scorecard Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 I have Adaware and Malwarebites installed and running and they occasionally find nasties and I delete the nasties. I regularly have another 'event', suddenly on the left side of the screen several 5Baht coin size multiple swirling circles followed by numerous and different screens thrown all over my screen, some are screens I've used, many are screens from websites I've never opened before, plus my gmail inbox list starts scrolling and the font becomes huge, plus multi dot 'apps' icon seems to remotely activate throwing big size apps. icons all over my screen. All of this starting and stopping. I've done additional scans with Adaware and Malwarebytes but their reports indicate no threats etc. The only way I've found to counter this is by switching off the power, waiting a minute then full re-start. Then within maybe 5 minutes / maybe a few hours it all happens again. I've googled to try to find advice on this specific problem but with no success, any comments and advice much appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Posting a screen capture might help with the identification, as your description of the event doesn't ring any bells. (See if your PC has "Snipping Tool" as an app in the Microsoft Windows accessories folder, as it's great for capturing screens, windows or selected marque areas that you can then save or copy/paste as a graphic image for others to see). Is this happening on the desktop, or from within an Internet browser. If within a browser, have you tried running a different browser after restarting? Or checked to see what add-on or extensions the browser is running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 41 minutes ago, RichCor said: Posting a screen capture might help with the identification, as your description of the event doesn't ring any bells. (See if your PC has "Snipping Tool" as an app in the Microsoft Windows accessories folder, as it's great for capturing screens, windows or selected marque areas that you can then save or copy/paste as a graphic image for others to see). Is this happening on the desktop, or from within an Internet browser. If within a browser, have you tried running a different browser after restarting? Or checked to see what add-on or extensions the browser is running? Thank you RichCor, I'll try another browser first, if no luck i'll try for some pics. I do have the snip function and I use it a lot, the problem is that the 'interruption' happens suddenly and often finishes within a couple of seconds. I've never opened the snip function and let it sit there, I'll try that. And I've got my smartphone ready I'll try for some pics with that. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Are Malwarebytes and Adaware, the only two apps protecting your PC ? if so maybe not enough to protect your PC,especially if both are the Free versions. Download Hitman Pro,you get a free trial to remove any virus etc, then just use for scanning. maybe you should use one of the Free antivirus programs, Like Avast,Avira,Kaspersky, they will protect you . regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenny2017 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 I'd suggest to start with Spy Hunter 4, run it, and then delete all. Please page if you've got questions regarding the installation. Once you're done, download the Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool, install and delete. Here: https://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/thank-you/free-virus-removal-tool Download Kaspersky Internet security, the free trial version download and install and enjoy your machine. https://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/thank-you/internet-security-free-trial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 On 12/26/2017 at 10:58 AM, jenny2017 said: I'd suggest to start with Spy Hunter 4, run it, and then delete all. Please page if you've got questions regarding the installation. Once you're done, download the Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool, install and delete. Here: https://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/thank-you/free-virus-removal-tool Download Kaspersky Internet security, the free trial version download and install and enjoy your machine. https://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/thank-you/internet-security-free-trial AVOID Kaspersky at all costs......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Try 10 bit stuff.....Advanced System Care Ultimate and Malware thing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KneeDeep Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm Don't install any more programs, especially SpyHunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 4 hours ago, petermik said: AVOID Kaspersky at all costs......... Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Not to be a bore, but this is why I encourage doing weekly backup of the C: drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 On 12/24/2017 at 1:56 PM, scorecard said: I regularly have another 'event', suddenly on the left side of the screen several 5Baht coin size multiple swirling circles followed by numerous and different screens thrown all over my screen, some are screens I've used, many are screens from websites I've never opened before, plus my gmail inbox list starts scrolling and the font becomes huge, plus multi dot 'apps' icon seems to remotely activate throwing big size apps. icons all over my screen. All of this starting and stopping. Sound a lot like the stupid 'Clean Master'-type app that ran on my old android phone, the animation showing what it was 'cleaning'. I'm not aware of any that run on a PC that show this type of animation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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