LodeHere

I want to thank you for the work you did helping me, but it looks like my laptop makes it impossible to apply your instructions on it. As I said, I don't need PsExec but it is also not bothering me. And it is not even malware... now I feel sorry for having even brought it up here. My apologies. This is what happened: Making restore points seems to work, but using them to restore only when I plug in my external drive, which I utilize for storing system images. So I make system images now and then. Emsisoft Anti-Malware only works on minimum Widows 10 now, a message said when I tried to install it. But then I utilized their free removal tool, checking all the boxes for complete removal, and the message appeared after using it that Emisoft Anti-Malware was completely removed. Lately my Windows Defender could not complete updates. So I had it already turned off. (All boxes checked.) I trust Malwarebytes. So no problem. CCleaner was hacked in the past, but it finds and cleans usually a lot of trackers after closing my browser. So I prefer to keep it. Was not aware of Push Notifications. But I never see notifications. Maybe because of uBlock Origin and/or AdGuard. I got this laptop EliteBook 850G1 in 2013, and it still does everything I want. Surfing the Internet, watching videos and life news, writing documents, emails, Skype. Never a problem. Thank you very much again. Also for teaching me not to be so nitpicky, but to be glad things work fine for what I like to do on my laptop. Lode

Thank you very much. For some time now my restoring directly from a restore point has not worked, but It works with my external drive with a Back-Up on it. So I'll make a new Back-Up first. I have not used Emsisoft for years now. Was not even aware of it still being there. It's not active as far as I know. Strange. I'll check it all out and will follow your instructions. Back later.

This time it worked, it looks like. Thank you for offering to look into it. mbst-grab-results.zip

I had to turn desktop icons back on. Surprisingly easy. Hope this is what you meant: mbst-check-results.txt

Thank you very much. I've copy/pasted the instructions in a new document. Have desktop icons disabled. I like just one or another beautiful picture there. All i need is in the tool -tray- bar, and the rest on my Start Menu. But sure I can save the results elsewhere and post them here as an attachment.

Thank you for your kind response with helpful information. As said, I would like to remove it. But don't know how...

Hi, my Hitman Pro (Free) detected PSEXESVC.exe - App/PsExec-Gen It doesn't say it's bad, but offers to remove it, but only after I renew my license. (Which I had years ago before Malwarebytes.) Paying for a new license just to have one removal I would like to avoid. It looks like I don't need it, so I wouldn't mind having it removed. Could Malwarebytes have a look into it? "What is App/PsExec-Gen" https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=what+is+App%2FPsExec-Gen&language=english&cat=web&pl=ext-ff&extVersion=1.1.7

