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  • Reluctant_spender
    Reluctant_spender Posts: 2,785 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    sometimes it can take a minute or two before it appears to do anything.

    How long have you waited?
  • Reluctant_spender
    Reluctant_spender Posts: 2,785 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    kev1n3 wrote: »
    i recently had the same issue as Eligantly Wasted.. All i did was to uncheck in System utilites then run Malwarebytes.... problem solved..

    Normally Malwarebytes is sufficient as you say - there must be something blocking it
  • kev1n3
    kev1n3 Posts: 567 Forumite
    has she run Malwarebytes yet?
    Your tax bill is the penalty you pay for not helping the right candidates get into office.:D
  • kev1n3
    kev1n3 Posts: 567 Forumite
    Reluctant_spender wrote: »
    No offence Kev1n3 - but do not do this if you are going to run Combofix

    Stick to one fix

    Do what? i'm interested to know? We are all learning all the time
    Your tax bill is the penalty you pay for not helping the right candidates get into office.:D
  • Reluctant_spender
    Reluctant_spender Posts: 2,785 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    ElegantlyWasted wrote: »
    Thanks Browntoa, I followed the instructions on another post on here, I can get as far as telling it to remove the selected items. It begins to do it, and then just freezes and won't continue.
    I managed to do it fine on the desktop computer, but it just won't play ball on the laptop.
    I'm wondering if the spyware may be preventing it?

    It looks that way, and it froze.

    I have seen this before on machines that have other infections present
  • ElegantlyWasted
    ElegantlyWasted Posts: 381 Forumite
    Reluctant_spender wrote: »
    sometimes it can take a minute or two before it appears to do anything.

    How long have you waited?

    About 15 minutes now. The other anti-virus' are turned off, firewall's off. Will it do any harm if I re-start and try it again?
    Everyday I am asked to be a magician, in a world where magic does not exist.
  • ElegantlyWasted
    ElegantlyWasted Posts: 381 Forumite
    kev1n3 wrote: »
    has she run Malwarebytes yet?

    That's still not working either. I'm trying to get the Combofix to work, and then try to run malwarebytes again.
    Everyday I am asked to be a magician, in a world where magic does not exist.
  • kev1n3
    kev1n3 Posts: 567 Forumite
    Try running Malwarebytes after startup..
    Your tax bill is the penalty you pay for not helping the right candidates get into office.:D
  • kev1n3
    kev1n3 Posts: 567 Forumite
    now she has diabled in Sytem Utilites.. the ambilical cord has been broken.. Malwaye bytes shouls remove the infection..
    Your tax bill is the penalty you pay for not helping the right candidates get into office.:D
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
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    we need to get combifix to run first kevin as something else is blocking MBAM
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