Solved Logon Process Initialiazation Failure - Please Help!!

[halifaxer12]

It's at 48%...running pretty slow, I'm guessing because it's badly infected. "A variant of Win32/Adware Yontoo application"

 

[VistaKing]

It will take some time to complete .

 

[halifaxer12]

I forgot to check a couple of the advanced settings (° Scan potentially unwanted applications
° Scan for potentially unsafe applications) though...I hope that's ok. I can rescan it again later.

 

[VistaKing]

True .

 

[halifaxer12]

It's at 75% now

 

[halifaxer12]

Ok so I finished the IE and Chrome scans and they each had 13 threats... I attached both the scan results to this message. What do I next to actually remove these adware threats? I'm installing Ad-Aware and Malware Bytes..

And going back to my Windows folder being 21 gb, most of the gb being used up are in the winsxs folder. Is there a way to remove files from it?

I would also like to transfer the Users folder over to the E: drive because it's taking up another 13 gb of space.

 

[VistaKing]

Run the following

AdwCleaner

Click here AdwCleaner

:ar: Click on Download Now button

:ar: Save to the Desktop

:ar: Right-click on AdwCleaner.exe and choose

:ar: Click on Delete and confirm the prompt.

:ar: Your computer will be rebooted automatically. A text file will open after the restart.

Upload the log : The log file is at C:\AdwCleaner[Sn].txt


Download Junkware Removal Toolkit

Click here Junkware Removal Tool to download

Drag the JRT.exe from the Downloads folder to your Desktop

Right click JRT.exe and choose

Once done upload the JRT.txt file

MalwareBytes

Download Link :ar: MalwareBytes

When the installation is done uncheck Enable free trial of Malwarebytes (see image below )

Update the definitions and do a full scan

:ar: On the Scanner tab:
Make sure the "Perform Full Scan" option is selected.
Then click on the Scan button.
:ar: If asked to select the drives to scan, leave all the drives selected and click on the Start Scan button.
:ar: The scan will begin and "Scan in progress" will show at the top. It may take some time to complete so please be patient.
:ar: When the scan is finished, a message box will say "The scan completed successfully. Click 'Show Results' to display all objects found".
:ar: Click OK to close the message box and continue with the removal process.
:ar: Back at the main Scanner screen, click on the Show Results button to see a list of any malware that was found.
:ar: Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
:ar: When removal is completed, a log report will open in Notepad.
:ar: The log is automatically saved and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.
:ar: Copy and paste the contents of that report in your next reply and exit MBAM.

 

[halifaxer12]

Ok I'm installing them and running now.

 

[halifaxer12]

So I think I removed all the infections now using those programs you listed. Thanks for all your help VistaKing, really appreciate it. Now if I can just figure out how to transfer my User folder to my E: and reduce the size of my Windows folder...

 

[VistaKing]

Upload the Logs

Click on the link below to see how to move the users folder

:ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18629-user-folders-change-default-location.html

 

[halifaxer12]

How do I upload the Logs again? And I'll check out that link to move my User folder

 

[VistaKing]

Click on the Go Advanced button under the Message box . Scroll down to Additional Options then click on Manage Attachments in the Attach Files sections . Click the Browse button locate the file then click on the Open button . In the Upload File from your Computer section click on the Upload button . Wait until it finishes uploading then close the window . Then click Submit Reply .

Location of Malwarebytes log
C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\Logs

 

[halifaxer12]

Ok I will run Malware again and upload the logs here soon. And about the User link, there are a few different options and methods so it's kind of confusing to me. Which is the best one to go with?

 

[VistaKing]

Either one will be good .

I like having the Users folder on another Hard drive . A mechanical spinning hard drive

 

[halifaxer12]

Am I doing it right so far? I created another temporary User Account called "Tutorial" so another User folder could be made in C: .. I'm following the other steps now, I'm just not sure if I'm supposed to move the temporary user folder to my E: or the original User

 

[VistaKing]

Which one are you trying to do ?

 

[halifaxer12]

I clicked Option 1 "User Profile - Change Default Location" Method 1. My original User Folder is called "Keon" and the new one I created is "Tutorial." I'm trying to move the User to my E: The Tutorial username I created is a standard account and Keon is my administrator.

 

[VistaKing]

Do exactly what it says in this tutorial

:ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/87555-user-profile-change-default-location.html

Option Two would be a lot easier for you to do

:ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18629-user-folders-change-default-location.html

 

[halifaxer12]

So do method 1 on the User Profile and Option 2 on the User Folders? Method 1 is really confusing because it says to logon to the user account you want to move, then it says to create an administrator account that you don't want to move. So two administrator accounts? Login to the temporary adminstrator account and move the User folder from the original administrator account?

Btw I finished the Malware scan, it didn't find anything harmful. Do you still want the log?

 

[VistaKing]

Is it the malwarebytes that came out clean ?

Create a new topic on how to move your users folder to another location and you will get more help

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