BSOD During Dark Souls 2, Grimefighter wont run, no obvious malware... advice?

Viruses and worms
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I’m assuming this is already done with FRST, but to ensure;

Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Under “Folder Options” hit Show Hidden Files and Folders.

Ensure that the Radiobutton "Show Hidden Files; Folders & Drives is checked.
Ensure that "Hide Extensions for Known File Types is UN-checked.
Ensure that "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) is UN-Checked.

Note; for the last, you will be prompted confirming your decision. Hit Yes. Now, recheck the C:\ for any Greyed (Ghosted) folders named ATI.

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Rad, all my files were hidden lol.

I couldn’t find C:\ATI so I just did a blanket search for atikmpag and this is what i found (attached jpeg)

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Also, after last night’s BSOD a new notice was available in the action center that directed me to this page https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2665946/

I havn’t done any of their recommendations yet, until one of you guys can take a look at it first

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At the very least don’t attempt the first one. Seeing as you have a spare backup file, I will see if I can get Essex to give you instructions to replace it safely.

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Run the fixit on the MS page as that will ease the problem somewhat

My next suggestion would be to download the driver package for your card and then using control panel > programs and features … As well as device manager uninstall the driver package currently installed

Reboot and then install the downloaded version

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Ran the fix, uninstalled the card from device manager, uninstalling my card stuff with programs and features, than gonna reboot and reinstall. windows dont like this. it keeps trying to update as im uninstalling components

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Running a fresh install of catalyst. gonna update the drivers and restart. should I load up GTA and test it out?

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After the reboot I was able to play gta v for a solid hour and a half! I’m not convinced the problem’s gone but I’m definitely seeing an improvement in reboot and program load times

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Let us know if there are any problems

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I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for issues. Will report back in a day or two to let ya know how it’s running. Thank you for the help guys!

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