I have been blessed not to have needed you guys in a long time but now I find I have some kind of adware in my computer that is driving me mad...
It opens new tabs or windows on FireFox Mozilla browser when it feels like it and that bogs down my computer speed. Or it will open a new tab for a Yahoo search when I click a link on a site I did want to open.
I have completed the first two steps House Cleaning and the AdwCleaner. Working on the next step
Here is the results of my AdwCleaner scan
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# Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 7.2.1.1
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# Build: 07-04-2018
# Database: 2018-07-04.1
# Support:
https://www.malwarebytes.com/support#
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# Mode: Scan
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# Start: 07-15-2018
# Duration: 00:00:15
# OS: Windows 10 Home
# Scanned: 41365
# Detected: 13
***** [ Services ] *****
No malicious services found.
***** [ Folders ] *****
PUP.Optional.CloudScout.BrwsrFlsh C:\Program Files (x86)\DnsIo
***** [ Files ] *****
No malicious files found.
***** [ DLL ] *****
No malicious DLLs found.
***** [ WMI ] *****
No malicious WMI found.
***** [ Shortcuts ] *****
No malicious shortcuts found.
***** [ Tasks ] *****
No malicious tasks found.
***** [ Registry ] *****
PUP.Optional.CloudScout.BrwsrFlsh HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\DnsIo
PUP.Optional.CloudScout.BrwsrFlsh HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\DnsIo
PUP.Optional.Legacy HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\DNSUtils
PUP.Optional.Legacy HKCU\Software\APN PIP
PUP.Optional.Legacy HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\CLSID\{FCE1662E-06F1-413D-80CB-33D456D1CFCB}
PUP.Optional.Legacy HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{c31bd4ee-4f24-447b-8470-49151ebe45e1}|NameServer - "208.87.151.22,208.87.151.23"
PUP.Optional.Legacy HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{b1e919f8-765d-4bdc-a33c-cc9164dff3e8}|NameServer - "208.87.151.22,208.87.151.23"
PUP.Optional.Legacy HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{aaec868e-d29c-4a94-a70e-6aa6dac1f774}|NameServer - "208.87.151.22,208.87.151.23"
PUP.Optional.Legacy HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{9b40ef64-2c27-4337-b64c-ba7f99186e17}|NameServer - "208.87.151.22,208.87.151.23"
PUP.Optional.Legacy HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{26b11a49-585f-4b43-a90c-9af3c3d7b25b}|NameServer - "208.87.151.22,208.87.151.23"
***** [ Chromium (and derivatives) ] *****
PUP.Optional.Legacy SwagButton
***** [ Chromium URLs ] *****
PUP.Optional.Legacy Ask
***** [ Firefox (and derivatives) ] *****
No malicious Firefox entries found.
***** [ Firefox URLs ] *****
No malicious Firefox URLs found.
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