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gendo666:
I went through a harrowing situation where after my girlfrined used my computer I was faced with torrential pop-ups and "helpful" programs loading themselves on my system.

 

 I cut net access, uninstalled the programs through windows uninstal

and removed 3 trojans using Microsof Security then scanned for any others

 (total system scan)

(or to see if they or any others were there) with  Hosecall and Spybot S&D.

          I prefored a crc check in safe mode with no problems coming up.

   THEN

 I did a system restore to a about 4 hours before the whole thing started.

 

 My problem is when I restarted windows did not load two items on startup (an alarm program and puush)

 And also UAC now pops up and equires me to constantly give security permission to active some files sich ass ccleaner, U-torrent and others.

 Also I get a " Destination access denied you need administrator privileges to place a file on this drive"  (which I then give and things are fine)

 

I have no idea what's wrong.


I have tried to fix it using settings 26 and 27 but that did not do the trick.
I actually managed in  Combofix which worked - but removed a ton of files I'm using. (like classic shell)

  I restored the system (with no problem) as I don't want to do without those but still have the security issue.

 When looking at the UAC settings (both before and after Combofix) it was still set to the second level from the bottom,

 have no idea what the problem is.


 

 OS Name    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version    6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description     Not Available
OS Manufacturer    Microsoft Corporation
System Name    USER-PC
System Manufacturer    Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model    Z97X-UD3H-BK
System Type    x64-based PC
Processor    Intel® Core™ i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3501 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date    American Megatrends Inc. F6, 6/17/2014
SMBIOS Version    2.7
Windows Directory    C:\Windows
System Directory    C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device    \Device\HarddiskVolume4
Locale    Canada
Hardware Abstraction Layer    Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name    User-PC\Admin
Time Zone    Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)    8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory    7.86 GB
Available Physical Memory    4.35 GB
Total Virtual Memory    15.7 GB
Available Virtual Memory    12.2 GB
Page File Space    7.86 GB
Page File    C:\pagefile.sys
 

jraju:
It seems that you messed up  the things in  all ways, please see not always.
          Did you try AIO repairs, for file permissions . what that 26, 27 fix. Which programs you mean?
you have used vigorous cleaners which kills normal registry entries, related to file permissions.

Boggin:
Your Available Physical Memory looks a little low - do you have many programs in msconfig/Startup ?

You don't really need any except for your antivirus program and perhaps printer.

To check, go Start - type msconfig and press enter.

Under the Startup tab you will find all of the programs that are running in the background when you boot up.

I also have most of the OEM non-MS services also unchecked, but before disabling anything under the Services tab, you must check the box to Hide all Microsoft services.

I think you first need to ensure that you are completely infection and adware free.

Combofix is only best used by professionals because of what it can remove - I tried it once and it took out a legit system file.

I wouldn't recommend MSE and neither do Microsoft.

I would suggest that you uninstall it and use Panda Free which has come up in the AV ratings.

http://www.pandasecurity.com/uk/homeusers/solutions/free-antivirus/

If you have any problems in uninstalling MSE then either retry in Safe Mode or use the Fix it for me Download button in https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/2483120

I think you may have meant Housecall which I'm not familiar with but Spybot S&D I have seen used by others and seems to have a good rep, but I prefer the free version of MBAM.

For adware, I use AdwCleaner which is specifically designed to remove adware.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/antimalware/

https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/

With AdwCleaner, when the Scan has completed it may list items in the lower pane that it considers PuPs but which you may want to keep - just uncheck their boxes then click on Log File which will open in Notepad to show what else it has found.

It will remove these items when you close that report and hit the Cleaning button and then open a new Log File after the reboot to show what it has removed.

When you've done that lot and if still no improvement to your system, then go Start - type cmd - right click on cmd and select Run as administrator - accept the UAC and enter sfc /scannow to see what that reports.

If it reports that it is unable to repair some files then download and run SFCFix.exe which may repair those but will produce a more concise report.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/sfcfix.html

It's also possible that your account has been corrupted which is why it will be prompting with an UAC.

You may have to create a new user account with admin rights and transfer any settings, but this can be checked out by creating a new admin account to see if you have the same problems.

https://neosmart.net/wiki/corrupt-user-profile/

gendo666:

--- Quote from: jraju on June 23, 2016, 02:28:52 am ---It seems that you messed up  the things in  all ways, please see not always.
          Did you try AIO repairs, for file permissions . what that 26, 27 fix. Which programs you mean?
you have used vigorous cleaners which kills normal registry entries, related to file permissions.


--- End quote ---

I have scanned the system with the windows security system as well as Spybot search and destroy,
Trend Micro's Housecall and  Kaspersky  tdsskiller which found nothing.

I used item 27 and 27 of Windows Repair. 3.9.3 (free)
 before doing so I ran the pre-scan checking the package files and System Reparse Points
 I have run  CRC and check disk (in safe mode) both prior to running WR  as well as during.
 no errors.
 
 I have also set privilege levels on the programs that are getting the UAC stoppage to run as administrator to no effect.

jraju:
Spybot is a aggressive cleaner

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