[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Fra

Hi. I'm currently trying to get my computer free from malware since it started acting up. I initially noticed an error message saying 'invalid realtek stream format' and the headphone jack wouldn't work. Then the computer would freeze on boot up when just entering windows.

I naively ran avg boot time scan and thought that sorted it but it seems these things are smarter. I punched in the above error into google and noticed that someone had linked it to MBR alureon virus. I downloaded rkill and ran that and it deleted some files, then combofix and deleted some more files. I'm now running malwarbytes free version and its found one infected file so far.

Am I doing this right and what should I do next. I'd appreciate any advice

Cheers

Malwarebytes works fine for me, members on Rossendale on line swear by it, disable or get rid of Norton anti virus if you have it, its useless. The Malware will update itself as often as you set it for, mines set every 3 days, I run the quick scan once a week, & deep scan once a month, you'd be surprised at what can piggy back, from
supposedly innocent web sites.
Retlaw