Hello,
Basically I cannot turn on any real time protection other than exploit protection. If i click on the switches it doesn't respond, if it try to click on turn on from the pop up notice, nothing happens. (see attached image).
Normally I wouldn't get my hair in a tangle over this but the following happened this morning:
Tried to open malwarebytes, was told that it didn't exist, went to uninstall malwarebytes from control panel, was told that it didn't exist.
Tried to reinstall malwarebytes by downloading the installer and it was blocked by my UAC.
Went to run -> certmgr.exe -> deleted the entry for malwarebytes from the list along with some other ones like AVG, kapersky, etc
Tried to install malwarebytes again, was told that a file already existed (at the target destination) and I couldn't install.
went to check my program files folder, got denied entry due to ownership, had to retake ownership.
Ran malwarebytes from the folder i just took ownership of, it removed 4 trojans.
Uninstalled malwarebytes, reinstalled malwarebytes. Everything was peachy and worked.
I go to update windows, it takes awhile but tells me to restart to apply updates.
I restart and when I log back in, first thing i notice is that my desktop background changed.
A pop up notification told me that I no longer had real time protection, i clicked "Turn On" and after a few seconds it said that it failed to turn on and this may be due to a rootkit infection.
Asked me if i would like to install the anti-rootkit scanner and I said yes. It told me to restart to apply.
I restarted, waited for awhile but nothing happened. So I just went online and downloaded your anti-rootkit remover manually.
Ran the anti-rootkit remover, nothing was detected.
Restarted my computer, still can't turn on protection. Now when I press "Turn On" nothing happens. Nothing gets turned back on, there is no pop up.
I'm only posting because I feel like I'm still infected with something and would like to get rid of it before the sh*t hits the fan.
PS: My system has been randomly inputting the " - " aka, dash character when i'm not using my keyboard. It doesn't seem to happen if i'm typing or using my keyboard, but whenever I go AFK i come back to a string of " -------------------------- " in whatever dialogue box i was selecting. It can happen randomly, sometimes it's in the space of time that i take a sip of coffee, other times it doesn't happen for minutes.
I have unplugged my keyboard and it still occurs, so i can be sure that it's not because i have a key stuck.
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