Hello Juliet,
I was able to disable the "Turn off System Restore" , which, I'm guessing means that I actually enabled System Restore.
I didn't see any other instructions related to the System...
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Hello Juliet,
I was able to disable the "Turn off System Restore" , which, I'm guessing means that I actually enabled System Restore.
I didn't see any other instructions related to the System...
Fix result of Farbar Recovery Scan Tool (x64) Version: 24.02.2019 02
Ran by alexander (25-02-2019 06:35:21) Run:1
Running from C:\Users\alexander\Desktop
Loaded Profiles: alexander & postgres &...
Here are the results of the FRST Scans. I had actually gone ahead and attempted to run the aswMBR.exe as well but that ended in a Blue Screen Error :(...but the FRST scans went just fine. Thanks...
Hello SNF,
It's been about 5 years since my last visit...mixed emotions about that.
I attempted Tweaking Registry Backup (#2 post in sticky) and it Errored after 22/26 Registry Files Backed up....
Funny thing. After I successfully ran the chkdsk, I was able to run the Windows backup to my portable drive as well.
I then, for a double check, successfully ran quick defrag as well.
Thanks...
It was the monitor setting. It was set to turn off after 20min in-activity. When I disabled that, I could monitor my chkdsk and that finally did complete.
I've cleaned up OTL and deleted some of...
Hi Ken545,
Thanks so much for your patience and persistence. It's a great relief that I'm actually not dealing with a virus or something malicious.
I'll take your advice and have a look at the...
I typed CHKNTFS /X c:
and I got the following -
"The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive."
then -
"Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another...
I typed in that fsutil command and got an immediate response of
volume - c: is not dirty
I'll go through with the other steps and try a manual chkdsk to see if that makes a difference...maybe my...
Yes, so far, everytime I attempt to start it tries to run a chkdsk.
I'm pretty sure it's because I had asked for a chkdsk and the only way it can start one is on boot-up.
I recall, after my blue...
...I didn't get a notification that you had replied to my last entry. I think I'm still subscribed to this thread and I usually get an email when you post...not this time though (?).
Anyways, it...
"aw" could stand for alias wavefront, which used to own Maya, the software I use at work. I have valid licenses for a suite of programs (now owned by Autodesk) that includes Mudbox, Maya, 3dMax,...
Hello Ken545,
Here are the logs you requested. I'll also hop over to PCP and run their PIT test as well. The CKScanner seems to be picking up an a lot of my texture files which have "crack" or...
Hello Ken545,
Thanks for keeping tabs on me over at PCP.
Here's the log for MBRCheck and ESET. Looks like ESET found something.
PCP is also asking for a PIT test to be run. I guess they want to...
Hi Ken545,
I'll visit the site you've recommended and see if they can pursue this further. Thanks so much for your help and I'll keep you informed of the progress.
Many Thanks
AWhang
Ken545.
Not Ken454. Apologies.
-AW
Hello Ken454,
Yes, my machine is over 5yrs old. I'm in the market for a new workstation so I can do work at home...but that's another story.
I'm driving this one until it implodes :)
So, I...
As you surmised, the three logs were too much. Here's the Extra's .txt log.
********Extras.txt log**************
OTL Extras logfile created on: 9/9/2012 11:46:28 AM - Run 1
OTL by OldTimer...
Hello Ken545,
Thanks for taking up my problem. I'm glad to hear that it's not an attack, but it is worrisome that it may be a failing hard-drive.
Per your suggestion and reading the reference...
Hi again,
So...it's almost a year to the day when you last helped me with my machine. Something about August?!
I ran into a problem this morning that alarmed me and I wanted to seek your sage...
Hi Blade81,
I'll try one of the free ones you mentioned for defragging...I've always used the one found under Properties.
Again, thanks so much for your time and patience with me and my system. ...
Hello Blade81,
Actually, as long as I can still access the programs, it's fine that they aren't listed. My original list was getting pretty long and cumbersome as it was. I'm just glad that they...
Unfortunately, it didn't seem to change anything. I ran it once, then read that I may need to run it with security systems off.
I shut down AVG resident shield, went into safe mode, and reran the...
Hello Blade81,
Per your directions...
I've turned off, then on, the System Restore.
I successfully uninstalled Combofix...interesting that I had to always run anything to do with CF in safe...
