OK, Boggin,
I will keep Malware bytes on your suggestion.
Speaking of which there were threats discovered overnight, below; I quarantined them.
Can you tell me how it works. License is not activated and yet it did a scan without my asking overnight. So, that must means it works in real time, maybe?
Is there a way to stop the nagging update message? I remember once before I did subscribe (prolly on another machine) and it began nagging about all kinds of other products they have --- about 5 different things. It never stopped so I un-installed it.
So, what it the difference between a malicious item and a threat?
So, we should quarantine both --- all the time? When not to do that.
BTW, I stopped using IE many years ago. IE let so much bad stuff on my other machine. Nagging me, etc. At least once a virus which messed up my machine. It was a new machine and Dell fixed it and told me not to use it. There were many articles about IE being bad, so I stopped all togehr using it in all machine.
But, now, some program will call it up even though I have Opera as my default. I never had trouble with Opera and it is faster.
I had problems similar to IE with Firefox also, but I use it as my alternate only when some broadcast program like TOTOMEETING does not work with Opera. What about Safari? How is that. I do not like Chrome due to the nature of the Google corporation. IMO, a bad company that does things behind your back.
Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com-Log Details-
Scan Date: 4/5/18
Scan Time: 2:16 AM
Log File: e44b2086-3898-11e8-9311-00ff83c10af3.json
Administrator: Yes
-Software Information-
Version: 3.4.5.2467
Components Version: 1.0.342
Update Package Version: 1.0.4624
License: Trial
-System Information-
OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System
-Scan Summary-
Scan Type: Threat Scan
Scan Initiated By: Scheduler
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 807301
Threats Detected: 12
Threats Quarantined: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Time Elapsed: 25 min, 36 sec
-Scan Options-
Memory: Enabled
Startup: Enabled
Filesystem: Enabled
Archives: Enabled
Rootkits: Disabled
Heuristics: Enabled
PUP: Detect
PUM: Detect
-Scan Details-
Process: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Module: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Key: 1
PUP.Optional.FindWide, HKU\S-1-5-21-2396228472-3482715812-2186985281-1006\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\SEARCHSCOPES\{E8307B89-5F41-4591-83AE-91CC210327DF}, No Action By User, [314], [238383],1.0.4624
Registry Value: 4
PUP.Optional.FindWide, HKU\S-1-5-21-2396228472-3482715812-2186985281-1006\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\SEARCHSCOPES\{E8307B89-5F41-4591-83AE-91CC210327DF}|DISPLAYNAME, No Action By User, [314], [238383],1.0.4624
PUP.Optional.TNT, HKU\S-1-5-21-2396228472-3482715812-2186985281-1006\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\SEARCHSCOPES\{E8307B89-5F41-4591-83AE-91CC210327DF}|OSDFILEURL, No Action By User, [6697], [244085],1.0.4624
PUP.Optional.FindWide, HKU\S-1-5-21-2396228472-3482715812-2186985281-1006\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\SEARCHSCOPES\{E8307B89-5F41-4591-83AE-91CC210327DF}|FAVICONURL, No Action By User, [314], [238383],1.0.4624
PUP.Optional.FindWide, HKU\S-1-5-21-2396228472-3482715812-2186985281-1006\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\SEARCHSCOPES\{E8307B89-5F41-4591-83AE-91CC210327DF}|URL, No Action By User, [314], [238383],1.0.4624
Registry Data: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Data Stream: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Folder: 3
PUP.Optional.FastestTube, C:\Users\Morgan Pierce Parker\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extensions\phahnhbgfdhgobenebnjbgmacgpbfaag\2.4.0.19_0\_metadata, No Action By User, [1228], [373186],1.0.4624
PUP.Optional.FastestTube, C:\Users\Morgan Pierce Parker\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extensions\phahnhbgfdhgobenebnjbgmacgpbfaag\2.4.0.19_0, No Action By User, [1228], [373186],1.0.4624
PUP.Optional.FastestTube, C:\USERS\MORGAN PIERCE PARKER\APPDATA\ROAMING\OPERA SOFTWARE\OPERA STABLE\EXTENSIONS\PHAHNHBGFDHGOBENEBNJBGMACGPBFAAG, No Action By User, [1228], [373186],1.0.4624
File: 4
PUP.Optional.FastestTube, C:\Users\Morgan Pierce Parker\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extensions\phahnhbgfdhgobenebnjbgmacgpbfaag\2.4.0.19_0\_metadata\computed_hashes.json, No Action By User, [1228], [373186],1.0.4624
PUP.Optional.FastestTube, C:\Users\Morgan Pierce Parker\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extensions\phahnhbgfdhgobenebnjbgmacgpbfaag\2.4.0.19_0\_metadata\verified_contents.json, No Action By User, [1228], [373186],1.0.4624
PUP.Optional.FindWide, C:\USERS\MORGAN PIERCE PARKER\APPDATA\ROAMING\MOZILLA\FIREFOX\PROFILES\DZYGI7OP.DEFAULT\PREFS.JS, No Action By User, [314], [301558],1.0.4624
PUP.Optional.Freshy, C:\USERS\MORGAN PIERCE PARKER\APPDATA\ROAMING\MOZILLA\FIREFOX\PROFILES\DZYGI7OP.DEFAULT\PREFS.JS, No Action By User, [277], [301562],1.0.4624
Physical Sector: 0
(No malicious items detected)
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There was one more thing overnight: Windows update happened and it wants me to reboot to complete now. I thought I choose "notify me but do not install". But, it updated anyway.
I have posed the update history below. Can you have a look to see it all is good with that update?
I will reboot in safe mode and do what you asked in one of you last posts, now.
But I am unsure of how to do this. Is this permissions repair with the MS WINDOWS7 SP1 release disc:
"Boot up into Safe Mode with Networking and open Windows Repair and run just the Permissions repairs to see if that puts things right.
See if you can still perform a sfc /scannow from the Users cmd prompt after the reboot."