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Please, observe following rules:
Read all of my instructions very carefully. Your mistakes during cleaning process may have very serious consequences, like unbootable computer.
If you're stuck, or you're not sure about certain step, always ask before doing anything else.
Please refrain from running any tools, fixes or applying any changes to your computer other than those I suggest.
Never run more than one scan at a time.
Keep updating me regarding your computer behavior, good, or bad.
The cleaning process, once started, has to be completed. Even if your computer appears to act better, it may still be infected. Once the computer is totally clean, I'll certainly let you know.
If you leave the topic without explanation in the middle of a cleaning process, you may not be eligible to receive any more help in malware removal forum.
I close my topics if you have not replied in 5 days. If you need more time, simply let me know. If I closed your topic and you need it to be reopened, simply PM me.

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Download RogueKiller from one of the following links and save it to your Desktop

Close all the running programs
Windows Vista/7/8 users: right click on RogueKiller.exe, click Run as Administrator
Otherwise just double-click on RogueKiller.exe
Pre-scan will start. Let it finish.
Click on SCAN button.
Wait until the Status box shows Scan Finished
Click on Delete.
Wait until the Status box shows Deleting Finished.
Click on Report and copy/paste the content of the Notepad into your next reply.
RKreport.txt could also be found on your desktop.
If more than one log is produced post all logs.
If RogueKiller has been blocked, do not hesitate to try a few times more. If really won't run, rename it to winlogon.exe (or winlogon.com) and try again

Create new restore point before proceeding with the next step....
How to: http://www.smartestcomputing.us.com/top … l-windows/

Download  Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit (MBAR) to your desktop.
Warning! Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit needs to be run from an account with administrator rights.
Double click on downloaded file. OK self extracting prompt.
MBAR will start. Click "Next" to continue.
Click in the following screen "Update" to obtain the latest malware definitions.
Once the update is complete select "Next" and click "Scan".
When the scan is finished and no malware has been found select "Exit".
If malware was detected, make sure to check all the items and click "Cleanup". Reboot your computer.
Open the MBAR folder located on your Desktop and paste the content of the following files in your next reply:
"mbar-log-{date} (xx-xx-xx).txt"
"system-log.txt"
NOTE. If you see This version requires you to completely exit the Anti Malware application message right click on the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware icon in the system tray and click on Exit.

I keep a copy of all "can't lose" documents in cloud storage, and a duplicate copy on an external hard drive. I wouldn't personally trust a USB drive for long-term storage as they are made to be cheap, and that doesn't give me peace of mind.

However, before they go on there, I encrypt them with 7-zip, using a master password in order to see or access the files.

I've only used keepass as it's free and open source. https://keepass.info/

Got an unusual email today from Norton stating: "Your default payment method failed" ....

My subscription is good for awhile yet and I didn't authorize any charges. I'm not happy.

Any thoughts as to whose AV I should switch to?

I highly doubt it was hacked based on the icon numbers, I've had several apps do this to me before. Clash of Clans, Facebook Messenger, mail app are all ones I've seen do this. I suggest turning off all notifications and alerts for the app in settings. Restart the phone or wait a few days and it may disappear when you re enable the notifications. Though I can't say for sure that you account wasn't hacked. I am surprised though seeing as how my issues were with earlier versions of iOS. Which are you running?

Well you should not hide data from your loved ones like your WiFi but you should encrypt data because today major companies and a lot of persons are after your data like credit card number details , bank account , PayPal data etc you should consider encryption as there are many tools to use my favorite is bit locker and veracrypt

Threat, Vulnerability and Risk - these factors are related to cybersecurity and cyber attacks

A threat is an agent that may want to or definitely can result in harm to the target organization. Threats include organized crime, spyware, malware, adware companies, and disgruntled internal employees who start attacking their employer.

Vulnerability – Weaknesses or gaps in a security program that can be exploited by threats to gain unauthorized access to an asset.

Risk is where threat and vulnerability overlap. That is, we get a risk when our systems have a vulnerability that a given threat can attack.

Employees are the last line of defense against a robust cybersecurity program. Training and awareness cannot be taken lightly; just one click of a malware infected link by an unaware, uniformed, untrained employee could have a devastating impact to any organization.

Businesses cannot fully protect themselves today from cyberattacks.  All the more reason why awareness training being part of any cyber resilience program is so essential. We need to be vigilant ensuring employee are participating in regular, mandatory training and awareness programs in order for our infrastructure resilience to work as intended.

Cybercrime should be regarded as one of the greatest threats facing an organization's security worldwide. Is your organization effective in ensuring awareness training is a fundamental, essential piece to your resilience program?

A VPN is used for encrypting the traffic from your machine to the exit point of the VPN network. Therefore, a VPN isn't likely to protect you from being - Anonymous unless they happen to be on the same local LAN as you. People can use other methods for tracing you and your VPN can leak your real IP at times.
And if you're afraid of being caught downloading illegal materials, then use a proxy because even if you're downloading a torrent that can get tracked, and if you have proxy it will show it’s IP and not yours, also proxy doesn't keep any logs of their service. This means that they won't trace that IP address back to you.