My pc (C, D units) and my external HD drive (H, I units) have been infected by this malware from a USB stick and Avast emits intermittent alerts without however eliminating threats. Here logs attached, unfortunately something breaks aswMBR before complete scan, so I informed the Windows report instead of aswMBR.
Run FRST and press Fix
On completion a log will be generated please post that
THEN
Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode onto your desktop.
[*]Close all open programs and internet browsers.
[*]Double click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool.
[*]Click on Scan.
[*]After the scan is complete click on “Clean”
[*]Confirm each time with Ok.
[*]Your computer will be rebooted automatically. A text file will open after the restart.
[*]Please post the content of that logfile with your next answer.
[*]You can find the logfile at C:\AdwCleaner[S0].txt as well.
Ok, suddenly the system recognized the external hd and McShield completed the log. I honestly do not know what I did, but it is working. :o
Unfortunately, the external hd still continues with strange behavior (see attached pictures), can not be ejected, and apparently have lost 15GB of content. Please continue helping me, as if this loss is true, I will have many professional and academic problems.
The other issue, of intermittent warnings about differentia / disorderstatus was 100% settled, except that now the computer always starts with a minimized program called WindowsPowerShell from System32. What is this?
Download MCShield to your desktop and install
It will initially run a scan and show the result as a toaster by the system clock
Then in the control centre select scanner and tick unhide items on flash drives
Intriguing the powershell entry returned … Firefox has a multitude of unsigned extensions and I do mean a lot, it may be worth uninstalling and reinstalling FF to male it run smoother
Have the hidden files returned on your external drive ?
CAUTION : This fix is only valid for this specific machine, using it on another may break your computer
Open notepad and copy/paste the text in the quotebox below into it:
I am a publicist and unfortunately these extensions are part of my work, so much so that did not problems in these two years when I have them, prior course of pendrive infection today.
And no, the external drive did not return to normal behavior, what can I do more?
[*]Right-click the file/folder and click Properties.
[*]Click Previous Versions.
[*]This tab will list all copies of the file and the date they were backed up.
[*]To restore a particular version of the file, click Copy and select the directory you wish to restore the file to.
[*]If you wish to restore the selected file and replace the existing one, click Restore
[*]If you wish to view the contents of the file before restoring, click Open.
[*]Please download http://www.shadowexplorer.com/uploads/ShadowExplorer-0.9-portable.zip and save the file to your Desktop
[*]Right-Click ShadowExplorer-0.9-portable.zip and click Extract All. Select your Desktop and click Extract
[*]Right-ClickShadowExplorer.exe and select http://i.imgur.com/AVOiBNU.jpg
Run as administrator to run the programme.
[*]You will see a drop-down menu with the shadow copies of all partitions and disks present.
[*]Click C:\ from the drop-down menu.
[*]To the right, pick a date prior to the infection from the drop-down menu.
[*]To restore a whole folder, right-click on your desired folder and click Export. You will then be prompted as to where you would like to restore the contents of the folder to.
http://i.imgur.com/J8xQM97.png
File Recovery Software
File Recovery Software may be able to recover the original file deleted by the infection. Please bear in mind, the more you use the machine after the files are encrypted, the harder it will be for the recovery software to recover your files.
No, boy, unfortunately I was organizing the files to backup and this is my only copy.
I will follow your suggestions and post the results here shortly, but first I have some questions:
1 - The missing folder could be recovered with the prompt C:>attrib -h -r -s /s /d h:*.* ?
2 - Is it possible suggest to Avast more informative popup warnings, such as DO NOT CONNECT REMOVABLE DEVICES UNTIL ATTACKS BEEN SOLVED? As it is, we have the impression that the antivirus just want to inform you that it has blocked an attack, omitting it left spread up a whole infection.