Trojan On Computer 1

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Chaos Annihilator, Mar 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM.

  1. Chaos Annihilator

    Chaos Annihilator Private First Class

    Hello. The long sob story regarding Computer 1 is included in the beginning of my thread about Computer 2.

    The short story: a couple of days ago a Windows Defender full scan found a trojan on this computer. I since cleared the cookies and cache and recycle bin (I didn't really understand, but I thought the trojan was found in my firefox cache on Computer 1, I have a screenshot of what Windows found if it would be helpful), then I ran windows Smart Scan, Offline scan, another full scan, and found nothing. Ran Malwarebytes free, Spybot, Spybot rootkit, Avast smart scan, Avast full scan, and all found nothing.

    I'm worried that there's more I should do, or something I didn't find since today a trojan appeared on Computer 2.

    Here are FRST logs for Computer 1. As soon as FRST finished scanning, Avast put it in quarantine. A bit of a delayed reaction, I'd say.

    Thanks!
     

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  2. Chaos Annihilator

    Chaos Annihilator Private First Class

    I forgot to mention that a Windows security update in February failed to install on this computer. I troubleshooted, and tried different things to make it work (this is not the first time I encountered this problem with Windows 11, so I figured I had it under control). Before I was able to fix it, in early March windows suggested I install a repair version, so I did that and it seemed to fix the problem. But I think it was less than a week later when this trojan was found, so I don't know if the two things are related or not.
     
  3. Chaos Annihilator

    Chaos Annihilator Private First Class

    Here are updated FRST and Addition logs.

    My friend uses this computer more than I do, and she says she's noticed a few weird things over the past few days (she doesn't know specifically when she started noticing it) that this computer did not used to do.

    She says images take a long time to load, like if she goes to a shopping site, the page starts out blank, then eventually everything fills in. Her game manager does the same thing. She has also noticed that sometimes her start button is randomly framed in white, but then the white frame disappears.

    She likes to keep the Windows Security shield on her task bar so she can see quickly that it has a green check and know everything is fine, but sometimes it randomly disappears from the task bar and won't come back until the computer is restarted a couple of times.

    When I started using this computer after it caught the trojan horse to help her run scans and reinstall Avast, part of what I did was check her microphone, camera, and location to make sure they were all turned off. Minutes after I did this, I gave the computer back to her, and she says "What's this airplane thing?" I said it's your location, but I just turned it off. We checked it, and for some reason her location had turned itself back on.

    Not sure if any of this is fixable or related to the trojan, but just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.

    Since I started working with you on Computer 2, I haven't done anything else to this one, so everything above is still all I've done.

    While I was typing, she told me to ask you if the Windows Security shield on the task bar would also show a red x if there was a problem with her firewall (like if it were turned off), or if she needs to drag something else down there to see that?

    Thanks again for all your help.
     

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