Borgdrone

So, no red flags for any remaining infections? I have a pair of memory dumps from after the 1st reinstall that I couldn't read heads or tails of trying to check for rootkit if that's of interest. I am fine with doing another install if there's issues somewhere but everything I can find info on is positive changes Do you have a resources for modifications to the default settings that are recommended for added security/optimization/ reduce network traffic/background tasks.

What are the concerns that make you recommend a fresh does something stand out to you? Like I said this is fresh install as of a day ago and any downloads have been anally verified. My previous big tell the fans, only ramped up on idle once last night and for a legit windows update process as far as the computer was saying. process didn't stop soon as I touched the mouse and broke idle so that's my biggest tell it was legit. it was refreshing for sure so I'm curious what the hell lol

there is no data on the pc its just after a fresh install again basically besides some diagnostic attempts and such. the previous fresh installs were not solving the issue

I forgot to mention, the farbar tool says "failed to update" when i launch it.

Sorry for the delay, already had most those system changes but double checked and remade one. FRST.txt Addition.txt mwb 2 remove.txt

Eating real quick then will do, just checked for reply. As far as the not telling me to remove it all I can see is it's upset the host file was changed and looking at the file it seems to only be anti telemetry edits? Can you confirm?

Hello, I 've had strange occurrences on my computer for a bit. inability to activate windows, windows logo flashing on boot when it didnt used to, lockscreen stuck on spotlight except one random time, random Cmd flashing quickly occasionally, settings changing or not sticking when applied, inability to change some settings or access folders no matter what, odd things in files like "hard disc volume 3" path to app id made of random numbers, I don't have a hd or 3 partitions. but all antivirus scans turned up clean. the biggest thing was my fans ramping up on idle state to a substantial amount every time (not normal of the first year of use) but if I tried to leave monitors open they would see nothing out of the ordinary. my computer temps seem to run higher even when I'm not idle in general and i dust my system as needed, but I can find no reason. I'm fairly certain I had a rootkit running incognito, so I sanitized my SSD (it went from 0% to completed in bios which I thought was odd so did clean all through cmd in the usb installer) and reinstalled from media made on a friends work computer that is heavily locked down on a usb fresh from the store. experience was the same. i didn't set my computer up to be safe very well I kind of just built it and ran with a "dont be dumb" mindset, which in hindsight was dumb and I'm now learning about common vulnerabilities and such.. I believe it may have persisted through the ram hibernation which I disabled after the first reinstall and tried again but with the same usb, My last thing I did was run Tron (found on reddit) which I'm sure you've come a crossed which does a automated batch of corrections for poorly functioning or infected computers. It did its thing and got me more paranoid for a minute cause it changed a bunch of settings like enabling background apps n such so my fans cranked up again and edited my host file so windows and Malwarebytes threw up warnings. im not having some of the issues but my fans still sound like they aren't working according to the load I'm inputting but for other things. if i look hard enough I can always find something that seems odd. Realistically I'm out of my depth and confusing myself and wasting time chasing random things I don't understand that aren't worrying about but I don't know, some assistance would be much appreciated. FRST.txt Addition.txt MWBlog.txt