About a week ago, a Avast pop-up came up saying that a uninstaller for something called “Social Privacy DNS” was malware. I believe this program was installed with a freeware installer, and I did not pay attention when installing the program. I checked the control panel, and it was installed on 4/3/14. But also some Intel drivers were updated on the same day. So its either not a malicious program, and Avast just had a false positive, or it is just a malicious program. But if it is a malicious program, and Avast says the uninstaller is malware, how can I get rid of it? ???
I did already post this in General topics, but someone said it was the wrong place. I do not know how to get rid of the same post at general topics.
Used all tools and scanned with them. Malwarebytes found all the things I was talking about. Though, it is still installed. But it just removed all the malicious items. So it wont hurt me. Thanks! Sorry it took me so long to scan with everything.
SocialPrivacy is an advertising supported potentially unwanted program that bills itself as a privacy protector but may also capture user information and interfere with web browsing activities. The software will also display search results in the browser based on your web surfing actions and context. From the EULA: "Social Privacy will also display search results from some of your favorite sites on the web directly in the window you are viewing without detracting from your interaction on sites.
Hi there you currently have McAfee running along with Avast. You will need to remove one of them. Let me know which and I will provide the correct tool
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:
ProxyServer: http=127.0.0.1:8118;https=127.0.0.1:8118
SearchScopes: HKLM-x32 - DefaultScope value is missing.
BHO: No Name -> {4F524A2D-5637-4300-76A7-7A786E7484D7} -> No File
Toolbar: HKLM - No Name - {4F524A2D-5637-4300-76A7-7A786E7484D7} - No File
Toolbar: HKLM-x32 - No Name - {4F524A2D-5637-4300-76A7-7A786E7484D7} - No File
CHR HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google: Policy restriction <======= ATTENTION
CHR HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google: Policy restriction <======= ATTENTION
Task: {9791A34F-A7EF-408E-9C03-C6F4C9E90677} - \BackgroundContainer Startup Task No Task File <==== ATTENTION
CMD: bitsadmin /reset /allusers
CMD: DEL %TEMP%\*.* /F /S /Q
CMD: RD /S /Q %TEMP%
REBOOT:
Save this as fixlist.txt, in the same location as FRST.exe
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[S1].txt as well.
Removing malware is what Essexboy do 24/7 (almost) he is also a teacher, training those who want to become a trained and certified malware remover…
So yes you can trust that he know what he is doing
Ok. I just get very scared when removing malware. I also really do need the location for where I need to put the txt file. I do not know what I am doing there
Well, when I uninstalled it, it said it had a error removing it, or something like that, and it said do you want it to be removed anyway? I clicked yes. So I guess its on my system! Thanks so much for all the help guys! ;D
WARNING:Java is the #1 exploited program at this time. The Department of Homeland Security recommends that computer users disable Java
See this article
I would recommend that you completely uninstall Java unless you need it to run an important software.
In that instance I would recommend that you disableJava in your browsers until you need it for that software and then enable it. (See How to diasble Java in your web browser and How to unplug Java from the browser)
Now that you are clean, to help protect your computer in the future I recommend that you get the following free programmes:
CryptoPrevent install this programme to lock down and prevent crypto ransome ware
