Our first order of business is to download the programs we will need. Many forms of Malware (some designed to be invisible to the user) will hide in Temp folders, so we will not download programs to any Temp folders Because standard Malware cleaning will delete everything in there. We will install and configure the programs and then run scans in the C:... This is the root directory Where Windows is installed.
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Download the Programs listed below:
- CCleaner (do not run yet)
- SuperAntiSpyware (do not run yet)
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (do not run yet)
*Rename mbam-setup.exe as a work-around for malware blockage...some malware will block the setup file to avoid detection
- ComboFix.exe (do not run yet)
*Not compatible with 64 bit versions of Windows
*If you are running a real time antivirus (like AVG) you must disable it or you could damage your system while running combofix
*The same problem may exist while running McAfee
*Kaspersky