J_Meyer

Thank you for your help. In your experience, do you have any knowledge on what would have caused the cpu spike(s) if there was never any infection, and once the files were deleted, the cpu spikes stopped? This is what doesn't make any sense to me and it still has me concerned about my computer's security.

Can I ask two follow-up questions on this topic? (Apologies in advance for not being very tech-savvy) I have the exact same 'DVD Maker trojan.FakeMS' issue with a log file nearly identical to jmachats above. The 2 files were noted as quarantined and deleted successfully. I re-ran MB after removal and it now shows no malicious items detected. ref - my mbam log: "Files Detected: 2 C:\Program Files\DVD Maker\en-US\DVDMaker.exe.mui (Trojan.FakeMS) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully. C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-o..sc-wizard.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_en-us_102a16b698e56faf\DVDMaker.exe.mui (Trojan.FakeMS) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully." My first question is, by false-positive, does that mean there was nothing wrong to begin with? My cpu usage started spiking continuously with no programs running - which is how I knew something was wrong in the first place. It happened three times in a row - about an hour after restarting and is now functioning normally after running MB. My second question is, is this all that needs to be done? According to countless articles online including MB topics, they consistently recommend numerous detection/cleaning downloads with detailed steps that must be taken to ensure your system is free of a trojan.FakeMS infection... including a complete re-install of the OS in some cases because this infection is said to be brutal. It would be great if I've already handled the problem (thanks to Malwarebytes) but after everything I've read about it, this just seems too easy and I am still concerned about security issues. Is there any reason at all to D/L & run ComboFix, AdwCleaner, a Junkware Removal Tool or a TDSSKiller to be sure no rootkits are involved? Thank you for your help and for your indispensable program.