IAAnotif.exe Crash: Malware?

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by hungryboy, May 20, 2013.

  1. hungryboy

    hungryboy Private E-2

    Hi Gurus, need your advice on my predicament.

    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.

    I have run the Malware Removal Guide (downloaded the tools on another computer), but MalwareBytes (mbam) encountered problems during installation, even after renaming it. The problem still persists after running the other 4 tools.

    Is this a known malware, or just a corruption of IAAnotif.exe? I can provide the log files later tonight when I reach home (unable to register to this forum at home, due to some "spammers" error. Possibly because of shared IPs...)

    Any help greatly appreciated, thanks!
     
  2. hungryboy

    hungryboy Private E-2

    I am unable to attach the log files as nothing happens when I click on the "Browse" button in the Manage Attachments window. Any suggestion?
     
  3. hungryboy

    hungryboy Private E-2

    Attached using another computer.
     

    Attached Files:

  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Based on your logs, you are not having malware problems. They are all clean other than some dead/stray registry keys from removed applications. But these are not causing your problems.

    iaanotif.exe is for your Intel hardware ( Intel Matrix Storage Manager ).

    Too bad you had system restore disable as you could possibly have used an old restore point to recover from the problems which seem to be Windows and or driver related. I suggest that you post in the Software or Hardware Forum.
     
  5. hungryboy

    hungryboy Private E-2

    Thanks for verifying. I'll head over to the Software forum for help like you suggested.
     
  6. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    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. Go back to step 4 oof the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
    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 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.
    5. 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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