Solved Random ads opening every ~40 minutes

[scitus]

Hi,

So I recently downloaded a torrent file from a russian website, which of course had a virus come with it. About every 40 minutes a random ad window will pop up in Google Chrome, regardless of Chrome being open or not. I have tried everything I could think of in order to remove the virus. Unfortunately I did not have any success removing the virus which has lead me to post on this forum. I tried several different anti-virus/malware softwares, including Sophos, Malwarebytes, TDSSKiller, HitmanPro, Windows Defender, none of which were able to find any viruses.

I hope that any of you are able to help me identify the virus, otherwise I have to reinstall windows.

I ran the Farbar Recovery Scan Tool and have attached the FRST & Addition files.

Thank you,

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Hello,

Scan with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

Please download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and save it to your desktop.

• Install the progam.
• Click the Scan tab, choose Threat Scan is checked and click Start Scan.
• If threats are detected, click the Quarantine Selected button. You will now be prompted to reboot. Click Yes.
• Upon completion of the scan (or after the reboot), click the Reports tab.
• Double-click the Scan Log.
• At the bottom click Export and choose Text file.

Save the file to your desktop and include its content in your next reply.

 

[scitus]

Hi TwinHeadedEagle,

I followed the instructions and have attached the file malwarebytesreport.txt.

Thank you,

 

[scitus]

Hello,

Scan with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

Please download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and save it to your desktop.

• Install the progam.
• Click the Scan tab, choose Threat Scan is checked and click Start Scan.
• If threats are detected, click the Quarantine Selected button. You will now be prompted to reboot. Click Yes.
• Upon completion of the scan (or after the reboot), click the Reports tab.
• Double-click the Scan Log.
• At the bottom click Export and choose Text file.

Save the file to your desktop and include its content in your next reply.

Hi TwinHeadedEagle,

I followed the instructions and have attached the file malwarebytesreport.txt.

Thank you,

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Can you run one more scan with MalwareBytes?

 

[scitus]

Can you run one more scan with MalwareBytes?

I ran one more scan, and the result looked different this time.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Good. How is the situation now?

 

[scitus]

Good. How is the situation now?

I deleted the threats, however, I still get the same ad popup as before.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

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.txt option is checked.
  
  
  
  
  
• Press Scan button and wait.
• The tool will produce two logfiles on your desktop: FRST.txt and Addition.txt.

Please attach report into your next reply.

 

[scitus]

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.txt option is checked.
  
  
  
  
  
• Press Scan button and wait.
• The tool will produce two logfiles on your desktop: FRST.txt and Addition.txt.

Please attach report into your next reply.

It seems like the malwarebytes scan might have worked. Haven't had any ad popups since yesterday after I rebooted my computer. Not sure why it worked after scanning multiple times?

Thank you very much for the help! I appreciate it a lot.