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Windows Firewall + Defender Services deactivated from system, no hangs
hi guys,
just last week i noticed that on my win 7 laptop, i could not switch on "network discovery" & "file and printer sharing", after further analysis, windows firewall and windows defender services have gone completely from the services list (services.msc) and that made me wonder that i got some sort of spyware/malware on my system.
after doing a bit of cleaning/fixing, i managed to restore network discovery, file sharing, firewall and defender services, ran a few scans and eventually found a trojan (actually defender found it!!) and another threat in a keygen file i found on my PC and i deleted everything, the PC however has been working perfectly, i never had any BSOD or strange hangs, redirects etc etc.
i ran the sfc /scannow and finished OK although it found a few corrupt files that i couldn't fix in any way, nothing seems to affect the pc in though.
now, since something obviously happened i changed the password of my machine but i was wondering:
- would it be best to format the machine and install win7 fresh?
- is there a list of "dangerous ports" so that i can check if there's still someone listening where they shouldn't?
thanks a lot
gab