win 7 antivirus 2012 issue

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Please read ALL of this message including the notes before doing anything.

Please 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:
   
   • Starting your computer 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:
   • Don't Bump! It Only Hurts You!!!

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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You need to be following the instructions in the order written. Wait until you have finished them and then attach ALL of the logs.

 

You're welcome.

Not yet. You still need to attach the requested log from MGtools.

 

You one of the latest infections going around the stops your BFE and MpsSvc services ( and possibly others ) from running and that also corrupts permissions on files, folders, and registry keys.


Download SubInACL.msi from Microsoft.

• Now double click on SubInACL.msi to run the installer. Accept any prompts you get about installing this.
• Now download the below file and save it to your Desktop:
  • resetperm-x64.cmd
• Now right click onresetperm.cmd and select Run As Administrator to run this script. Be patient as this may take awhile to run. Also it is imperative that you Run As Administrator. This is not the same thing as your user account having administrator priviledges.

Once it finishes, reboot your PC.

Okay now press the Windows key and the R key at the same time to bring up the Run box. Type in regedit and hit OK.

• Then in the Registry Editor click File, Import.
• Navigate your way to the C:\MGtools folder and locate the fixW7BFE.reg key and select it.
• Then click the Open button and allow this to be added into your registry

Tell me what happend exactly. Like do you get any error messages or do you get a success message?

If you received a success message then repeat the above import but with below to files from the MGtools folder.

• fixW7FW.reg
• FixW7FWdrv.reg

Wherther the imports work or not, now run the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista or Win7, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator).


Then attach the below logs:

• C:\MGlogs.zip

 

Did you run the resetperm-x64.cmd as requested? Did you notice it popup a window and take 10 min or so to run? Did you reboot afterwards?

If yes to all the above questions, just do all 3 registry imports anyway even if you get errors. The get the new MGlogs.zip file

 

Sorry, that's my fault. I forgot to give you the correct version of resetperm. You are not running a 64bit version of Windows. Please run the below version

resetperm.cmd

Then make sure you reboot your PC.

Then rerun the registry patches and no matter what errors you get, import all three registy patches.

Then reboot your PC one more time. After this run the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file as requested and attach the new MGlogs.zip file.

 

Good job. That has now fixed the BFE and MpsSvc services that were not running.

Are you still having any malware type problems?

 

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 SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no protection. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.
2. If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop like we requested.)
   • Click START then RUN and enter the below into the run box and then click OK. Note the quotes are required
   • "%userprofile%\Desktop\combofix" /uninstall
     • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /uninstall, it must be there.
     • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
3. Go back to step 6 oof the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
5. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
6. If running Vista or Win 7, 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.
7. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
8. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click 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.
9. If you are running Win 7, Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
   • Refer to the cleaning procedures pointed to by step 7 of the READ ME
     for your Window version and see the instructions to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
   • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
    • How to Protect yourself from malware!