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@walleyebluegill, please download & run these 2 programs for me & post the logs produced !

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner >>> Download AdwCleaner

Please download AdwCleaner and save it to your Desktop
* Close all open programs and browsers
* Right click on the icon and select Run as administrator
* Click Scan now
* Allow the program to Quarantine what it finds except for Pre-installed applications if you would like to keep those or other entries you would like to keep
* When completed click View Scan Log File
* Copy and paste the contents in your reply
* Click Skip Basic Repair if it appears then close the program

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Full System Scan with Malwarebytes Antimalware >>> https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download
* If not existing, please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 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 the program is already installed:
* Run Malwarebytes Antimalware
* If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform fullscan, place a checkmark on all hard drives, 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.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad. Please save it to a convenient location.
* The log can also be found here:
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\Logs\log-date.txt
* Or at C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\Logs\log-date.txt
*** Post that log back here or just tell me what it found ?
If it is to long then you will have to zip it or find a site to download it to & let me know where !


Thanks !

@walleyeblugill, you ran the Malwarebytes scan but why didn't you mark the box to quarantine what ever it found ? Also where is the AdwCleaner log ??

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walleyeblugill said:

How do i remove

It is part of Zone Alarm, make sure it is uninstalled, otherwise the file is protected.
A sys driver ussualy runs as a service, you need to stop it in order to remove it.

Code:

sc stop ZAM_Guard
sc delete ZAM_Guard
del /f /q c:\windows\system32\drivers\zamguard64.sys

Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...8-ebbf14e8e6eb

i have malwarebytes free version ,run a scan every now and again never found nothing ...
after this post i installed adwcleaner too (never knew about it) , ran it , no problems ...
and have windows defender , never picked up up anything...
been 2 years
sorry walleye , but i don't know what the hell and where the hell u visit with your pc lol
maybe have a look at THIS

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MorganBilbo said:

The only thing I can add is: I've tried every kind of A/V, malware remover, etc. And in 20 years have had nothing but trouble. The first A/V was Norton and when that let a problem in, I dropped it. And swore to never use paid again. So over the years, even Malwarebytes let problems in. 2 years ago, when Defender let a problem in, I was advised by a friend to try ESET. It has a 30 day free trial without even asking for the credit card. I did that. And the first week, it caught and destroyed more junk than I knew I had. So I bit the bullet and bought the base version/cheapest. And in 2 years, with ESET. I have had no problems WHATSOEVER! And I don't have Malwarebytes because ESET does that for me. And what really is nice is that I don't have to "decide what to do". ESET does it all.

yea eset is great , had it YEARS ago
now ...don't see the need for it

One thing ESET does not do is clean the junk left by many programs, it takes a Malware Removal person to do that !
WalleyeBlugill you need to remove PC Doctor from your Control Panel !
Run the scan again with AdwCleaner then post me the results !!

Thanks !