Kelly, given your last post (#7 in the thread).
Cycloid Torus is absolutely right on the SMART monitor / checking HDD.
Many tools can do this for you. If you have SEATOOLS on your system already, then it is one.
(It is for Seagate drives. Other manufacturers have disktools too.)
Everest by Lavalys (discontinued but still
available here),
Speedfan,
SiSoftware's Sandra,
and others are among the tools that can check the health of your drive.
SMART checking/monitoring can be done without interrupting or interfering with your work with Broni.
(When you said you had issues with your network and mentioned a proxy file, I thought a different issue likely.)
I have seen SFC done as part of the Malware check,
but pretty sure it should be done when and as Broni directs.
If you try to do it ahead of his expectation it may make his work more difficult.
If your HDD is the source of your problem though, rather than malware,
then you may have data at risk.
I believe that taking steps to preserve your files can be done concurrently with your other work.
MBAM may have detected/deleted something relatively inconsequential (PUPs) rather than Malware.
That is the reason I said you'd want that log.
With your BSOD issue, you may have some luck if you have Minidumps enabled.
Check your Windows directory of your boot drive (usually c
.
Scroll through til you find minidumps, and see if you find any files listed.
If you do, and if the dates correlate to your recent BSOD events
then we have some guys skilled with diagnostics there too.
Check the sticky at the top of
this page.
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Also... Cycloid Torus offers good counsel on working with Broni.
Be careful, and stick with it until HE tells you it is done.
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Added note:
I am thinking HP probably uses drives from one of the majors...
You can check who made your drive this way...
File Manager -> Right Click on your drive -> Left Click Properties
-> Click the "Hardware" tab. It will tell you who made your drive.
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Seagate's Seatools
HGST and here
Hitachi and here
Western Digital
if you need help finding others, let me know.
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Note #2
All of these tools are more energetic and interactive.
For a simple quick check, I know nothing better than some of those mentioned above.
They will tell you the current reported health status from the SMART monitoring system.
