downloader.Gen the first time. It was found again, which honestly kind of...
  19. Newbie -- first time malware detection question

    Hi, Thank you in advance for reading this and helping. Today Spybot, Malwarebytes, and Avira all found malware on my computer for the first time. Win32.Downloader.gen was found by Spybot. I...
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