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Hiya isaacf2007, Thanks for the information update, try the following please: Download AdwCleaner by Malwarebytes onto your Desktop. Or from this Mirror Right-click on AdwCleaner.exe and select http://i.imgur.com/Spcusrh.pngRun as Administrator (for Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 users) Accept the EULA (I accept), then click on Scan Let the scan complete. Once it's done, make sure that every item listed in the different tabs is checked and click on the Quarantine button. This

Hello PaddyDand welcome to Malwarebytes, Lets grab some logs and see whats going on, continue with the following: If you do not have Malwarebytes installed do the following: Download Malwarebytes version 4 from the following link: https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/thankyou/ Double click on the installer and follow the prompts. When the install completes or Malwarebytes is already installed do the following: Open Malwarebytes, select > small cog wheel top right hand corner, that will open "settings" from there select "Security" t

Hiya issacf2007, Thanks for the reply, yes freespace is critical for windows to work efficiently, the recommended freespace for a mechanical hard drive is approximately 15% and for an SSD is approximately 25%... Response time is not an issue, being in different time zones means we can mean we miss each others replies.. Apart from freespace have the infection issues ceased... Thank you, Kevin..

Hiya isaacf2007, Its 2am local time for me, have to get some sleep.. Will catch up later... Regards, Kevin

How does your system currently respond, any issues or concerns..? I see from the logs that you have very little free space on C:\ drive...

Reboot your system again, then run fresh scan with FRST and attach the two produced logs..

Thanks for that information, continue: Download attached fixlist.txt file (end of reply) and save it to the Desktop, or the folder you saved FRST into. "Do not open that file when running FRST fix" NOTE. It's important that both FRST and fixlist.txt are in the same location or the fix will not work. Open FRST and press the Fix button just once and wait. The tool will make a log on the Desktop (Fixlog.txt) or the folder it was ran from. Please post it to your reply. Next, Open Malwarebytes, select > small cog wheel top right

Does update.exe still show as follows..? Startup: C:\Users\isaac\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Update.exe

Hiya isaacf2007, Can you run another scan with Malwarebytes and post the produced log... Open Malwarebytes, select > small cog wheel top right hand corner, that will open "settings" from there select "Security" tab. Scroll down to "Scan Options" ensure Scan for Rootkits and Scan within Archives are both on.... Close out the settings window, this will take you back to "DashBoard" select the Blue "Scan Now" tab...... When the scan completes quarantine any found entries... To get the log from Malwarebytes do the following:

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Right click on "update.exe" select > Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder. If that does not work you may have to copy that file and save to your desktop first.

Can you zip up and attach to your reply...

The file I tried to upload to VirusTotal showed as not found in FRST fix, yet it shows up again in the FRST log: Startup: C:\Users\isaac\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Update.exe [2021-06-12] () [File not signed] Can you navigate to startup folder and check if Update.exe is present

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Glad we could help. If you need this topic reopened, please send a Private Message to any one of the moderating team members. Please include a link to this topic with your request. This applies only to the originator of this thread. Other members who need assistance please start your own topic in a new thread. Please review the following for Tips to help protect from infection Thank you