Basically I picked up a nasty piece of malware a while ago. I downloaded this to get rid of it. Yet every time I clicked on clean, to get rid of all that junk, the program says its not responding, then my entire pc freezes, prompting me to restart. I have disabled both my antivirus and firewall while running the program.

Re: AdwCleaner keeps freezing my entire pc and not responding in general.

Ok Destrio5, how do I go about do that? Google search has not been kind to me.

Re: AdwCleaner keeps freezing my entire pc and not responding in general.

Hello,

Can you launch AdwCleaner, click on Tools > Options. In the "Mode" section, ensure "debug" is selected.

Then, do a scan and a clean. When the freeze occurs, reboot and share the logfile in C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner_Debug.log.

Thanks!

Re: AdwCleaner keeps freezing my entire pc and not responding in general.

Ironically enough, I when I chose "debug" and ran, then cleaned, it didn't freeze. Thank you.

The only thing that came up after the restart was a notepad file.

Re: AdwCleaner keeps freezing my entire pc and not responding in general.

Hm, interesting. Can you still share AdwCleaner logfile as asked above?

Thanks!

Re: AdwCleaner keeps freezing my entire pc and not responding in general.

Can you restart AdwCleaner, click on Tools > Log Manager.

Then, go to the "Debug" tab and copy the whole content of the text-area, and paste it here.

Thanks!

Re: AdwCleaner keeps freezing my entire pc and not responding in general.

# AdwCleaner v6.044 - Logfile created 08/03/2017 at 21:09:46 # Updated on 28/02/2017 by Malwarebytes # Database : 2017-03-07.1 [Server] # Operating System : Windows 10 Home  (X64) # Username : The Dominater - DESKTOP-C5JO6DS # Running from : C:\Users\The Dominater\Desktop\adwcleaner_6.044.exe # Mode: Scan # Support : https://www.malwarebytes.com/support

***** [ Services ] *****

No malicious services found.

***** [ Folders ] *****

Folder Found:  C:\Users\The Dominater\AppData\Local\PackageAware Folder Found:  C:\Users\The Dominater\AppData\Roaming\DriverAgentPlus Folder Found:  C:\ProgramData\Mail.Ru Folder Found:  C:\ProgramData\DriverAgentPlus Folder Found:  C:\ProgramData\Application Data\Mail.Ru Folder Found:  C:\ProgramData\Application Data\DriverAgentPlus

***** [ Files ] *****

File Found:  C:\Users\The Dominater\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Mail.Ru.lnk File Found:  C:\Users\The Dominater\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\Driver Booster.lnk File Found:  C:\Users\The Dominater\Favorites\Mail.Ru.url File Found:  C:\Users\The Dominater\Favorites\Mail.Ru Агент - используй для общения!.url File Found:  C:\END

***** [ DLL ] *****

No malicious DLLs found.

***** [ WMI ] *****

No malicious keys found.

***** [ Shortcuts ] *****

Shortcut infected:  C:\Users\The Dominater\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Mail.Ru.lnk ( url,FileProtocolHandler "hxxp://www.mail.ru/cnt/20775012?gp=811035" )

***** [ Scheduled Tasks ] *****

No malicious task found.

***** [ Registry ] *****

Key Found:  HKU\S-1-5-21-3389083087-2590271329-4002902189-1001\Software\eSupport.com Key Found:  HKU\S-1-5-21-3389083087-2590271329-4002902189-1001\Software\Mail.Ru Key Found:  HKU\S-1-5-21-3389083087-2590271329-4002902189-1001\Software\AppDataLow\Software\Mail.Ru Key Found:  HKCU\Software\eSupport.com Key Found:  HKCU\Software\Mail.Ru Key Found:  HKCU\Software\AppDataLow\Software\Mail.Ru Key Found:  [x64] HKCU\Software\eSupport.com Key Found:  [x64] HKCU\Software\Mail.Ru Key Found:  [x64] HKCU\Software\AppDataLow\Software\Mail.Ru Data Found:  HKU\S-1-5-21-3389083087-2590271329-4002902189-1001\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main [Start Page] - hxxp://mail.ru/cnt/10445?gp=811040 Data Found:  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main [Start Page] - hxxp://mail.ru/cnt/10445?gp=811040 Data Found:  [x64] HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main [Start Page] - hxxp://mail.ru/cnt/10445?gp=811040 Key Found:  HKU\S-1-5-21-3389083087-2590271329-4002902189-1001\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{FFEBBF0A-C22C-4172-89FF-45215A135AC7} Data Found:  HKU\S-1-5-21-3389083087-2590271329-4002902189-1001\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes [DefaultScope] -  Key Found:  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{FFEBBF0A-C22C-4172-89FF-45215A135AC7} Data Found:  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes [DefaultScope] -  Key Found:  [x64] HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{FFEBBF0A-C22C-4172-89FF-45215A135AC7} Data Found:  [x64] HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes [DefaultScope] -  Key Found:  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\land.pckeeper.software Key Found:  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\pckeeper.software Key Found:  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\staticimgfarm.com Key Found:  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\ttdetect.staticimgfarm.com Key Found:  [x64] HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\land.pckeeper.software Key Found:  [x64] HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\pckeeper.software Key Found:  [x64] HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\staticimgfarm.com Key Found:  [x64] HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\ttdetect.staticimgfarm.com

***** [ Web browsers ] *****

Firefox pref Found:  [C:\Users\The Dominater\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f7en4hmc.default\prefs.js] - "browser.search.defaultenginename" -  "Поиск@Mail.Ru" Firefox pref Found:  [C:\Users\The Dominater\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f7en4hmc.default\prefs.js] - "browser.search.selectedEngine" -  "Поиск@Mail.Ru" Chrome pref Found:  [C:\Users\The Dominater\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Web data] - aol.com Chrome pref Found:  [C:\Users\The Dominater\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Web data] - ask.com

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C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S0].txt - [4873 Bytes] - [04/03/2017 14:40:33] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S1].txt - [5121 Bytes] - [04/03/2017 14:59:14] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S2].txt - [5018 Bytes] - [04/03/2017 15:12:12] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S3].txt - [5267 Bytes] - [04/03/2017 15:16:06] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S4].txt - [5207 Bytes] - [04/03/2017 15:36:17] C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S5].txt - [5087 Bytes] - [08/03/2017 21:09:46]

########## EOF - C:\AdwCleaner\AdwCleaner[S5].txt - [5160 Bytes] ##########

Re: AdwCleaner keeps freezing my entire pc and not responding in general.

oops, sorry wrong one. um its saying I can't post it due to too many characters.

Re: AdwCleaner keeps freezing my entire pc and not responding in general.

Hello,

Please paste it here instead: https://p.fr33tux.org/and copy/paste the generated link in your message.

Thank you!

Re: AdwCleaner keeps freezing my entire pc and not responding in general.

Thanks!

So problem fixed in your side, or you still have the same issue without the debug mode?