Yay,
That did it, problem solved.
-AW
I tried it again.
First, I restored the regedit change I made.
I double checked that AVG Resident Shield is off.
...I don't see any check boxes for the rest of AVG.
I also ran the fix.reg in safe...
Hi Blade81,
I might have gotten it. I used regedit and found an ATI related key under the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run location. I added a few dashes (---)...
Yep, I had already done that...actually, it's always been unchecked. I had read somewhere about a registry fix...pchelpforum, with a suggestion from Geekgirl, but I couldn't make heads or tails of...
Hi Blade81,
I copy/pasted the text to notepad and saved as (all files) fix.reg. I had to hunt down regedit to open fix.reg, but was able to run it.
I restarted and the Pop-up showed again:( It's...
Here's a screen grab of the annoying window.
Thanks!
-AW
I assume that means to just drag and drop and let CF update itself then, so I clicked 'Yes" to let it run in reduced functionality mode?
I did notice that each time I run CF, it extracts a lot of...
Ratz,
While trying to implement your last instructions I started getting a notification that ComboFix has expired. Do I want to quit or run in a reduced mode?
Do I need to download CF again?...
Didn't know if the uninstall and Java upgrade would effect the Java related bugs that ESET found so I re-ran both ESET and DDS.
-----------ESET------------actually looks the same on quick...
------COMBOFIX LOG----------
ComboFix 11-08-18.03 - alexander 08/23/2011 7:20.5.2 - x86 MINIMAL
Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600.3.1252.1.1033.18.3070.2757 [GMT -7:00]
Running from:...
Finally worked. I needed to uninstall Ad-aware and run in Safe Mode, and make sure Safe Mode didn't shut down (it wanted to restart into normal mode?!).
ComboFix's Log---------------------...
Hi there,
I waited but nothing was happening.
I then tried it in safe mode. It seemed to run fine, slow, but it ran. I stepped away from the machine, but when I came back, the machine was at the...
I can't seem to uninstall this so I just deleted from desktop.
I downloaded again from second site, kept it in my downloads directory and ran from there. I don't get any windows but task manager...
Hello Blade81 and thanks for taking on my problem.
I'm running into problems with the ComboFix install apparently.
I shut down AVG resident shield as instructed.
I downloaded ComboFix, but it...
I'm getting the XP Security 2012 pop up, oddly when I run Malwarrebytes' Anti-Malware. I've been manually shutting it down from Windows Task Manager.
It's preventing me from running firefox so I'm...
OK,
everything went through without a hitch. Thanks again for all your help!
You rock!
-AW
As you suspected...KAS came up empty...which is a good thing :)
KAS log :
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KASPERSKY ONLINE SCANNER 7 REPORT
...
Hey there Blade81,
Long time no see :)
Sorry for the delay, I skipped one day on my computer. I'm running Kaspersky right now and I'll have a log for you as soon as the scan completes. I'm...
Hello Blade81,
A thousand thanks for your patience and time. Looks like I'll need to develop some better habits regarding updates!
I went from a nervous wreck, afraid to turn on my machine...
Hello Blade81,
Looks like it's actually gone?!
OTMoveIt Log :
========== FILES ==========
File/Folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\pcload.exe not found.
OTMoveIt3 by OldTimer - Version 1.0.8.0...
Hello Blade81,
Actually, my personnal settings are loading in at about a minute...which is actually quite good. I'm going to say that everything seems to be running well :bigthumb:
I really...
Hello Blade81,
Sorry for the late response. I've searched for pcload.exe (\system32, and whole c:) and came up empty. Did something that we ran clear that out for me already?
Aside from really...
I have a second machine at home that was opening EI mysteriously on its own. I don't know if my security was able to catch this in time (it's not doing it now) but just-in-case, here's the HJT Log....
Hello Blade81,
Here are the remaining two logs.
KAS Log :
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KASPERSKY ONLINE SCANNER 7 REPORT
Wednesday,...
Hello Blade81,
Here are the latest logs:
Virustotal
virustotal permalink:
http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/77dce634a92b61444af82b9ed3a6a7d5
ComboFix Log :
ComboFix 09-01-18.06 - alexander 2009-01-19 14:54:36.1 - NTFSx86
Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600.3.1252.1.1033.18.3326.2859 [GMT -8:00]
Running from: c:\documents and...