Very strange problem.. like X-Files status

Russ88765

Russ88765

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Okay so my computer was going great and all, and runs beautifully. It is quite a nice machine with a decent amount of cash invested in it right? The strangest thing happened though.. The morning of April 1st I turn it on in normal boot mode and it freezes the second the computer starts up. I restart and check several times but it continues to do this. The entire day I had to use it in safe mode, and couldn't seem to identify what was going on. The next day I start it up and it works normally again. I can find no logical explanation for how this is possible, and while part of me is glad I can use it just like normal again - it's unsettling to say the least. I don't really know if this is some kind of phenomenon or something that somehow went away for now and will surface again later. Is there a dormant issue with it? I'm still trying to figure out what exactly happened and isolate the problem but no idea yet. Is it just an unexplained instance?
 
OK firstly I'd do a scan for malware infections using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. If it finds nothing, then it's probably some sort of hardware related issue. Your power supply may be on the way out, though with it being a Corsair PSU, I doubt that. Although it's working now, I'd still run a scan for malware and see if you can catch anything. It may have only been something like a power surge overnight though.
 
vistakid10 said:
OK firstly I'd do a scan for malware infections using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. If it finds nothing, then it's probably some sort of hardware related issue. Your power supply may be on the way out, though with it being a Corsair PSU, I doubt that. Although it's working now, I'd still run a scan for malware and see if you can catch anything. It may have only been something like a power surge overnight though.
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The brand name doesn't stop a Power Supply from going bad. Any and every company will ship duds or defective parts. Though, saying it's the PSU isn't really a valid assumption anyway. As well is the idea of a power surge.

Viruses that activate on April 1st are common, though. It's possible that was just a gag. But, it's also possible that it could be dangerous (think conficker). If johnb sees this thread, he may be able to confirm this. Either way, he'll get you the precautionary steps to avoid anymore problems.
 
I tried running a scan on all my files and it couldn't find any obvious malware, my instincts tell me it wasn't a coincidence though. I wonder, could it have been a hacker got my ip from a link and maybe did something to it? Power supply is a month or two old and confirmed working efficiently, it's a mystery to me. Something about the whole thing seems really off.
 
If it happens again let us know. However, what programs have you used to check for malware?
 
AVG free. Nothing fancy but never failed me in the past. Would've at least told me something was amiss if not fixed it ya?
 
An antivirus alone won't catch everything. My recommendation is to do the following.

Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from here or here and save it to your desktop.
  • Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
  • At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to
    • Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
    • and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
  • then click Finish.
  • If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version. Please keep updating until it says you have the latest version.
  • Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
  • When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
  • Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
  • A log will be saved automatically which you can access by clicking on the Logs tab within Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

If for some reason Malwarebytes will not install or run please download and run Rkill.scr, Rkill.exe, or Rkill.com. If you are still having issues running rkill then try downloading these renamed versions of the same program.

EXPLORER.EXE
IEXPLORE.EXE
USERINIT.EXE
WINLOGON.EXE

But DO NOT reboot the system and then try installing or running Malwarebytes. If Rkill (which is a black box) appears and then disappears right away or you get a message saying rkill is infected, keep trying to run rkill until it over powers the infection and temporarily kills it. Once a log appears on the screen, you can try running malwarebytes or downloading other programs.



Download the HijackThis installer from here.
Run the installer and choose Install, indicating that you accept the licence agreement. The installer will place a shortcut on your desktop and launch HijackThis.

Click Do a system scan and save a logfile

Most of what HijackThis lists will be harmless or even essential, don't fix anything yet.

When the hijackthis log appears in a notepad file, click on the edit menu, click select all, then click on the edit menu again and click on copy. Come back to your reply and right click on your mouse and click on paste.

Post the logfile that HijackThis produces along with the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware log
 
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