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Should TCP Viewer show my system BLOWING UP? Malware, Spyware & Hijacked, OH MY!
Shane:
Sorry for the late post, holiday weekend and I just got back in my office :-)
How are the amount of network connections and cpu doing now after those scans?
My new toolbox has a netstat viewer in it that can show all the connections on the system and what processes is making them, if you still have a lot fo them I can grab the beta I am getting ready and have you use it to copy the netstat list so I can see what is making all the connections.
Shane
JohnVanDaal:
Not sure if that went through, Im not seeing the post.
Well if this is redundant I apologize but I just wrote that I am going over all the new replies to make sure I've followed everything, and a thanks for all the helpful feedback.
JohnVanDaal:
Hello jraju.
--- Quote from: jraju on November 30, 2014, 09:02:34 pm ---Hi, Since you mentioned there are loss of SR Points, i think that some PUP or rootkit would have messed up the things. I think that you have done all the test and the results show needed and not known details to locate the exact problem.
I do not mean that you got this virus or rootkit from suspicious sites, but nowadays everything is bundled in to the genuine downloads.
Please there is a way to limit the sfc details txt to only know the problematic area which is given in sevenfourm links. If i remember i will enclose the link. SFC only scans about system integrity files and copies the missing essential files from the storage the installation drive the computer has. I think that your problem needs Shanes deep look in to the logs.
Applying many tools in my case has made my some system files deleted which has to be replaced. I would therefore request you to send the problematic log files from sfc details.txt and await Shanes advice
--- End quote ---
Sure I know what you're saying about the bundles and everything, I didn't take offense but just wanted to highlight the fact that I was doing everything I could from Day 1 to be safe and secure. No problems :wink:
In fact some problems exist with files and programs in a brand new Win OS all by itself, a reality I'm starting to understand more an more everyday, but I'm sure you guys knowing what you know are very much aware of this reality.
I'm not sure if you saw but I did get the sfc text file finally which I attached after originally attaching the larger file, there was a typo of some sort but I figured it out.
Or was the second attachment not the correct one?
Thanks.
JohnVanDaal:
Hi Boggin, thanks for all your help so far.
I'm just going to copy/paste the quotes I want to reply to since I'm not familiar with the board.
I realize everyone is volunteering their time to help here so I'd like to take up as little of it as possible, but believe me I am grateful for it.
"You could use Win 8.1's Windows Defender supplemented with Avast Free as the latter doesn't have its own firewall and will run with any other active AV program because of that - but if you decide to go that route, check that WD is turned on."
If you're aware of a certain combination of AV/Anti-Spyware/Firewall/Security etc. that works and you're pretty confident about it then I'm all ears (eyes really, I guess) I'd rather use as much of Windows' integrated features as possible, as long as they are truly effective and make things run smoother, at the same time adding as little as possible. As long as the job gets done the right way I'll be perfectly content.
The McAfee LiveSafe is insanely bulky but it comes off in the literature as if you're really going to be taken care of, all bases covered and so on :undecided: so I wasn't too keen on ditching the whole thing right away, but now . . . . .
"The 1/50 VirusTotal.coms are nothing to worry about and it probably snagged AdwCleaner because of its intrusive capabilities."
Right, no, I understand that it's usually nothing at all to be concerned with when seeing a 1/**, I tend to be thorough, sometimes overly thorough, I;ve found it usuallly helps more than it hurts ~ usually :undecided:
Also I've learned from my own experience it can be useful to throw in a minor little detail here and there for others down the road who may be dealing with similar issues and looking through the forums for answers. It IS kind of freaky when you're having problems you don't understand and McAfee popups keep telling you that it has found "ARTEMIS/****....."!! :evil: numerous times.
I read over some topics about why some companies/groups classify certain files in certain ways, like the Google add-on options and so forth, unfortunately McAfee classifies so many things as "ARTEMIS/*****.....". It just takes time getting to know these things.
"Instead of Browser Guard, try HitmanPro.Alert which I know doesn't cause a conflict - I'm running that with Norton 360 in Win 7 x64 HP.
http://www.surfright.nl/en/cryptoguard
I Googled the McAfee LifeSafe and SafeKey but it's up to you if you want to keep them - don't think they would cause any conflicts but I don't like any Toolbars on my laptop - least of al anything from McAfee."
Will try HitmanPro.Alert, thanks for the tip.
I'd also like to have as little add-on bulk as possible, myself. I've had this sucker about 2 weeks now, and prior to last month I'd really never delved into any of the technical issues of computing/networking, as I'm sure everyone can see.
That's all changed now.
"I think MBAM Anti-Exploit should be okay - I just have the free version of MBAM installed.
To eliminate any possible security program conflicts, it's probably just to go back to basics for the purpose of troubleshooting and then you can decide what you want to add/change later."
Gotcha.
I like the way everything is gone over in detail at the sevenforums, I'll def be putting in some mileage reading over there.
One thing I've noticed is there is often 2, 3, sometimes 5 or 6 DIFFERENT places one has to look to find the right information/instructions/help topics when dealing with these Windows functions and applications, settings, etc., sometimes it takes quite a bit of hunting just to get the very basics. It takes a lot of time, trial and error to finally run across everything that's needed to know I guess.
jraju:
Hi, Thanks for the information
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