I got the System Check malware tonight. McAfee (came free with my one month old computer) automatically blocked a couple of Trojans at time of attack. I immediately ran a full computer scan with McAfee. It found something and removed it. I also went to Microsoft and ran the safety scanner. It found one Trojan and removed it and partially removed another. I clicked on a link in the results to update and fully remove. After that, I updated Malwarebytes and ran it. It found two objects and removed them. Then I restarted and ran Malwarebytes again. It found nothing. I ran TDSSKiller and it also found nothing. I don't have the annoying System Check messages anymore, but I still have only a couple of icons on my desktop and my Start Menu is empty. I can find programs if I do a Search. What else do I need to do?
Here is my first Malwarebytes scan log:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.60.0.1800
www.malwarebytes.org
Database version: v2012.01.03.01
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 x64 NTFS
Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421
Amanda :: ALL-PC [administrator]
1/3/2012 1:25:09 AM
mbam-log-2012-01-03 (01-25-09).txt
Scan type: Quick scan
Scan options enabled: Memory | Startup | Registry | File System | Heuristics/Extra | Heuristics/Shuriken | PUP | PUM
Scan options disabled: P2P
Objects scanned: 175152
Time elapsed: 2 minute(s), 8 second(s)
Memory Processes Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Memory Modules Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Values Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data Items Detected: 2
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced|Start_ShowMyComputer (PUM.Hijack.StartMenu) -> Bad: (0) Good: (1) -> Quarantined and repaired successfully.
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced|Start_ShowSearch (PUM.Hijack.StartMenu) -> Bad: (0) Good: (1) -> Quarantined and repaired successfully.
Folders Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Files Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
(end)
Here is my first Malwarebytes scan log:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.60.0.1800
www.malwarebytes.org
Database version: v2012.01.03.01
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 x64 NTFS
Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421
Amanda :: ALL-PC [administrator]
1/3/2012 1:25:09 AM
mbam-log-2012-01-03 (01-25-09).txt
Scan type: Quick scan
Scan options enabled: Memory | Startup | Registry | File System | Heuristics/Extra | Heuristics/Shuriken | PUP | PUM
Scan options disabled: P2P
Objects scanned: 175152
Time elapsed: 2 minute(s), 8 second(s)
Memory Processes Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Memory Modules Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Values Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data Items Detected: 2
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced|Start_ShowMyComputer (PUM.Hijack.StartMenu) -> Bad: (0) Good: (1) -> Quarantined and repaired successfully.
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced|Start_ShowSearch (PUM.Hijack.StartMenu) -> Bad: (0) Good: (1) -> Quarantined and repaired successfully.
Folders Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Files Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
(end)