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Hi jsb333,

Welcome to WhattheTech. My name is Blottedisk and I will be helping you with your malware issues. Before we delve into this, please take a look at the following notes:

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Ok, let's get started.


Are you having any issues? Can you please provide me with more information about this possible infection?
Please follow the steps below in order:


Step 1 | Please download OTL from one of the following mirrors:

This is THE Mirror

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  • Save it to your desktop.
  • Double click on the [external image: Posted Image] icon on your desktop.
  • Click the "Scan All Users" checkbox.
  • Push the [external image: Posted Image] button.
  • Two reports will open, copy and paste them in your next reply:

OTListIt.txt <– Will be opened
Extras.txt <– Will be minimized


Step 2 | Please download GMER from one of the following locations and save it to your desktop:

Main Mirror - This version will download a randomly named file (Recommended)
Zipped Mirror - This version will download a zip file you will need to extract first. If you use this mirror, please extract the zip file to your desktop.

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  • Disconnect from the Internet and close all running programs.
  • Temporarily disable any real-time active protection so your security programs will not conflict with gmer's driver.
  • Double-click on the randomly named GMER file (i.e. n7gmo46c.exe) and allow the gmer.sys driver to load if asked.

Note: If you downloaded the zipped version, extract the file to its own folder such as C:\gmer and then double-click on gmer.exe.

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  • GMER will open to the Rootkit/Malware tab and perform an automatic quick scan when first run. (do not use the computer while the scan is in progress)
  • If you receive a WARNING!!! about rootkit activity and are asked to fully scan your system…click NO.
  • Make sure all options are checked except:
  • IAT/EAT
  • Drives/Partition other than Systemdrive, which is typically C:\
  • Show All (This is important, so do not miss it.)

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  • Now click the Scan button. If you see a rootkit warning window, click OK.
  • When the scan is finished, click the Save… button to save the scan results to your Desktop. Save the file as gmer.log.
  • Click the Copy button and paste the results into your next reply.
  • Exit GMER and re-enable all active protection when done.
– If you encounter any problems, try running GMER in Safe Mode.



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Please post back including:

OTL.txt
Extras.txt
GMER.log
Due to the lack of feedback, this Topic is closed. If you need this topic reopened for continuations of existing problems, please request this by sending me a PM with the address of the thread. This applies only to the original topic starter. Everyone else please begin a New Topic.

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