Browser opens webpages automatically

Pvance91

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Aug 17, 2017
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Doesn't matter what i am doing a Mozilla tap will open with 3 web pages automatically opening once maybe twice a day
 

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TwinHeadedEagle

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Mar 8, 2013
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Hello,


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Pvance91

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Thread author
Aug 17, 2017
5
Screen comes up that all 3 apps have been blocked(came from another pc), i checked properties and unblocked them. now all 3 say the app has been blocked for my protection
 

Pvance91

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Thread author
Aug 17, 2017
5
booted into safemode and was able to start adware and then after reboot i was able to run zemana. After the second reboot i am still unable to run malwarebytes, it opens but i get the error "Runtime error at (49:120) could not call proc." but here are the log files of the 2 i ran
 

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Pvance91

New Member
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Aug 17, 2017
5
But it has been over 48 hours and it hasn't opened any webpages so i think zemana removed it and i ran additional scans with both zemana and windows defender and they found nothing. So i think that done the trick and thank you for the help
 

TwinHeadedEagle

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Mar 8, 2013
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If MalwareBytes cannot start, then its not removed yet.


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