lopar wrote:
Good news is that i have just downloaded KB915597 and no probs. If its
defender related then its not all defender updates. Won't know until 15th..It
sounds like you are running out of ideas to help further....

You have related what amounts to permanent damage. I'm afraid nobody
has real solutions for what you reported.

perhaps the
next step is to await 15 October therefore and see what happens then.
Thanks for your continued support.
Pl page down for other comments on your post.

I suppose if you are willing to live with the state of your system for
an indefinite time, then the status quo might leave you without some
safety features.


"1PW" wrote:

lopar wrote:
ok ran sas in safe mode, nothing except cookies found.. reran mwb and nothing
at all found.
ran search in explorer for cbs.log but nothing found with that name. search
included system files hidden folders and sub folders ??
did you see the mwb log i posted ?
I believe a reboot deletes the cbs.log file unless it's renamed before
the deletion occurs.

MBAM

Yes - I saw two Trojans and you also related the download3000 thing.
I was hoping for a better outcome. However, the other things you have
mentioned along the way leads me to believe that more serious damage
has taken place.

very cryptic - like, what sort of damage?

Directories that are now capitalized as if they were recreated.

i take it you advise me to uninstall the s/saver ? Is there any way to
retain it and fix the problem ?

Anything from download3000 is potentially very dangerous.


If the malware removals by MBAM and Shenan Stanley's cleanup procedure
do not eliminate your repeating trouble, I believe a "Flatten and
Rebuild" procedure is the next reasonable step.

don't know what flatten and rebuild is but it sounds hideous.....
as i said, Shenan's comments, whilst appreciated, may be a step too far for
me. I only get an hour or so between work and family commitments to do this
stuff - his "8 to 10 hours" post would be a big deal for me and would be
warranted only if there was a major system problem. At the moment, unless
there is something you are not telling me, its just an 'irritation' having to
restore so often. That is certainly not to say that his and your help isn't
welcome though.

I apologize for the overuse of jargon. Flatten & Rebuild is the
process of using your original install media (your CDs) to preform a
format of your system's hard disk drive. Effectively this erases
*everything* that ever was there. Then an entirely new system is
built from your install/recovery media.

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1PW