Suspicious adware behavior, despite layers of protection

[TwIce]

I run Malwarebytes in monitoring mode and Spyhunter 4 performs a scheduled scan on my system every night. On top of this, my Avira AV suite provides anti malware/adware protection, too. However, every night, Spyhunter 4 turns up 70+ adware incursions, all "minor" (i.e. one bar out of four on its threat scale) and almost always the same ones.

I'm wondering if something in my very well-protected system is generating this crap regardless of all the above pro-active measures?

Can anyone please advise on the following possible courses of action:

- Swap out the two anti-malware procedures described above so that SpyHunter 4 does the background monitoring and Malwarebytes does the nightly scan. I figured there'd be a conflict and/or too much of a draw on system resources if I have them both set to monitor simultaneously, is this a sound assumption?

- Is there a magic bullet app that will stop this daily recurrence of the same low-level crapware?

- I never visit pron sites or other dubious places on the Web, my browsing habits are very conventional and respectable. I visit a lot of game forums and PC gaming sites. Should I change my 5-tab homepage or otherwise alter my browsing habits? I have the latest version of IE.

Thanks, guys, as always I'm grateful for the expertise on tap here.

[drdoom]

I have found the worst sites for viruses and malware are those that teenagers tend to visit like music and gaming sites. I don't use IE so not sure what is available for plugins. I use firefox and have a script blocker and ghostery which both are helpful.

[wh666-666]

Feel free to post a log ....

Most of the "low level" stuff is just cookies and dubious tracking ads, which there are plenty of on most game sites.

[TwIce]

Thanks guys.

I will post a log later, assuming it's no problem to output one from SpyHunter 4's full scan.

[wh666-666]

It should all fit on here fine

[kujoe2002]

I'm an avid fan and true believer of http://www.housecall65.trendmicro.com. Free online computer scan and cleanup. It always picks up something my other spyware and otherware stuff doesnt

[cat5e]

Download and make a Boot CD of MS Security essential then try to boot and clean with the CD.

After running the boot CD I would try to get rid of all live security software that you have and install the free Security Essential into Windows.

It is a combo AV AntiSpyware that updates through the usual update system and work very well with Windows.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ity-essentials


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[ImaNihilist]

Do you run as admin?

All the AV/malware detection in the world doesn't mean anything if you run as admin.

[TwIce]

Yup, I run as admin. I set it that way as I'm the only user of this PC and I didn't want to be constantly seeking permission to open files, etc. I had no idea I'd be compromising security by doing so. What do you suggest I do about that now?

[ImaNihilist]

Yup, I run as admin. I set it that way as I'm the only user of this PC and I didn't want to be constantly seeking permission to open files, etc. I had no idea I'd be compromising security by doing so. What do you suggest I do about that now?

Stop running as admin for daily use. Use a standard account. When you run as admin and have Flash or Java installed, you're leaving your system wide open on every website.