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Infection LavasoftTcpService.dll
Hello all, last night after logging in to windows I received a warning from ZoneAlarm Extreme Security that 2 files have been infected with the next:
C:\Windows\System32\LavasoftTcpService64.dll - not-a-virus:HEUR.AdWare.Win32.OptimizerMonitor.heur
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LavasoftTcpService.dll - not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OptimizerMonitor.j
I don't use Lavasoft products on my PC, so when I opened IE11 to check what they were there were no connection. My Internet connection was fine though. Anyway, I checked both files and clicked treat in ZA window and it told me after sometime that it wasn't able to treat them and needed to perform an Advanced Disinfection. After closing all open programs as instructed ZA took 5 or so minutes to finish what it was doing. Before it auto-restarted the PC I got a bunch of Bad Image warnings to my running processes.
After the restart the PC booted and logged in to Windows just fine, I then rescanned the PC with ZA/SuperAntiSpyware/Spybot S&D and found nothing.
I am not sure how I got the infection as I am careful about suspicious websites and only use freeware or licensed paid-for software/games etc. Everything is up-to-date and performing scans on a schedule. Also, I haven't installed anything the last few days. Only downloaded WinDirStat and 7StickyNotes from their official download locations (not installed yet).
So my question would be should I use any other scanners to make sure I don't have any left overs in anywhere on my PC? From what I have read in this forum, Malwarebytes/ TDSSkiller/ Rkill have been suggested before but I would like to wait for response from more experienced people.
Thanks for your time.