So there's something fishy going on with my computer. I've been experiencing a handful of seemingly minor issues here and there but I fear it may have to do with some malicious stuff going on in the background. The majority of these problems started up I'd say within at least the past 2-3 months, some slightly more recent.
I've been using MWB for the past 3 years or so. The machine I'm running all this on is a Windows 10 Acer Desktop. There are a handful of external HDDs plugged in as well. After running Malwarebytes and other virus scans everything shows up fine (except for one thing which I will get to down below)
While some of these problems may be unrelated, I have a feeling that some of them are, and that somethings up.
All Issues:
-Some small apps like Wordpad lag for about 5-10 seconds right after opening
-The screen & speakers stutter in unison for like half a second then continue as normal
-Sometimes when shutting down, either an unnamed process or a proceess named "G" is preventing shutdown. Also task manager asks for admin permission right after logging in??
-When trying to access one of my external hard drives I get an I/O bit error and am unable to reach any of the files in the respective drives. Restarting seems to fix it but why is it happening in the first place?
-Chrome randomly shuts itself down with no warning
-There's 1 or 2 others I cant recall at the moment, they were fairly minor IIRC
So after scanning with Malwarebytes once, I get (3) results of PUPs. After quarantining them, they remain later on. Here is a screenshot of it https://i.imgur.com/cWv45NX.png?1 and below I've pasted the log
Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com
-Log Details-
Scan Date: 12/5/17
Scan Time: 8:16 AM
Log File: 8a85ad8e-d9be-11e7-b727-9cb6d00d14ba.json
Administrator: Yes
-Software Information-
Version: 3.2.2.2018
Components Version: 1.0.212
Update Package Version: 1.0.3415
License: Free
-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 16299.98)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: DESKTOP-7QFKPD6\Sevrah
-Scan Summary-
Scan Type: Threat Scan
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 332312
Threats Detected: 3
Threats Quarantined: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Time Elapsed: 2 min, 15 sec
-Scan Options-
Memory: Enabled
Startup: Enabled
Filesystem: Enabled
Archives: Enabled
Rootkits: Disabled
Heuristics: Enabled
PUP: Detect
PUM: Detect
-Scan Details-
Process: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Module: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Key: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Value: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Data Stream: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Folder: 0
(No malicious items detected)
File: 3
PUP.Optional.Trovi, C:\USERS\SEVRAH\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\DEFAULT\Secure Preferences, No Action By User, [4626], [454808],1.0.3415
PUP.Optional.ASK, C:\USERS\SEVRAH\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\DEFAULT\Web Data, No Action By User, [472], [454829],1.0.3415
PUP.Optional.Spigot, C:\USERS\SEVRAH\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\DEFAULT\Web Data, No Action By User, [583], [454814],1.0.3415
Physical Sector: 0
(No malicious items detected)
(end)
