Hello Family !
I have an Emachine W3653 with Vista on it.
The computer had some viruses and trogans on it so I ran Malwarebytes, SpyBot Search and Destroy and Super Anti Spyware, multiple times, until they all came up cleanwith no infections.
But for some reason, I can sit and watch the "cookies folder" , without having Internet Explorer opened up, and cookies keep popping up as I watch. I can clean out all the cookies and they just keep comming back, even though I don't go on line.
Also, Avast is popping up errors about blocking malicous URLs even when the computer is just sitting there.
I have also went on line and ran Trend Micro House Call, (online scanner) and it even came back with zero infections.
It seems as if something is hooked up to the internet and downloading good and bad cookies. In one minute it downloaded 11 cookies.
I'm stumped on what is doing this ! I have also downloaded all new updates for Maywarebytes, Spybot and Super AntiSpyware and ran them but I still come up with zero infections found, now.
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated in helping me figure out whats wrong with this desktop.
Thank you !
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Jump to PostLooks ok to me. Go ahead and run Combofix and ignore the message re AV.
Jump to Post1. Please open Notepad Click Start , then Run
Type notepad.exe in the Run Box.
2. Now copy/paste the entire content of the codebox below into the Notepad window:
KillAll::
Registry::
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\security center\Monitoring]
"DisableMonitoring"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\security center\Monitoring\SymantecAntiVirus]
"DisableMonitoring"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\security center\Monitoring\SymantecFirewall]
"DisableMonitoring"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\security center\Svc]
"AntiVirusOverride"=dword:00000000
"AntiSpywareOverride"=dword:00000000
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Jump to PostI am sure that Crunchie is going to take a look at this log to make sure all was done as it was supposed to, but I have a question, earlier you said this;
I have tried to get completely rid of the AT&T Internet Security so that I could use …
Jump to PostHave you rebooted the computer since the run and why do you want to go into the Control Panel?
Did you follow Crunchie's instructions exactly?
STOP all your monitoring programs (Antivirus/Antispyware, Guards and Shields) as they could easily interfere with ComboFix.
This WOULD include Windows Defender.Did you drag …
Jump to PostIf you find that Avast won't allow you to install without being online then of course stop the install and follow the steps for going back online. Then download from the link and install.
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