Am I infected?


  1. Posts : 1,024
    Windows 7 Ultimate
       #1

    Am I infected?


    Hello to all,
    Thank you for any response. Yesterday while running Malwarebytes Antimalware a scan on W7 Ultimate 64 bit it seemed to freeze up, now to be honest on certain cab or manifest files it can take a long time. But the clock was over 5 minutes slow, cursor immovable, and Task Manager wouldn't respond. At this point I panicked and hit my hardware reboot button, oh I was in the Administrative rights account at the time.\
    I logged back in as the login with Administrative Rights account. Many items were changed. While bringing up the desktop it showed the Computer Icon for a while and I do not have it on my desktop. My icons on the running programs or displays on right side of taskbar was completely messed up. Most of the show and notification programs reverted to show notification again.
    I ran MSE full scan, McAfee Full Scan, Sophos Antivirus, SuperAntispyware and such an none indicated any infection.
    My user accounts had minor changes, like messed up tray icons.
    Is that a glitch or is it a sign that I have some infection of malicious software. Any assistance or opinions appreciated.
    glennc
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  2. Posts : 14,606
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7600
       #2

    you could try running scannow command promt it will check for errors
    start button, type cmd. Right click on it and choose Run as Admin. Then type sfc /scannow
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  3. Posts : 186
    Windows 7 Enterprise x64
       #3

    glennc said:
    Hello to all,
    Thank you for any response. Yesterday while running Malwarebytes Antimalware a scan on W7 Ultimate 64 bit it seemed to freeze up, now to be honest on certain cab or manifest files it can take a long time. But the clock was over 5 minutes slow, cursor immovable, and Task Manager wouldn't respond. At this point I panicked and hit my hardware reboot button, oh I was in the Administrative rights account at the time.\
    I logged back in as the login with Administrative Rights account. Many items were changed. While bringing up the desktop it showed the Computer Icon for a while and I do not have it on my desktop. My icons on the running programs or displays on right side of taskbar was completely messed up. Most of the show and notification programs reverted to show notification again.
    I ran MSE full scan, McAfee Full Scan, Sophos Antivirus, SuperAntispyware and such an none indicated any infection.
    My user accounts had minor changes, like messed up tray icons.
    Is that a glitch or is it a sign that I have some infection of malicious software. Any assistance or opinions appreciated.
    glennc
    Many anti-malware programs,aren't what they supose to be.
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #4

    Glen I am going to give you the best advice available. In the security forum we have some of the best experts available. I think that you would be better off posting there, where they will probably let you scan, post a log and give a defintitve answer.
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  5. Posts : 1,024
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Thank you Gentlemen for your time and assistance. I think I will take richc46's advice and post in it the Security section. Thanks again
    glennc
      My Computer


 

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