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You shouldn't need to do full scans with resident AV software, it should pick infections up on access.

jjscotman

Do you by any chance also use CCleaner ?

I had a similar problem with the MSE icon regularly changing colour and showing I needed to run a scan though I had in fact run scans regularly.

After searching on Google I discovered this was a known problem with MSE and CCleaner. Apparently CCleaner was "too rigorous" in its cleaning and was deleting the registry keys required to show MSE's correct state.

When I unticked MS Antimalware in the Applications section of CCleaner it immediately solved the problem.

Hope this helps.

bignred05

jjscotman wrote: »

Do you by any chance also use CCleaner ?

I had a similar problem with the MSE icon regularly changing colour and showing I needed to run a scan though I had in fact run scans regularly.

After searching on Google I discovered this was a known problem with MSE and CCleaner. Apparently CCleaner was "too rigorous" in its cleaning and was deleting the registry keys required to show MSE's correct state.

When I unticked MS Antimalware in the Applications section of CCleaner it immediately solved the problem.

Hope this helps.

YES I do use Ccleaner, almost every night, and its upto date, sorry to repeat myself but this problem has only just started in the last week

have just unticked that, thanks, we'll see what happens tomorrow

Toxteth_OGrady

RussJK wrote: »

How about if you include your 2TB storage device instead of just the SSD?

No, cos I'm too tight to pay for the Pro version

:rotfl:

RussJK

No sign of infection from that, but I'd TICK and FIX the following in HJT:
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {88c7f2aa-f93f-432c-8f0e-b7d85967a527} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: FLVBlaster.FLVBlasterIEAddon - {807ca0aa-7cb3-4f03-bd61-076f618cc82d} - mscoree.dll (file missing)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [GrooveMonitor] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe ARM] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download with FLV Blaster - C:\Program Files (x86)\FLV Blaster\Addons\Internet Explorer\script.htm

Won't help the actual issue. I'd uninstall Java unless you need it, and it wouldn't hurt to trim more of the programs starting up with Windows using the Startup manager in CCleaner.

What JJscotsman says makes sense for MSE.

jjscotman

Yes, my similar problem with MSE was also very recent - last week in fact.

And, the solution I suggested immediately worked for me.

somersethillbilly

bignred05 wrote: »

YES I do use Ccleaner, almost every night, and its upto date, sorry to repeat myself but this problem has only just started in the last week

have just unticked that, thanks, we'll see what happens tomorrow

jjscotman is spot on.

Seems to have been a problem with the latest CCleaner update V3.08.1475 see here for suggested action to remedy this
http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=32981

bignred05

RussJK wrote: »

No sign of infection from that, but I'd TICK and FIX the following in HJT:
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {88c7f2aa-f93f-432c-8f0e-b7d85967a527} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: FLVBlaster.FLVBlasterIEAddon - {807ca0aa-7cb3-4f03-bd61-076f618cc82d} - mscoree.dll (file missing)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [GrooveMonitor] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe ARM] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download with FLV Blaster - C:\Program Files (x86)\FLV Blaster\Addons\Internet Explorer\script.htm

Thanks for your input, have done as instructed above

Won't help the actual issue. I'd uninstall Java unless you need it, and it wouldn't hurt to trim more of the programs starting up with Windows using the Startup manager in CCleaner.

What JJscotsman says makes sense for MSE.

RussJK wrote: »

I mean let's be honest, if you truly had any 'groove' then you wouldn't need to monitor it... you'd just know!

Sorry, I'm lost on this, care to explain



Thanks to all for input & advice, really appreciated

RussJK

bignred05 wrote: »

Sorry, I'm lost on this, care to explain

Just a dumb joke, which is fairly usual for me! There's no significance to it.

Pikeyp

jjscotman wrote: »

Do you by any chance also use CCleaner ?

I had a similar problem with the MSE icon regularly changing colour and showing I needed to run a scan though I had in fact run scans regularly.

After searching on Google I discovered this was a known problem with MSE and CCleaner. Apparently CCleaner was "too rigorous" in its cleaning and was deleting the registry keys required to show MSE's correct state.

When I unticked MS Antimalware in the Applications section of CCleaner it immediately solved the problem.

Hope this helps.

It's confirmed here that there is a problem with the latest version of CCleaner!

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/protect_start/have-to-scan-every-day/af962685-73d4-4e3b-ac31-54755127b954

Hopefully they will get it sorted pretty quick!

Thanks jjscotman for pointing it out!