I have the Pro version of Malwarebytes.

*Do I need to run any other security program in addition i.e. Avast, MS Defender, etc.?

*Can I run AdAware with Malwarebytes Pro or will they conflict?

I'd suggest running a lightweight AntiVirus alongside Malwarebytes. You don't need AdAware anymore. Avast, MS Security Essentials, Panda Cloud (which I'm always recommending - http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/#!/...virus-download) would all work fine.

Thanks QS. Right now I have Malwarebytes Pro, Avast & AdAware running. If I remove AdAware am I leaving any gaps in the defenses?

No sir.

Gracias

LOL so I got the FBI thing again. This time it removed all my System Restore points. Luckily I forced into Safe Mode and deleted the .exe file in my hidden App Data folder. I'm with Lzen or whoever said "who makes this stuff up?" It's annoying. And Firefox has become a liability. It's the new, old IE.

Thank you Bearcat for providing what I hope is a cure to the nasty virus on my wife's work pc. I ran the whole suite in the original post and all but Hijack Pro were helpful (this was not due to my lack of knowledge.) I ended up running all of the web anbti virus scanners instead. They all seemed to find something new until the end when the last 2 found nothing.

Some of the virus' persistently returned. Ended up restoring to factory settings today.

FYI

Norton 360 only $29.99 for the next 3 hours for Cyber Monday! http://buy.norton.com/blackfridaydeals

http://us.norton.com/

People pay for that snake oil that slows down your computer still?

Agreed. Norton 360 is garbage.

They provide a separate uninstaller app for it, because it's usually impossible to uninstall otherwise. It's coded so badly that the normal Windows uninstall procedure doesn't work. That should tell you how shitty it is.

https://www-secure.symantec.com/nort...=1&lg=en&ct=us

I am having an issue with this generic search engine that attaches itself to Chrome & Mozilla. I can't get rid of it. It appears to come from www.mysearchresults.com. I've looked at tutorials to remove it, and went to programs and removed the associated things for it that I could find but it's still there. Here is a screen shot below, any ideas?

http://i46.tinypic.com/rjiqdw.jpg

Did you get hit with that hijack?