Erratic Laptop

Your logs are all clean. What do you mean by "I have been getting loads of adverts flashing up"? Are you referring to double underlined keywords that when your mouse moves over them you see an advertisement? If so, this is normal and not malware.

 

I don't know what to make of that image you attached. It looks like it is saying that your Avast antivirus program is the infection. Or is there something missing from that image that actually tells you where the problem is. Why not run a full scan with Avast and save a text log to post?

Also run the below.

Now please download Junkware Removal Tool to your desktop.

• Shut down your protection software now to avoid potential conflicts.
• Run the tool by double-clicking it. If you are using Windows Vista or Win7, 8 or 10, right-mouse click it and select Run as Administrator.
• The tool will open and start scanning your system.
• Note: That JRT may reset your home page to a google default so you will need to restore your home page setting if this happens.
• Please be patient as this can take a while to complete depending on your system's specifications.
• On completion, a log (JRT.txt) is saved to your desktop and will automatically open.
• Attach JRT.txt to your next message.

Also please download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save to your Desktop.

• Double click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool.
  Vista/Windows 7/8/10 users right-click and select Run As Administrator
• Click on the Scan button.
• AdwCleaner will begin...be patient as the scan may take some time to complete.
• After the scan has finished, click on the Report button...a logfile (AdwCleaner[R#].txt) will open in Notepad for review (where the largest value of # represents the most recent report).
• The contents of the log file may be confusing. Unless you see a program name that you know should not be removed, don't worry about it. If you see an entry you want to keep, let me know about it.
• Attach the logfile to your next next reply.
• A copy of all logfiles are saved in the C:\AdwCleaner folder which was created when running the tool.

 

It looks to me like it was a warning from your Avast Internet Security firewall but it points to the target being Avast itself which is why it is confusing.

Are you having this problem still. If so try uninstalling the below to see if there is a conflict with Avast.
Advanced SystemCare 9
IObit Malware Fighter 3
IObit Uninstaller
Smart Defrag 4
Surfing Protection

If that does not help, try uninstalling Avast and see what happens.

 

You're welcome.

If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:

1. We recommend you keep Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware.
2. Renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it in step 4 of the READ & RUN ME.
3. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis. If you don't see it or it will not uninstall, don't worry about it. Just move on to the next step.
4. If running Vista, Win 7 or Win 8, it is time to make sure you have reenabled UAC by double clicking on the C:\MGtools\enableUAC.reg file and allowing it to be added to the registry.
5. Now goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click ( if running Vista, Win7, or Win 8 Right Click and Run As Administrator ) on this file to run this cleanup program that will remove files and folders related to MGtools and some other items from our cleaning procedures.
6. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
   
7. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
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     How to Protect yourself from malware!

 

Your original logs had not really showed any malware so this problem again may not be due to malware but rather a setting/configuration or software that you are running. Had you uninstall all the items that I asked you to uninstall back in message number 7. If not, please uninstall them now and do not reinstall until we have completed all fixes and everything is working. Then reboot your PC and see if you still have problems.

Also let's see if anything new has really occurred. Run a new scan with Hitman Pro and attach the new log. If you already uninstalled it you will have to redownload and reinstall. See the READ & RUN ME FIRST. Also please run the below.

Please download the latest version of FRST the below link.

Farbar Recovery Scan Tool and save it to your Desktop.

Note: Make sure you download the proper version ( 32 bit or 64 bit ) for your PC. Only one will run, the correct one. So it you make a mistake and download the wrong one, go back and get the other.

• Double-click to run it. When the tool opens click Yes to disclaimer.
• Press Scan button.
• It will make a log (FRST.txt) in the same directory the tool is run. Please attach it to your next reply.
• The first time the tool is run, it makes also another log (Addition.txt). Please attach it to your reply.

 

As with earlier logs, there are no malware issues.

Yes your problem appears to be with your WiFi settings or drivers. As part of IoBit's software you also installed DriverBooster and it is still installed. If you ran this, perhaps this broke your WiFi. It has happened many times. See for one example the below link and there have been many ( Malware Fighters strongly recommend not using software like this ):

http://forums.iobit.com/forum/drive...-no-wifi-drivers-after-running-driver-booster

I suggest that you see if you can roll back to your old drivers if you ran DriverBooster. Also I suggest that you post in the Software Forum to continue because your problems are not due to malware.

 

All depends on whether it keeps happening all the time or was it a onetime thing related to some website you were on. You could also possibly reset Chrome to default settings just incase anything has attached to it, but based on earlier logs it looked fine.

 

You're welcome.

Since you are not having malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:

1. We recommend you keep Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware.
2. Renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it in step 4 of the READ & RUN ME.
3. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis. If you don't see it or it will not uninstall, don't worry about it. Just move on to the next step.
4. If running Vista, Win 7 or Win 8, it is time to make sure you have reenabled UAC by double clicking on the C:\MGtools\enableUAC.reg file and allowing it to be added to the registry.
5. Now goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click ( if running Vista, Win7, or Win 8 Right Click and Run As Administrator ) on this file to run this cleanup program that will remove files and folders related to MGtools and some other items from our cleaning procedures.
6. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
7. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
   • 
     How to Protect yourself from malware!