Hi, AdGuard is legitimate ad blocking software. -Log Details- Scan Date: 7/20/23 Scan Time: 2:02 AM Log File: bcd25d9e-2690-11ee-a7e1-8086f2532991.json -Software Information- Version: 4.5.32.271 Components Version: 1.0.2051 Update Package Version: 1.0.72653 License: Premium -System Information- OS: Windows 8.1 CPU: x64 File System: NTFS User: VirtualReality\GodKnows -Scan Summary- Scan Type: Threat Scan Scan Initiated By: Manual Result: Completed Objects Scanned: 212870 Threats Detected: 60 Threats Quarantined: 0 Time Elapsed: 4 min, 4 sec -Scan Options- Memory: Enabled Startup: Enabled Filesystem: Enabled Archives: Enabled Rootkits: Enabled 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.AdGuard, HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432NODE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\UNINSTALL\{aecfa4cc-d924-47f5-b449-859bcd5b361f}, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, , , , , , Registry Value: 0 (No malicious items detected) Registry Data: 0 (No malicious items detected) Data Stream: 0 (No malicious items detected) Folder: 0 (No malicious items detected) File: 59 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAMDATA\PACKAGE CACHE\{AECFA4CC-D924-47F5-B449-859BCD5B361F}\ADGSETUP.EXE, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 8335BFBB7B61004409EFB16C8230EF7D, 8F41A195A18CE8757BE6FB45519FBD568648FB345D6D7DC9101B5524670AE650 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\USERS\GODKNOWS\DOWNLOADS\SETUP.EXE, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 30D517123F43A5767EA14E99BB2F0D5A, 343E4F074DEA74132772F381ECF029C71144B775EAE1F067352DAA1B9DF2C905 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.CRASHREPORTER.RESOURCES.JA.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 98EDF05907925226C0F468BB34550D1E, D4F97CE0D2B73DF9D3022269CA32C00A1ED6E6AB3EA19AFF24677306C41745D5 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.CRASHREPORTER.RESOURCES.ZH-TW.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 7509BC3BA9065A6A03EBAEB5D61EEA6B, 12A3B34A78C36C1B7890F2A41CD1427779E28B11DB9C5E0DD7A5061A9B4E9B02 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.BE.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 62B7A02591ACFB292A8F545ACAD96654, D145F7D44D7D04A3BAC02D9AF6730D36BEF53D5783B60F7A169778C7A6535AC2 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.ES.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , EEF413413AEA4629736109FDF953CF4E, 5893BDCFBACBB493CBADAB3C5D1AB525A524271A86FDE258639960780A23A771 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.IT.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , A2373C99876C57D80B25E708414A1AEA, 792A44BD091DB5F23B8D89F3B3E9E9000D69B7F6E5BDE0B396FAB8864025B787 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.PT-PT.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , F8B8175D4B77F32394DED9AE05F3FA22, 6CA6E5E173D4C2D8CE96403792C5424AEDF973604063742C7BC41115D0C8A5DC PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.SR.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 9C448D32B17B6056F455266C7EA1BB63, B9CBB5E9C525A75387D326E8FCDA17AA23063BBA75D19140A975A5E25E310226 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.ZH.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 60AE5C6345322F9887CFF41C4A5B99C1, 7E3D14078D0546973F2BB1F4EE5A5CC12A696450B875AD0E76F209C9834E7EA5 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\ADGUARD.UPDATER.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , CE997A5A690C333C96B1CA228728EE0A, 253FB594D199F0E00547A2184019857DDB23A6428742EEB05430FF7D1FA5091B PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\ADGUARDCORETOOLSARM64.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , C4DE963FE74193899914A77ECFB850CB, F84D0AB0773862811F133ABB60532D169104018361BCBBB5C7B4DCBC1F17C35C PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.CRASHREPORTER.RESOURCES.FR.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 3A45E1AC948E75562E9B9151726FF326, C60D50218C141FB81DEA26368D1EB65A044D1CD23CA09B2E9ECDC3ADF4382909 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.CRASHREPORTER.RESOURCES.PT.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 65EC77DABA21D78FDCF1BA14BC3B837B, 45D5675F9A43A09BEED94BB0C71BCA9405B0E6503CF1E4D80C1248E16BF813B9 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.DE.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 260B13B74AC8705ED3942BF1641C079B, D6D4901F5D785FBE5DEDEB28DC8F958B75E0F072AA725422F4CD6A015CA813CE PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.HR.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 80EB89A6EDF31DFD2ADB8CDF4AB4D412, 6D24A284866E09A1D64C6FC2E77EB3956E71229F67E6D34B26A203EFA94D3CB0 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.PL.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 3A1D845AA9AF4E5BACCE5E10CEFA3715, 14C599C9FC4AEB5B7D12165FDEB8620A0E85BB8A19B00452A8536BEA5AFF49E2 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.SK.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 09443133B07B16F04375E1BEBC7B9843, 200AA22289587CCE44C9398DF92188C4DD76DDAFD2969357D1E7709735A67488 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.VI.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , D34D7C5E09890247CF1E5975AF1A050D, 63A3F24FD9D65DD1F5C7C38E48DF0626DEE47F65838E1630E572A737F3D86867 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.ID.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , D9F83F72CC722B6318F5209A00014837, 0C0469849C8110A229EF1258BFB3916165F5855FDBF01CA698760E6D3660F131 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\ADGUARD.CORE.COMMON.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , E9C3D9DE6E68158CCC396283BE965484, 91832A6F59B094AEFDFA62AB00AF63C96F673D0BE401ED98A4936D93ACA1D42A PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\ADGUARD.UTILS.UI.PLATFORMDEPENDENT.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , ACDE5DF351FB62B65D38EB9CDB115AA2, DE22547EC7E13F52471A0F1C85DBA47171762FAC3AE275A7B7DF5CC6157C916F PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.CRASHREPORTER.RESOURCES.IT.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 169354E3BAED05763AAB27C075CC4742, 931A0FCB8D37B863FFC7A8540250726B475C89AE5AD7C62D1FFAD7558C0AC417 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.CRASHREPORTER.RESOURCES.RU.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 6864CB03872BA4A7100ED1720F21A32C, 4039E61AF91FBE64D4075CA8879DEBF029BC8BFB1E5AC0996E818E182884F7FB PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.AR.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 5C1EB89508BAEAA7650C100A22346A2F, B281E89DC512F9F015746CAAC74179CD28E677BE349655ECBACFD43868C29F8A PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.EL.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 7324FE71F69A894F33D181DC43EFD783, BE8BA850103AE8F7D7AE5B6DFE65FD43ACD02D5E95A23071CCD1DF296BD717D4 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.HY.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 45E8A5B6BB7A0FA65AAD93BFD1BA8760, F820D7E362F7F71478D10E8811E4446A083313E692D706ADC389EAB5DA6C8C92 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.PT-BR.