I'm tTrying to get rid of s.yimg.com on my desk top

I have requested several times now that all of McAfee be uninstalled, but I still see it installed. Are you having a problem uninstalling McAfee?


Also note the only real problems I have seen in any of your recent logs are what Eset reported related to cracks for using Windows 7 Ultimate and MS Office. If you have used these then they could be the source of any problems you are having. That is if you are still having any problems.

 

The point behind my request to remove all of McAfee was two fold:

1. Wanted to make sure that any complications caused by having multiple protections programs installed were cleaned up. It is better to remove all and then start over fresh.
2. I was concern based on the problems you were having getting things to run that McAfee was getting in the way of cleanup.

It was not meant to be a long term solution of removing your protection.

If you are no longer having problems now then the issue was not any remaining malware but rather an addon that was attached to your previous browser.

 

Your hardware accelerator was causing the s.yimg.com issues?

 

Okay! I had not noticed any messages in this thread where you stated you were having PC performance issues.


If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:

1. We recommend you keep Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware.
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.)
   • Press and hold the Windows key http://forums.majorgeeks.com/chaslang/images/Windows_Logo_key.gif and then press the letter R on your keyboard. This opens the Run dialog box.
   • Copy and paste 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. Renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it in step 4 of the READ & RUN ME.
4. 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.
5. If running Vista, Win 7 or Win 8, 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.
6. Now 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.
7. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others) and running MGclean.bat did not remove them, you can delete these files now.
8. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
9. If you are running Win 8, Win 7, Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below to flush restore points:
   • Refer to the instructions for your WIndows version in this link: Disable And Enable System Restore​
   • For Windows 8 and 8.1 system restore see this link: Win 8 System Restore - How to enable/disable​
   • What we want you to do is to first disable System Restore to flush restore points some of which could be infected.
   • Then we want you to 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!