I'm running MBAM right now, and I had actually just realized I should replace with SAS... I went through my old Avast forum posts and found it listed in there and I facepalmed that second... I got Spybot because I recognized it and I didn't know what else to run. I also plan to get Webroot Desktop Firewall again... Alright, for the hell of it... An updated list from various sources for what I plan to use for protecting and optimizing my computer.
The first six were recommended here.
Avast! Antivirus (of course
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SUPERAntiSpyware
Malewarebytes Anti-Maleware
Webroot Desktop Firewall
HijackThis!
OTL
CCleaner (recommended to me actually by a 'mafia' dedicated to IMVU, mainly for the purpose of cleaning out your records before trying one of their cheat methods or the surveys for free credits)
Housecall (recommended to be by my father, who has used it repeatedly and has a degree in networking)
Also, in regards to the PM, I had planned to tell them to post in here in my reply, only to find out that I couldn't reply. A friend of mine actually followed PM 'computer repair' advice once and it was just the oppisite, and I have been using forums avidly for over a decade, knowing full well the idiots and asses that sometimes abuse the PM feature on some. So for something this important, I'm not about to trust a PM convo. I was just hoping they were tracking this and would reply here since I couldn't reply via PM, or perhaps someone recognized them and could offer insight into their motives.
And as far as I can tell I have not installed Regestry Defender. The only protection programs I have installed right now are as follows.
Avast! Antivirus
Malewarebytes Anti Maleware
Spybot S&D
CCleaner
HijackThis!
And I have used Housecall three times in the past few days.
I also have BitTorrent and Gamebooster on my computer, but aside from that Anything else on here SHOULD be factory... I've been uninstalling everything I usually use to increase the speed of scans and to narrow the search.
For the record, I'll also be scanning throughly my portable drives and flash drives after this is fixed, but until I have it fixed I'm not connecting them again.