Use msconfig and see if anything snuck into the startup section,
Norton might have become corrupted as well as Malwarebytes,
Are we talking about the Pro version of Malwarebytes or the free version ?
Freebie needs to be manually updated,
You might laugh but Superantispyware is very good.
It's very important Not use the machine while using the Full scans.
I just installed Malwarebytes that night I worked on it. Free version that is. SuperAntiSpyware I use as well and it is no joke for me, love it. I typically use in this order
Kaspersky RD
SuperAntiSpyware
Malwarebytes
Hitman Pro _one time use
I just forgot when I was there, gotta do that in the coming weeks. I did look in msconfig and nothing was in there that said to launch IE9. When uninstalling IE9 went back to taskmgr and there was Firefox now running. Went to msconfig and nothing in there either. I'll definitely run SAS when I get the next chance when we meet. That will give us more time to look over that AdwCleaner log.
I'm no security expert, but have a look here:
Remove the Search.certified-toolbar.com Browser Hijacker
A Guy
Yes do run the delete part of Adwcleaner, you've quite a smorgasbord of crap there.
Help! Mocaflix virus
OK, finally was able to see my friend. Here is what it is doing. I did the "clean boot" step one and when it rebooted Internet Explorer was still running. Here is a screen shot on what it is doing.
Then if I try to end the process I get this (pic called error message)
I have not done the rest of the things adwcleaner found; figured this was step one to try.
What do you guys think?
I'm going to assume you have an infection. IE running always is a major red flag. This is looking like a security issue rather then a browser problem. It may be a good idea to post a new thread in the security forum. You can post a link to this thread there as well to bring them up to speed. Usually they will request you to run certain tools then post the logs for analysis. I don't have the expertise to be sure to suggest the right methods even though I have some ideas. A Guy
I've seen threads like this before and I'll repeat my suggestion that the remote computer have TeamViewer (or the like) installed so that this issue can be resolved quicker. The remote computer can be set to not sleep while these issues are being worked.
It is not a good sign that iexplorer could not be terminated via task manager.
OK, I'll give my friend a talking to about setting this up the teamviewer and getting this thread over to the security post.
BTW, I also did this. I created a new user and the same thing. Also I saw that there were two instances of Flash Player just for Firefox so when I got home I fired up my system and same thing. Normal?
I also booted in safe mode (both in no networking and also with networking) and I.E. was not running.
Thanks again everyone, next time I can get my hands on the computer is about a week as they are traveling.
Flash has it's own flash pepper flash, and you have installed flash as well, so yes, that is normal.
If IE was not running in Safe Mode, then you might try scanning outside of windows with a rescue cd
Comprehensive List of 26 Bootable Antivirus Rescue CDs for Offline Scanning ? Raymond.CC
You might try a clean start as well, since IE was not running in Safe Mode. See if it runs in a clean start.
Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup
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