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Random Adobe update led to Microsoft SE disabled; infected?!
I was on a forum site when it happened; an adobe update popped up, and looked legit (it was two weeks since the last update), but then I realized the logo might've looked weird and stopped it right away when it was loading (perhaps updating). Then, checking my MSE, it was shut down. But not only that, it says the service does not exist because it is not installed. I rebooted, and its the same thing.
I don't know what happened, but I need to know what's going on. As of this posting, my Malwarebytes is running, and I will do SUPERAntispyware. I will post what it found, if it does. But I'am very worried; I don't want this to be infected again.
BTW, I was about to come here because of the latest Java update, which I thought I heard was actually bad. It's not installed, but since it's security, I wanted to let that out right now so I wouldn't forget later.
What could this be? Did something happen and I need to reinstall MSE? I also checked and found nothing that was installed today. I need help, guys. Please?
UPDATE: I did scans from Malwarebytes and SUPERAnti, then rebooted both times: Malwarebytes found BCMiner, an installer (what the link says), and SUPERAnti found Adware.
MSE is still the same.
Last edited by BinkerNate; 06 Jul 2012 at 03:58.