Combofix not working...

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by ForTozs, Dec 16, 2010.

  1. ForTozs

    ForTozs Private E-2

    Hi. I have attached the rest of the logs but Combofix is not completing. Not sure if I'm getting Comodo disabled all the way or not. My problems started just recently...My computer started running REALLY hot (thermal event shutdowns) when trying to watch Flash videos. It seems others have been experiencing issues with the latest Flash being a resource hog as well. I tried I8kfan and it has helped considerably, but I would rather get to the root of the problem. Other than the heat issue, my computer has acted normal. Hopefully I'm not dealing with a hardware issue, but it doesn't look good. The fan seems OK, so I'm afraid it could be a capacitor or a thermal paste issue. I can't get into that with a laptop. Ran SAS and MB without a hitch. Everything seemed relatively clean except for a dialer that SAS picked up. Combofix went through the 50 steps but the window would close afterward and it never did the "getting logs" step. Not sure what's going on, but I would definitely appreciate some help. i run Windows 7.
     

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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    This is not a malware problem. You should post in the Hardware Forum or in the Software Forum if you expect it is just related to a new version of FlashPlayer.
     
  3. ForTozs

    ForTozs Private E-2

    OK. Thanks. So I shouldn't worry that ComboFix wouldn't run? I appreciate your input.
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Not really. This happens frequently even with non-malware issues. It could just be a simple conflict with Comodo that you run or it could be due to other Windows issues. Overheating issues are not likely to be malware, at least not the way you have decribed it. If your hard disk was constantly running and you saw high processor usage in Task Manager or similar then it may be helpful to dig further. But you only said your PC gets hot when watching flash videos.
     

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