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 2C1231C25E4222BD3303EE495E53A1AA, AA4870568174E646F093A619903EF53172BA79DE9AB51727BA9368ECB3F4F5F6 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.SL.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 668FDE7D864CC33FE3951753A3A51E2B, 09D756E33CADAB13EBEB4AADB6D3B0E52F4D79D71D497FC2AD8EC270663280E9 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.ZH-TW.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , F7E0DE25B7BB20EB543FED8BA0ADC883, 75297207E359F771FB13D4E79FACF9E47B8A53D5A5F4F9703B1902A94BC5318D PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\ADGUARD.CORE.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , A3135819705DEAE63F8464025F248AA2, CA44E9315C980951564770A774969FDD54EABE305972662B8DE38AB26705754A PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\ADGUARDCORETOOLSARM.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 566A3CC9ECB16DF6F9AD9965C4E8DA10, CFD85B6F0A986EDB4AE4376E0099CF5E8A7137939DE64FBA34A1C8D58BC69999 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.CRASHREPORTER.RESOURCES.EL.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 5D38EF4E6F0C3C8EC38A584512590E6F, C0B06B4B51CDAF7D0C8DDDA45CF63CD138441628ADCBD9AA973E3DE99A7FE077 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.CRASHREPORTER.RESOURCES.PT-PT.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , B7AFFB914495F41C5B5030604D736222, AB977DB03B8899A02923DD4E5005DE88370AAED5072D27047B5ADD80FFA315AD PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.DA.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 6737BA2EEC282799E331E112C030A9AF, 5101671ACBE19EAEAD1959DBA33D72D803B0F446BF4F3D49452A56EE33BA8C16 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.HE.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 1D6E2729A1C4D4CE3275458E714CC6B3, 75129EB3245349BD979434A102703BC592CBEBBA5105C6BC3F00BDEEA9BB4FD2 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.NO.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 92C75C25A92DA7F30460962BDC931682, C5CBCD37F992E4D2B0B082949CE9482D776E98E78C0CC14A5ECD38AAD9A2ECED PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.RU.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , D9F5672A2E733EAD09E3E16C62EA7A7C, 68051CF8625E23A18AD5B1AAF2CFA830D0CC0C00E629D9C8FAEFE8BCAD26443F PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.UK.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 9739DBF2AA38F2DEFC12208C072811FD, 9F4AE3934199C255B90873B3C57A8E5155916C1B4435DD13C086E2828303C59D PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\ADGUARD.UTILS.UI.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 51B7B3F841875F16B44187F4C2C3F3F8, 1726923AA80020DEA340211A967BF3C450B72523BF8506678C2D067EA88D78D3 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.CRASHREPORTER.RESOURCES.KO.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 887EC0E47EF90B9483DE16717A93705E, 91AC9C8DF68ED8554DBC471DED07B9E2A52C6176F79C9201B534F13E48D1FA90 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.CRASHREPORTER.RESOURCES.ZH.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , BB3E73215D38C4FF50FBC7E89DA5F604, E330C44D7F17B9B90F59601C77F9DE6CCE4523A5FC38DB7ADD6D89EE2B805ECD PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.BG.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 1DD2436512106BA3ED265A1FD9CA9033, 58B3E736F2705E76AC5919A2C9A8EA0305F3567816493375E74168B4ABF62159 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.FA.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 818D5B519A630C6AC24CA58695A5C4B9, 680DEF210A6B10D33FE9A23563AB2627B5D29569F9E254C497CE53E694222071 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.JA.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 43A08C2CC02BA94AE8CF06970FCE9A7C, 0DFDCC1ADE35FAF9174CF3AFFE5B9F5413343CA0F6F20987AB150F75696568A9 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.PT.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 31739DB748D7D4468D70774DC74D2882, ED868385204F0B399632D32E573DA89598BB9B60CFBD281F85D56C013BB2BD9E PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.SV.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 4BD4CDB9073115894F797AEAFA0C294E, 177A4539FC3E2DC021FCACBDCBFF356B8BA887E1284BA4C5B883B05EA4918115 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\ADGUARD.CRASHREPORTER.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 531EED19D3E0B0FAE3AA4CC0A4F1BCDD, 186C5BE59EAE6ABD99858F26B5262FAEFAC45788B9247061498529715731E514 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\ADGUARD.UTILS.ADAPTERS.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , AD88AB52F077A1461AA446B230CDC1FD, B99CB046E1F745CCC72AB6CCEE11DA01A5ECC7850669F1D407AC9C288DE6EB60 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\ADGUARDDNS.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , C81EFFD8B34D2CC81877C8F82FF877E8, 994F131D7FC3114AC401A70DAA175EF16F9D90097806AE42287AABA96C8B2546 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.CRASHREPORTER.RESOURCES.DE.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 4328647312121911C03FC49A94653203, AAA8CEF35DE59308122C4456960575A6933237CB6D7C62BD7816639C124EC0CA PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.CRASHREPORTER.RESOURCES.PT-BR.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , D2A5B2611C82ACAC0E5AE9C439D5CCA0, 7CA9DF0DAB0E8CD8651FF31A45A313B79C40738371ADBEA2C2331416850F3D54 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.CS.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 39670A760FB3B25A0CCEFB2F81623EDB, F39F1E716946CD51E445CA3A317919E2102985C512B7C4ECBD3942C5F429B6F3 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.FR.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 6E8814D998ED0728AACD67807F2AAD75, 30BBC5155A0958413FAA29FDCECD29FC419055FED38DF7B996501845810B2AD6 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.KO.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 81A3739813A6B75E7B0E49454BA08DF8, AC04A5F5C6A383B68AF2B0EBD6BABE5AF047A44880398B158B82C0BF468EC7D9 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.RO.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , 7D0578C07FF831970E332AFB488CF52C, 529E6FE16205EB75070DC6B00B03FEDB2E5B1C7DB0218F0C7D61A379ED5010EF PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\LANGS\ADGUARD.UPDATER.RESOURCES.TR.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , E6CE631A75C30AD20C589CF8BA020788, CCA292496D815897322191D62FFB09105BA5120E12E2DA26AB6BDC2B376A74F3 PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\ADGUARD.DNS.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , E0022638E13E4AD53C9261B49C26234F, A4966938477CA9F9B23E89390162BA357AC69AE6FE6F74408920E3317C55254A PUP.Optional.AdGuard, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADGUARD\ADGUARD.UTILS.DLL, No Action By User, 12796, 1165261, 1.0.72653, , ame, , A6365673AD7710C835E04AE1135A9BB3, C1A96A9ED98F2F3677972CE458FA76DEFC8DBDCF50FA67A3F9B6AFEE789A1445 Physical Sector: 0 (No malicious items detected) WMI: 0 (No malicious items detected) (end)

