IAAnotif.exe Crash

Hi all,

I'm here to seek help for my problem after the experts over at Malware verified that it's not caused by an infection.

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My desktop (PC win7) has suddenly displayed the following symptoms:

1. Notification of IAAnotif.exe crash whenever I startup.
2. Unable to execute most programs.
3. Able to use Firefox and Chrome, but unable to download anything. Nothing happens after I clicked on download links (when first attempting the Malware Removal Guide)
4. IE crashes almost immediately upon execution.
5. Shockwave Flash plugins crash.
6. Internet connection seems stable thus far.

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In addition, I noticed that when I shut down, I always have the option to "Install updates and shut down" despite having done this a few times. Also, my graphic card (HD5870) have also been "crashing and recovering" occasionally, but this have already been happening way before I had this IAAnotif.exe crash incident.

Any help greatly appreciated, let me know if I need to provide any more information. Thanks!

 

I guess start with the obvious...are you sure your graphics driver is up to date?

 

Tried updating it after the IAAnotif crash, but there was an error during installation. Although I should point out that there wasn't any problem when my drivers are not the latest previously.

In case anyone needs to know, I was on CCC 12.10 when the crash hit, the latest is 13.4, I think.

 

Hi my friend , you can inspect you system with this

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/kaspersky_security_scan.html

and this one

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/malwarebytes_anti_malware.html

because sometimes virus is behind of this process :wave

 

Hi, using msconfig > startup tab, I disabled iaanotif.exe, but was unable to find iaantmon.exe. Instead, under Services I disabled Intel Matrix Storage Event Monitor. However, these actions did not solve the problem. Any ideas?

 

Hi, thanks for your input. I had asked for help over at Malware forum, and the expert ruled out the cause of viruses. I do appreciate a second opinion though. Here's the thread:

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=276701

Also, I'm unable to install MalwareBytes, probably due to this existing problem.

 

Luckily for me, a system restore point was created prior to a series of Window critical updates. Going back more or less fixed the problem, however now it leaves me in a position where i'm reluctant to proceed with the said updates, as it's quite clear my problem was caused by one of these critical updates.

Should I proceed to update again (maybe something went wrong the first time round?), or ignore these updates indefinitely?