Possibly infected

[cmdr001]

Hello, 

 

So I'm unsure if my machine is possibly infected with something, or might be something else quite random, but I've suddenly got some applications suddenly closing with no immediate error message.

This doesn't happen with every single application, can open the command line, browsers appear to work. But MalwareBytes just closes itself right after reboot, when I open MSCONFIG have but a few seconds at best to set the boot for safe mode to be able to do anything, and most other diagnostic tools also seem to suffer the same.

 

In safe mode I've been able to run Malware Bytes but it didn't find anything unexpected.

 

I noticed in other threads the suggestion to use the Farbar tool and collect logs, which I am attaching; however I also had to run this while in safe mode since otherwise the tool will just close itself before I'm able to do anything, so I am unsure if this is in any way helpful.

Still, would appreciate any possible help on trying to identify what suddenly bit my machine.

Addition.txt FRST.txt

[AdvancedSetup]

Hello @cmdr001 and

Let me have you run the following and we'll see about getting you fixed up. Post back the logs once completed.

 

 

Thanks

 

[cmdr001]

Forgot to add those earlier. There were definitely the leftovers from some crypto mining software but that had been lying around for long and at the time were installed on purpose.
Still, removed everything to try and get that out of the way.

Hope it adds anything else.

 

Appreciated for the help.

mbar-log-2021-08-12 (17-00-23).txt system-log.txt

[AdvancedSetup]

Okay, please try to run the following from Normal Mode if possible. Only run from Safe Mode if it won't run in Normal Mode

 

 

Please run the following steps and post back the logs as an attachment when ready.
Temporarily disable your antivirus or other security software first. Make sure to turn it back on once the scans are completed.
Temporarily disable Microsoft SmartScreen to download software below if needed. Make sure to turn it back on once the scans are completed.
If you still have trouble downloading the software please click on Reveal Hidden Contents below for examples of how to allow the download.
 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

When downloading with some browsers you may see a different style of screens that may block FRST from downloading. The program is safe and used hundreds of times a week by many users.

Example of Microsoft Edge blocking the download

 

 

STEP 01

• If you already have Malwarebytes installed then open Malwarebytes and click on the Scan button. It will automatically check for updates and run a Threat Scan.
• If you don't have Malwarebytes installed yet please download it from here and install it.
• Once installed then open Malwarebytes and select Scan and let it run.
• Once the scan is completed make sure you have it quarantine any detections it finds.
• If no detections were found click on the Save results drop-down, then the Export to TXT  button, and save the file as a Text file to your desktop or other location you can find and attach that log on your next reply.
• If there were detections then once the quarantine has completed click on the View report button, Then click the Export drop-down, then the Export to TXT  button, and save the file as a Text file to your desktop or other location you can find and attach that log on your next reply.
• If the computer restarted to quarantine you can access the logs from the Detection History, then the History tab. Highlight the most recent scan and double-click to open it. Then click the Export drop-down, then the Export to TXT  button, and save the file as a Text file to your desktop or other location you can find and attach that log on your next reply.
• If Malwarebytes won't run then please skip to the next step and let me know in your next reply that the scanner would not run.

STEP 02

Please download AdwCleaner by Malwarebytes and save the file to your Desktop.

• Double-click to run the program
• Accept the End User License Agreement.
• Wait until the database is updated.
• Click Scan Now.
• When finished, if items are found please click Quarantine.
• Your PC should reboot now if any items were found.
• After reboot, a log file will be opened. Attach or Copy its content into your next reply.

RESTART THE COMPUTER Before running Step 3

STEP 03
Please download the Farbar Recovery Scan Tool and save it to your desktop.

Note: You need to run the version compatible with your system. You can check here if you're not sure if your computer is 32-bit or 64-bit

• Double-click to run it. When the tool opens, click Yes to disclaimer.
• Press the Scan button.
• It will make a log (FRST.txt) in the same directory the tool is run. Please attach it to your reply.
• The first time the tool is run, it also makes another log (Addition.txt). If you've, run the tool before you need to place a check mark here each time
• Please attach the Additions.txt log to your reply as well.
• On your next reply, you should be attaching frst.txt and additions.txt to your post, every time.

 

Thanks

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