Thank you. I'm not aware of having it installed, and don't know if it would do me any good. But the exe. was there. Maybe once I thought it was handy... but don't see any reason for it now, having just watched a video of it.

Malware.AI.1797250210, C:\USERS\GODKNOWS\DOWNLOADS\LEOMOON-DOT-COM_LEOMOON-CPU-V_WIN\LEOMOON CPU-V.EXE, Quarantined, 1000000, 1797250210, 1.0.72475, CD8462AF591154896B1FDCA2, dds, 02385791, 7C54B3E3FEA70A8300DFBA61DD959C23, B026C83D41FFC9FCD7628C2F65B9F2DF85B4B88AFF5720DB22871FA6C282D79D It looks like a false positive: https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=leomoon+cpu+exe&language=english&cat=web&pl=ext-ff&extVersion=1.1.7 I checked to see if it really was malware, as by default I surf in Sandboxie, So slim chance it was downloaded and saved without me knowing about it.

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During the latest automatic scan Malwarebyes flagged SartIsBack as malware. It is not. It was developed when Windows 8 and 8.1 came out. StartIsBack refers to giving one the Start pop-up back when clicking on the Windows logo in the left down corner. It makes one's Windows 8.1 look like a modernized Windows 7. Offers various settings to make things look and work as one likes it. If I remember well, one could utilize it for a month for free, after that a once for a lifetime payment of $3 was required. So almost for free. I have been using it for some 10 years now on my Windows 8.1 Later they made versions for Windows 10 and 11. See what it looks like: "StartIsBack" https://www.startisback.com/ False Positive Malwarebytes StartIsBac.txt

Thank you for responding. You are right, and I first posted it with the links, but they did not appear, so I tried again, and this time they stuck. Got a smile out of it, so doesn't feel lake wasted time.

It made me smile to see this flagged as a PUP by an automatic scan just now, and also deemed OK at the same time here when I looked it up: https://memu.en.lo4d.com/virus-malware-tests It can hardly be both at the same time... PS: Now the status has changed on Virus Total I just saw: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/8fb453bf498acb05af9e0a442f26029cd6c5a3d68431fdff7fc385faf1541b96

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