Which Maleware have this been and how did you handle it?
Can you provide any Log-Files?
I think you should move this thread to the Maleware-Removal-Thread
Well, I first updated Avast! Antivirus free to the 2014 edition, then ran a scan and got rid of any infections found on the two computers. I then updated and scanned with MBAM and SAS, which found more infected files. I would need to double-check, but I think that most of the files found were either PUPs or inactive trojans in downloaded games I had backed up on my external HDD. On my other computer, I was able to run Spybot 2.0's system scan but not on this one.
All four programs are free versions (I'm pretty poor) and I have Avast and Spybot running all the time. I only use MBAM and SAS when necessary. Given that my other computer has a scan that runs weekly for most of the day, the active infection was relatively new and, having just finished SAS on it, it only came up with tracking cookies.
On this computer, since I'm running it with the external HDD, there have been several more things found, and SAS is still in process. Thus far, it has found 6 trojans (gen-genome, gen-downloader, gen-kazy, gen-qhost, gen-backdoor, and gen-symmi), all on the ext HDD. Once it's done, I'll post any new finds as it's currently searching C:.
Avast, during a full system scan found only one infection, and that was a win32: malware-gen on the ext. HDD. I had it do a boot-time scan after that (took almost a day to run), and that came up with 6 PUPs (Win32: Somoto J and F) on C:, and 8 threats on the ext. HDD (6 of win32:Sirefef-BUH [Rtk] and 2 of win32:malware-gen).
I wanted to look at the MBAM logs so I went to the directory, which didn't have any recent logs (to be precise, nothing with a mod'd date after June '13). I then ran MBAM Chameleon and had to click on 11 buttons before it was able to run. It updated and is killing known malicious processes right now (no info on anything found). I will post results afterwards.
Most of the infections have been on the HDD, hence my statement that I think I've got it whipped - but one never knows with trojans!
Is that enough information on what I did? I could do a Spybot file scan on C: or whatever.
If necessary, I'll do a system recovery as I've been having some problems during video playback where I get an obnoxious noise coming out that sometimes causes the computer to hang (BSOD) or freeze, and sometimes when starting up or rebooting, the system cannot and stops on a blank black screen. These problems are the result of over-use of restoring via system restore a few months ago. Got the hives all confused, I guess. Poor queen bee!
