MWB blocking outbound connection

[SpiritCriminal]

Starting today I began to receive repeated notifications that MWB was blocking an outbound connection from explorer.exe to 193.105.135.135

I've exported a text file and I'm attaching it here.

I've also followed the instructions from a similar thread and I'm including the logs from the mb support tool as well.

 

Blocked Website.txtmbst-grab-results.zip

[SpiritCriminal]

Wanted to add that scans come back negative

However... in task manager there were two instances of explorer.exe. I've closed both of them and restarted it through command prompt and for the time being I am not getting the described notification.

[JSntgRvr]

Hi
 
Welcome 
 
I'll be helping you with your computer.
 
Please read this post completely before beginning. If there's anything that you do not understand, please don't hesitate to ask before proceeding.
 
Please take note of the guidelines for this fix:

• Please note that I am a volunteer. I do have a family, a career, and other endeavors that may prevent immediate responses that meet your schedule. Do note that the differences in time zones could present a problem as well. Your patience and understanding will be greatly appreciated.
• First of all, the procedures we are about to perform are specific to your problem and should only be used on this specific computer.
• Do not make any changes to your computer that include installing/uninstalling programs, deleting files, modifying the registry, nor running scanners or tools of any kind unless specifically requested by me.
• Please read ALL instructions carefully and perform the steps fully and in the order they are written.
• If things appear to be better, let me know. Just because the symptoms no longer exist as before, does not mean that you are clean.
• Continue to read and follow my instructions until I tell you that your machine is clean.
• If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to ask before performing the task that I ask of you, and please wait for my reply before you proceed.
• Scanning with programs and reading the logs do take a fair amount of time. Again, your patience will be necessary. 

Let's begin... 

• Download the enclosed file  Fixlist.txt
• Save it in the same location FRST64.exe is saved.
• Start FRST (FRST64) with Administrator privileges
• This time around Press the Fix button and wait
• When finished, a log file (Fixlog.txt) will pop up and saved in the same location the tool was ran from.

Please attach this file in your next reply.

[JSntgRvr]

FRST is located here:

 

C:\Users\Kevin\Downloads\FRSTEnglish.exe

[SpiritCriminal]

Okay, went ahead and completed your instructions. So far, the second instance of explorer has yet to appear and I'm not getting the errors. Attaching fixlog here

 

Fixlog.txt

[JSntgRvr]

• Download the enclosed file  Fixlist.txt
• Save it in the same location FRST64.exe is saved.
• Start FRST (FRST64) with Administrator privileges
• This time around Press the Fix button and wait
• When finished, a log file (Fixlog.txt) will pop up and saved in the same location the tool was ran from.

Please attach this file in your next reply.

 

Let me know How is it doing.

[SpiritCriminal]

Here you go

Fixlog.txt

[JSntgRvr]

Still running fine?

[SpiritCriminal]

Yup!

[JSntgRvr]

Congratulations.
 
Use this application to remove tools used and their quarantined items:
 
Please download KpRm by Kernel-panik and save to your Desktop.

• Click on KpRm.exe to run the tool.

Vista/Windows 7/8/10 users right-click and select Run As Administrator.

• Put a check mark next to these items:

- Delete tools

- Create Restore Point

- Delete now

• Click the "Run" button.

• When the tool has finished, it will create and open a log report and  delete itself.

A few final recommendations:

• Recommend using a Password Manager for all websites, etc. that require a password. Never use the same password on more than one site.
• Make sure you're backing up your files
• Keep all software up to date - PatchMyPC -
• Keep your Operating System up to date and current at all times -
• Further tips to help protect your computer data and improve your privacy:
• Please consider installing the following Content Blockers for your Web browsers if you haven't done so already. This will help improve overall security

Malwarebytes Browser Guard

•   Google Chrome:
•   Microsoft Edge:
•   Mozilla Firefox:

uBlock Origin

• Google Chrome:
• Microsoft Edge:
• Mozilla Firefox:

Further reading if you like to keep up on the malware threat scene:
 
Malwarebytes
 
Bleepingcomputer
 
Hopefully, we've been able to assist you with correcting your system issues.
 
Thank you for contacting Malwarebytes. Regards. 

[SpiritCriminal]

Thank you so much for all of your help! After all this: what do you think the issue was? How might have this have started?

[JSntgRvr]

Quote

Task: {E45ABB85-DE42-4EE8-B44E-44E542C259A6} - System32\Tasks\MicrosoftMalwareProtection => C:\Program  -> Files\WindowsMalwareProtection\config\systemreset.exe <==== ATTENTION 
Task: {BCF3850A-923F-42C5-BA25-CC896658BCD8} - System32\Tasks\powershellsecureboot => C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\SecureBoot\secureboot.exe [700223652 2023-09-14] () [File not signed] <==== ATTENTION 

Exploited Windows Powershell files. We have been keeping an eye for these entries.
 

[AdvancedSetup]

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