Vista Ultimate 64 bit. MGtools comes up as virus in AVG.

Per the instructions for Using MGtools

AVG is more of a virus than MGtools is.

Why are you running the cleaning procedure?

 

You're welcome. You did not answer my question as to why you are running the cleaning procedure.

 

It does not appear to be malware. Other than the PluginVideo (Trojan.DNSChanger) issue that MBAM removed, your logs are clean. Did you knowing install PluginVideo to view videos and was it a few days ago?

Did you put the below in your hosts file and have you been using thepiratebay which infects and breaks thousands of PCs each year?

Perhaps you should think about anything you have recently installed and remove it. Also consider trying System Restore.

 

It is one file. It is used to reassociate URLs to IP addresses which can be used for hijacking. I don't know if that IP is actually one of the ones used for piratebay but it does not look like it. Either way, this probably should not be in your hosts file.

Then those items should be removed.

Don't know for sure but I would not expect legit codecs to have any effect on startup and shutdown. They would have more of an effect when being used to play videos.

It is not a legit codec but it is something that you installed at some point. You should never install codecs when and online program tells you it needs to. This is one of the easiest ways to get your PC infected. Only download and install codecs from verified source (like majorgeeks.com) and if they do not play the videos then don't bother trying to play them.

Doing a System Restore will not impact any of your personal documents. It will only have an effect on programs that were installed at a time after the restore point. For example, if you did not have SUPERAntiSpyware installed previously and you do have it installed now, when you do a system restore back to a point before SUPERAntiSpyware was installed, it will break SUPERAntiSpyware. The files will still be on your PC but Windows will not know the program is installed and registered since the Windows Registry information will not have any information on the program now.

 

Based on your logs it does not appear to be a malware issue. I suggest that you uninstall AVG9 and then reboot. After reboot see if there is any change.

 

Not for startup speed. Overheating could cause freezes and crashes.

But as I stated previously, I don't think you have malware problems.

 

You're welcome. Glad to see everything is working and you did not have any malware issues.


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

1. We recommend you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no protection. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.
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.)
   • Click START then RUN and enter 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. Go back to step 6 oof the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
5. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
6. If running Vista, 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.
7. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
8. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click 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.
10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
    • How to Protect yourself from malware!