MGTools Question

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by jdsilver86, Mar 15, 2009.

  1. jdsilver86

    jdsilver86 Private E-2

    Before I run MGTools... does it perform any registry changes? Does it delete any files?

    Does it create any files?
     
  2. jdsilver86

    jdsilver86 Private E-2

    BESIDE the MGTOOLS FOLDER and BESIDE anything in the TEMP folder.. This only scans the system and creates LOGS, YES? No CORRECTIONS of the REGISTRY, right?
     
  3. jdsilver86

    jdsilver86 Private E-2

    Please, 83 views and not one reply?
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Anyone in the world can view. Only authorized helpers can respond. You should read the Don't Bump! It Only Hurts You!!! sticky thread which explains our work process. Adding additional messages is a bump which cost you further delay. We are extremely busy and running 2 to 3 days behind in answers but all threads are answered.

    MGtools does make changes to the registry. Some are to correct things that malware may have modified and we just set that back to proper defaults. A few are to made to insure that viewing of hidden files and folder options are set properly. And then a few other changes are made to fix bugs introduced by ComboFix. There are a few files that would be deleted if they were found but they are just malware files and they are almost never found by MGtools since the other scans that are supposed to be run before MGtools would have already deleted them. However 99.9% of what MGtools does is just collect and report information in the logs.

    Why are you so worried about what MGtools is doing? The other scans from SUPERAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes, and ComboFix are definitely going to make changes especially if malware is found.
     
  5. jdsilver86

    jdsilver86 Private E-2

    Good point. I don't know, I figured these other programs only delete files. Thanks for your answer. Do you guys have an IRC channel?
     
    Last edited: Mar 17, 2009
  6. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome.

    No and we are too busy to even chat on one anyway? ;)
     

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