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1-2 days ago Malwarebytes picked up on 3 Trojans (see attached log file for details). It immediately quarantined them.

Yesterday and today, I noticed that my post-boot program startup time has slowed significantly (immediately after boot when I open windows explorer/chrome, the entire system chokes for a good 45 sec to 1 min- this has never happened before). Furthermore, I am encountering erratic delay spikes in system response (for example, while navigating windows explorer the icons will take ridiculously long to load/appear, or windows explorer will stop responding) even after post-boot.

 

I don't know what is the cause. I've since updated Malwarebytes (necessitating a full reinstall because the automatic updater crashed), and done 2-3 scans- both hyper scans and threat scans- but it keeps coming up clean. I also have Kaspersky and have had Kaspersky for a good 1 year + before the Trojan was detected. 

What should I do to diagnose?

 

log virus.txt

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I've done the scan (threat scan again, as well as FABAR), latest logs are attached as per the bot's request

Startup is still extremely laggy, to add on to what I mentioned above (chrome, steam, windows explorer taking extremely long to open)

1) Chrome also reports 'waiting for cache...' while it nonresponds
2) Steam shows fragments of its window while not responding
 

None of these things were present prior to the infection, startup had always been smooth and within 4-5 seconds

Addition.txt

FRST.txt

malwarebytes threat scan 20180618.txt

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Hello @Lagiasaurus and :welcome:

Sorry for the delay. Let's start by resetting your Chrome. Please follow the directions here.

 

Then reboot the computer and run the following again for new logs.

 

 

Please run the following steps and post back the logs as an attachment when ready.

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  • If you're already running Malwarebytes 3 then open Malwarebytes and check for updates. Then click on the Scan tab and select Threat Scan and click on Start Scan button.
  • If you don't have Malwarebytes 3 installed yet please download it from here and install it.
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Please download AdwCleaner by Malwarebytes and save the file to your Desktop.

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Malwarebytes found riskware in cheat engine (I don't think this is the issue, but I quarantined it anyway). It restarted after cleaning, and produced an additional log on restart, so I have attached that too

There were like 2 PUPs found by adwcleaner per bracket, so like 4 total. Log is attached

Downloaded Farbar again as instructed, most recent logs are attached

Logs are accurate as of 23 June 2018

Malwarebytes report 20180623.txt

Malwarebytes report 20180623 (after restart).txt

AdwCleaner[S00].txt

FRST.txt

Addition.txt

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Those threats are very minimal benign threats. Nothing wrong with changing passwords from time to time but I don't see anything obvious that would be stealing them there.

I do see some errors in the system which could be causing your slowness issues, but not malware related.

 

System errors:
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Error: (06/23/2018 07:51:33 PM) (Source: VDS Basic Provider) (EventID: 1) (User: )
Description: Unexpected failure. Error code: 490@01010004

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:59 PM) (Source: Application Popup) (EventID: 56) (User: )
Description: Driver ACPI returned invalid ID for a child device (5).

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:15 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (EventID: 7031) (User: )
Description: The Software Protection service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).  The following corrective action will be taken in 120000 milliseconds: Restart the service.

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:14 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (EventID: 7031) (User: )
Description: The Kaspersky Secure Connection Service 2.0.0 service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).  The following corrective action will be taken in 10000 milliseconds: Restart the service.

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:14 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (EventID: 7031) (User: )
Description: The Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).  The following corrective action will be taken in 30000 milliseconds: Restart the service.

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:14 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (EventID: 7034) (User: )
Description: The SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:14 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (EventID: 7034) (User: )
Description: The Steam Client Service service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:14 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (EventID: 7031) (User: )
Description: The Virtual Disk service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).  The following corrective action will be taken in 60000 milliseconds: Restart the service.

 

 

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1 hour ago, AdvancedSetup said:

Those threats are very minimal benign threats. Nothing wrong with changing passwords from time to time but I don't see anything obvious that would be stealing them there.

I do see some errors in the system which could be causing your slowness issues, but not malware related.

 

System errors:
=============
Error: (06/23/2018 07:51:33 PM) (Source: VDS Basic Provider) (EventID: 1) (User: )
Description: Unexpected failure. Error code: 490@01010004

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:59 PM) (Source: Application Popup) (EventID: 56) (User: )
Description: Driver ACPI returned invalid ID for a child device (5).

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:15 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (EventID: 7031) (User: )
Description: The Software Protection service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).  The following corrective action will be taken in 120000 milliseconds: Restart the service.

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:14 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (EventID: 7031) (User: )
Description: The Kaspersky Secure Connection Service 2.0.0 service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).  The following corrective action will be taken in 10000 milliseconds: Restart the service.

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:14 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (EventID: 7031) (User: )
Description: The Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).  The following corrective action will be taken in 30000 milliseconds: Restart the service.

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:14 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (EventID: 7034) (User: )
Description: The SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:14 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (EventID: 7034) (User: )
Description: The Steam Client Service service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).

Error: (06/23/2018 07:50:14 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (EventID: 7031) (User: )
Description: The Virtual Disk service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).  The following corrective action will be taken in 60000 milliseconds: Restart the service.

 

 

How should I go about fixing these? I don't even know what VDS/service control manager are

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