Common malware not found??

[Puzzled1]

Hi there, 

I use windows 10 and just recently I noticed my laptop got extremely slow and wouldn't load programs properly. I deleted all temp files etc. and noticed 'zloader'  was in my startup list when it wasn't there a few days ago and I hadn't installed anything. I looked it up online and all I could find is that its a malicious piece of malware and it's fairly common as there was a lot of sites about it.

 

I looked for great malware removal providers and malware-bytes was still top of most lists. I downloaded and installed the program and set it to find everything it could. After a 3 hour scan it came back with nothing even tho I can see a very common piece of malware there, why is this?

 

Any help appreciated..

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[David H. Lipman]

Please upload this ZLoader to Virus Total and then  post a Report URL.

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload

 

[Puzzled1]

Ok thanks for getting back to me so quick. I'm not a virus expert and am having trouble locating the file. From what I've seen so far it seems the file(s) it uses are in the temp directory and I already deleted those. A silly zloader search on c: Ofc. finds nothing and right-clicking zloader in the startup the properties are greyed out so can't see it's location.

What else can I do?

[David H. Lipman]

If you think you have a malware issue...
Please read; I'm infected - What do I do now?

and then create a Post in Windows Malware Removal Help & Support

A Forum Helper will help you evaluate your PC and if there is something, help find and remove it.

[Puzzled1]

Ok thanks for the help and quick responses. :)

[David H. Lipman]