It all started with Spyware Protect 2009!!!

This is the second time I have been infected by the Spyware Protect 2009 (SYSGUARD) issue in just a few days. Although, I now suspect it may never have gone away. I have followed all the recommended methods for getting rid of it. It now appears that the main culprits are gone (i.e. SYSGUARD.exe removed, Registry entries for SYSGUARD cleaned up etc.). However, I had a lot of trouble getting MALWAREBYTES to run (had to rename execution program) and SUPERANTISPYWARE won't run at all (even with a rename). I try to run them and nothing happens. I have had both of these programs on my system for sometime now and have never had this problem. It also appears that my Norton Antivirus gets shut off whenever I reboot.

Unfortunately, I have tried to provide all the logs that are requested. However, the only thing I can provide is the logs from MGTOOLS. As noted above, nothing else will run.

Another Note: I can get my existing version of Malwarebytes to run (by changing the execution file name). However, I cannot get or install a new updated version. When I run my existing version of Malwarebytes I get 'nothing found'. When I try to install an update it simply stops after the initial install process (i.e. does not start MALWAREBYTES).

Note: This first attachment was created while running in Safe Mode. I'll try to create another one after I do a normal start.

I can usually fix most of these issues myself by running the tools in these threads but if I can't execute them at all I'm kind of at a standstill.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

Here are the logs not running in safe mode.

 

fyi...

I tried another approach to these issues and it seems to have resolved some (if not all) of the issues.

Basically, I had originally tried to follow the ReadMe First instructions and install new versions of SuperAntiSpyware and MalWareBytes etc.. However, these came up as invalid programs when I tried to execute them. Yes, I even tried changing the installation program names to try to get around this issue. They still came up with the error documented in the Readme.

Therefore, as a last ditch effort, I went ahead and tried changing the exec program name for my 'existing' version of SuperAntiSpyware and it executed successfully. It found a ton of errors (600+). I ran the cleanup and now it appears that everything is working ok. I'm even able to run MalWareBytes without the rename and I was finally able to get the update for it. I'm running that now.

Assuming that I'm now able to get all of the reports etc., as documented in the ReadMe, I will probably post those results. If someone is willing, I would greatly appreciate a once over of the logs to be sure I haven't left anything 'hanging'.

The good news is that it now appears that I'm much closer to having the issue fixed. It's frustrating that it appears that these things are now getting smart enough to stop you from running the virus/malware check programs. Ugggg.....

 

Well, I 'thought' everything was clear. However, I started having very odd issues (i.e. internet wouldn't work, joining games (Supcom) wouldn't work without a reboot etc.). I would then run malwarebytes and things would show up that weren't there 15 minutes before ('like magic').

Anyways, long story short, I have attached the logs. I noticed when I ran COMBOFIX it did identify some rootkit issues but I'm not sure if it fixed them or not.

Any assistance, as always, is greatly appreciated!