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Uninstalled via Geek or other, running built-in, then cleanup, then search with Everything for anything that smelled like it: files, registry, etc.

Thank you for the response! Negative. All purged. Next!

No worries, just trying to be explicit. Since I have purged MBAE from my system, I can't supply those logs. Here are the FRST logs. FRST.txt Addition.txt

I installed MBAE after reading of it on another forum. After several days I decided that the popups were a bit of a nuisance and that it was probably over the top for my needs. I uninstalled it and went on. As I wasn't going online much at the time it took awhile to realize that every program that had been 'protected' was now blind to the internet. Firefox, Thunderbird, Slimjet, IE and every updater to all my security software and others, as well as programs installed after uninstallation of MBAE are unable to detect an internet connection. Only the browsers I hadn't been using still work. Whatever settings are changed are persistent as they were not affected by system restore. Currently, all my gear is packed away and I don't have access to another PC or even a hard drive for back up. Limping on this old Dell laptop and unwilling to brick my only access. While words come easily to me, much of my 'scientific' mind is currently debilitated by circumstances and medication. I will do my best to be responsive and timely to any instruction, but please bear with me as I am not online every day (anymore ) Any help appreciated.