I have a laptop that was infested with quite a few PUPs, torjans, viruses, adware and just about everything else.
I have removed most of the problem programs and infections using a combination of adwcleaner, JRT, Malwarebytes and Avast and Trend Micro’s House Call. Anything left over was removed using Revo uninstaller.
I also performed a scan booting from an AVG rescue disk.
The problem is that, even though the computer works perfectly, Avast keeps reporting that it has blocked malware. It seems to be outgoing attempts to contact assorted websites. I thought I had everything cleaned up until this started happening.
For example:
hxxp://bestdriverstar.net/4242/segmentsustainer_142667093542149.dll (Process svchost.exe)
hxxp://anythicago.com/4242/seekerinstance_142666919466027.dll (missed the process on this one)
hxxp://simplesitescan.net/4242/softwareForce_142669433532350.dll (Process c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe
They all follow the same pattern of Avast going “ding-ding-ding” Threat has been detected, and then a window will pop up showing it blocked an attempt at outside communication (URL:Mal).
I have done the full Avast scan that reboots the computer and scans everything, and it did find some infected files, which were quarantined or removed. I’m still getting this problem though.
In Programs and Features, I have looked through the entire list and all the remaining programs are from Microsoft, ASUS, Adobe, Alcor Micro Corp (USB card reader), Atheros (network driver, bluetooth driver, client installation program), IvoSoft (Classic Shell), or Intel. Nothing unusual that I can find.
I have run FRST and aswMBR and attached the logs. I did not attach the Malware Bytes long because it was the first piece of software I scanned with and I didn’t save the long. It has since been uninstalled. I can reinstall and rescan with it if needed.