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Yet another fake Chrome process victim :-(
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<blockquote data-quote="Isabelle" data-source="post: 310250" data-attributes="member: 31472"><p>Hello forum,</p><p> </p><p>I noticed my pc running slower a couple of days ago. When I checked the task manager, I saw a high number of mcnwsrbhmzn.exe processes, identified as "Google Chrome", taking up CPU and specially memory resources. I don't have Chrome installed, so I started suspecting... Further Internet research kind of confirmed I had become yet another fake Chrome process victim.</p><p> </p><p>The process local file is stored under Appdata->LocalLow, folder Zorxeaq.</p><p> </p><p>I can kill the processes from command line with taskkill /F and then delete the folders/files, however, one empty Zorxeaq folder is always recreated - so there is "something" watching my deletions. If I restart the PC, the processes and the files appear again from "somewhere"... If I restart in safe mode, no processes/folders are recreated (which makes sense).</p><p> </p><p>I attach the FRST log. Notice that my disk drive is encrypted and I have to manually enter the key when I restart in safe mode. I don't know if this is important for the recovery process.</p><p> </p><p>Thank you so much, your help is greatly appreciated!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Isabelle, post: 310250, member: 31472"] Hello forum, I noticed my pc running slower a couple of days ago. When I checked the task manager, I saw a high number of mcnwsrbhmzn.exe processes, identified as "Google Chrome", taking up CPU and specially memory resources. I don't have Chrome installed, so I started suspecting... Further Internet research kind of confirmed I had become yet another fake Chrome process victim. The process local file is stored under Appdata->LocalLow, folder Zorxeaq. I can kill the processes from command line with taskkill /F and then delete the folders/files, however, one empty Zorxeaq folder is always recreated - so there is "something" watching my deletions. If I restart the PC, the processes and the files appear again from "somewhere"... If I restart in safe mode, no processes/folders are recreated (which makes sense). I attach the FRST log. Notice that my disk drive is encrypted and I have to manually enter the key when I restart in safe mode. I don't know if this is important for the recovery process. Thank you so much, your help is greatly appreciated! [/QUOTE]
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