Do I have malicious RunDII32 files affecting my battery?
Hi There
I have been having trouble with my pc flickering when it is unplugged. I have changed it to high performance setting which seems to help but this is not ideal because it drains the battery quickly. When I scanned my computer to see which apps are chowing battery life, windows host application RunDII32.exe came up. I have read this could by spyware? When I scanned my computer's running processes, it was not listed anywhere. It also does not come up when I search for it.
I am concerned I may have a virus disguised as RunDII32 as my computer only relies on Windows defender to protect it. I have downloaded the DDS and created the "attach" and "DDS" files.
Please see below.
Thank you in advance for your assistance, I hope you can provide some clarity as to why my computer keeps flickering.
P.S. When I fiddle with the settings once the computer is up and running, the flickering seems okay, however, every time I switch my computer off its like it resets all my settings and the flickering is back.
Oh and I have noticed my number nine key also does not work. Any advice? This is awkward because i use the key for my password to log onto my computer.
Hello and welcome Lize now this could be either the Windows .exe which I believe is responsible for running the dll's in the system or it could possibly be a malware so please run these and post back if they find anything. SUPERAntiSpyware | Remove Malware | Remove Spyware - AntiMalware, AntiSpyware, AntiAdware! Malwarebytes | Malwarebytes Premium AdwCleaner Download
ADW download from bleeping computer delete any rubbish found with the malware scans
(NB If you are running Kaspersky as the main AV then it might need disabling it when trying ADW because it does not like it at times)
So I have run all of those programs and this is what came up. See attached.
It seems like spyware and adw cleaner removes it for free, but it says I must buy the anti-malware. Is this necessary? Is there a free program available that will sort me out?
So I have run all of those programs and this is what came up. See attached.
It seems like spyware and adw cleaner removes it for free, but it says I must buy the anti-malware. Is this necessary? Is there a free program available that will sort me out?
Sorry late reply and Roy has said about what I would have posted and you will find most of the good free ones here too Free Windows Desktop Software Security List | Gizmo's Freeware < go to the real time section and there you will find the free ones. A tip though I alwasy tell folks to avoid the AVG, Baidu, Comodo (an awful nagger) McAfee, and the 360 endpoint (only because I do not known for sure who makes it or have tested it myself).
The ones from that listing I have tried out are Avast, Avira, Bitdefender (good interface) Sophos, Panda, MSE, are all pretty good and there are some run along side ones too though I have not tested them out yet.
One more that I find quite good too is this but it does take a while to run Emsisoft | Emergency Kit: Free Portable Malware Scan and Removal
Anyway we have probably bombarded you with enough for now
Thank you so much for all your help! My laptop seems brand new! The flickering is gone, hooray! My key number nine still doesn't work, but i can live with that :)
Can't believe how great this service is! Thanx again.
Hello Lize am glad it is back to something approaching normal.
Now one little thing you might be interested in is this Optimize Windows 7 it is my bible when clean installing, fixing friends or family computers and I have used it for a very long time on all my machines.
It might not interest you but it will if some of the tweaks are implemented make your machine that little bit faster and more efficient - you may lose some of the "bling" like transparency (you don't have to) but I think that feature is overrated to be honest. If you do go ahead and use the tutorial and have any problems the authour Brink will be only too pleased to help out and we are always here too.
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