Query Malware

Most likely not a malware problem. More likely due to googleads or similar cluttering up your browser's ability to click back. If using IE this happens a lot due to the fact that Google Chrome is in competition with IE

You will have to be significantly more descriptive especially since your logs are clean.

Nope! Just Asktool bar which is installed and used as part of Avira.

Nope! This was not a report of malware. It is a report of a tool being used by MGtools which was designed by Steelwerx.

 

At one point in time, you did not have any choice. Supposedly in 2014 Avira was to stop using AskToolbar and was going to add their own browser extension.

AskToolbar gets installed by many free applications on the internet. Sometimes you can say no and sometimes you cannot.

You can just have Hitman remove those items then. You can also check Firefox for any addons from Ask.com

 

Yes. If your trial has not expired. Otherwise you will have to manually remove those registry items.

Addressed in final instructions below.

They are part of Windows and were always there but were invisibile before. When we enabled viewing of hidden files, they showed up. Also addressed in the below. MGclean.bat should rehide. If not, you can reverse the settings we had you make in the READ & RUN ME FIRST.




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. Renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it in step 4 of the READ & RUN ME.
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, 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.
5. 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.
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:
   • How to Protect yourself from malware!

 

You're welcome. Surf safely! And Happy New Year to you too thanks!