Recently, in response to a security recommendation, I added an "enter password" requirement on my office computer. There's only my wife and I here and she has her own laptop, so I didn't feel the need to add that extra log on step.
Now being required to enter a password to get into the machine, loe and behold there's another user showing up. There's me (as admin) and a regular user named "faeegiina". Where that came from and how it got there is a total mystery but I instantly rebooted into safe more and did a deep deep scan with a little known Microsoft tool : Microsoft Safety Scanner - Free Virus Scan with the Microsoft Safety Scanner
and it did reveal a trojan (win32/orsam!rts) which it removed completely, but that was it. Nothing else found.
So I ran Malwarebytes and Spybot too. Nothing. Lastly I ran another deep scan with ESET A/V. Nothing.
I got into the registry and searched on "faeegiina" Any occurrences were deleted (3 entries). No change.
Followed MS "delete/remove user" protocol to the letter. No change.
Stumped. Open to suggestions EXCEPT reformat and reload everything brand new.
Now being required to enter a password to get into the machine, loe and behold there's another user showing up. There's me (as admin) and a regular user named "faeegiina". Where that came from and how it got there is a total mystery but I instantly rebooted into safe more and did a deep deep scan with a little known Microsoft tool : Microsoft Safety Scanner - Free Virus Scan with the Microsoft Safety Scanner
and it did reveal a trojan (win32/orsam!rts) which it removed completely, but that was it. Nothing else found.
So I ran Malwarebytes and Spybot too. Nothing. Lastly I ran another deep scan with ESET A/V. Nothing.
I got into the registry and searched on "faeegiina" Any occurrences were deleted (3 entries). No change.
Followed MS "delete/remove user" protocol to the letter. No change.
Stumped. Open to suggestions EXCEPT reformat and reload everything brand new.