Desktop Defender Removal?????????

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by brahman, Jan 18, 2010.

  1. brahman

    brahman Specialist

    Well I downloaded Malwarebytes program and while it didn't actually delete my problems, it did locate them for me and I deleted them myself. I stopped it in the task manager, then found it's locations, both in system32, and appdata/roaming, then uninstalled a previously unknown (Microsoft c+++) program downloaded at the same time my virus appeared. I haven't had any problems since, but..........

    I checked the memory of my hard drive, and it says 126gb available out of 220gb. This means there is 94gb used, and I only have one file with 32gb of video. Is it possible to have 62gb of programs? Seems unlikely when I have not a single game on my pc. Biggest program I remember downloading was open office. Is it possible the Desktop Defender just found a way to randomly use extra space? This space could have been used up before as I didn't monitor before, but I am just wondering where is all of it stored?
     
  2. brahman

    brahman Specialist

    14gb found in quarantined folder, never deleted. Along with 5 gb of programs located and my 32gb video, This leaves still 43gb unaccounted for.
     
  3. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Are you referring to the amount of RAM being used or the amount of space on your hard drive? Either of these should be addressed in the software forum.

    If you believe you are still having malware issues:
    Please read ALL of this message including the notes before doing anything.

    Pleases follow the instructions in the below link:

    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide


    and attach the requested logs when you finish these instructions.

    • **** If something does not run, write down the info to explain to us later but keep on going. ****
    • Do not assume that because one step does not work that they all will not. MGtools will frequently run even when all other tools will not.


    • After completing the READ & RUN ME and attaching your logs, make sure that you tell us what problems still remain ( if any still do )!
    Helpful Notes:


    1. If you run into problems trying to run the READ & RUN ME or any of the scans in normal boot mode, you can run the steps in safe boot mode but make sure you tell us what you did later when you post logs. See the below if you do not know how to boot in safe mode:
    2. If you have problems downloading on the problem PC, download the tools and the manual updates for SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes ( links are given in the READ & RUN ME) onto another PC and then burn to a CD. Then copy them to the problem PC. You will have to skip getting updates if (and only if) your internet connection does not work. Yes you could use a flash drive too but flash drives are writeable and infections can spread to them.
    3. If you cannot seem to login to an infected user account, try using a different user account (if you have one) in either normal or safe boot mode and running only SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes while logged into this other user account. Then reboot and see if you can log into the problem user account. If you can then run SUPERAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes, ComboFix and MGtools on the infected account as requested in the instructions.
    4. To avoid additional delay in getting a response, it is strongly advised that after completing the READ & RUN ME you also read this sticky:
    Any additional post is a bump which will add more delay. Once you attach the logs, your thread will be in the work queue and as stated our system works the oldest threads FIRST.
     

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