Well, thank you TwinHeadedEagle. I have access to internet pages again. The two reports are attached but it all went like clockwork. Phew! I intend to donate an amount to the combofix creator. Do you have a similar paypal donation link? Without your help, I'd be cactus!
Can you tell me if I should use MalwareBytes in the future to clean my system. The outcome was scary.
I have donate button in my profile, so you can use it. Thank you!
I am not exactly sure that ComboFix did the job alone, I think Adwcleaner did the most work here, but you can 50/50 the amount to both creators. MalwareBytes team is constantly working to improve their products and detection rate, but they are company and they must follow some rules and law that ComboFix and Adwcleaner creator do not have to do. All three tools did a great job, but there were probably some setting that MalwareBytes missed and this caused your Internet to break.
Anyway you were heavily infected and this must not happen in future. When we finish, I'll give you some recommendations to keep your PC more protected in the future.
Let's make our final check:
Scan with Farbar Recovery Scan Tool
Please re-run
Farbar Recovery Scan Tool to give me a fresh look at your system.
- Right-click on
icon and select
Run as Administrator to start the tool.
(XP users click run after receipt of Windows Security Warning - Open File).
- Make sure that Addition option is checked.
- Press Scan button and wait.
- The tool will produce two logfiles on your desktop: FRST.txt and Addition.txt.
Please include their content into your next reply.