You can check here if you're not sure if your computer is 32-bit or 64-bit Note: You need to run the version compatible with your system. Please download the Farbar Recovery Scan Tool and save it to your desktop. RESTART THE COMPUTER Before running Step 3
Your PC should reboot now if any items were found.Īfter reboot, a log file will be opened. Right-click on the program and select Run as Administrator to start the tool. Please download AdwCleaner by Malwarebytes and save the file to your Desktop. If Malwarebytes won't run then please skip to the next step and let me know on your next reply. Once the scan is completed click on the Export Summary button and save the file as a Text file to your desktop or other location you can find, and attach that log on your next reply. Then click on the Scan tab and select Threat Scan and click on Start Scan button. Once installed then open Malwarebytes and check for updates.
If you don't have Malwarebytes 3 installed yet please download it from here and install it. If you're already running Malwarebytes 3 then open Malwarebytes and check for updates. Please run the following steps and post back the logs as an attachment when ready.
Hello me have you run the following and we'll see what's going on and how to stop it. A little later it starts so it looks like it tried to start and when it couldn't it downloaded another copy.ĭoes anyone know how I can get rid of Smartbyte Diagnostics so that it won't keep coming back? Thanks. I checked Even Viewer and at one point it looks like it tried to start but said that the progam might be uninstalled, moved, etc. To me, it's Malware because it is installing on my computer without my consent and I don't even know what it does. Defender didn't find anything.Īfter I came back Smartbyte Diagnostic is back again. I left my computer for a time while it was running because it said it would take 3 hours.
I then ran a full scan in Windows Defender. I ran Malwarebytes and it did not detect anything. I didn't download it completely but just clicked on Run when I got the prompt at the bottom as usual. I saw on another site that Microsoft has a program that you can use to clean up left over things that programs leave behind but you have to download it. I uninstalled from the Add/Remove Programs and did a search in the registry for anything that said Rivet in it I also deleted a RivetNetworks folder via Windows Explorer which was in the Program Data folder. It was at the top where newly installed program are normally located. Investing in Project Athena, a multiyear innovation program designed to deliver new laptops that would include a persistent connection with Intel Wi-Fi 6 and optional Gigabit LTE.I saw Smartbyte Diagnostic by Rivet Networks show up on my Windows Menu for the first time on menu today.The kit can be installed in less than 10 minutes and provides a max wireless speed of 2.4 Gbps.
Rivet’s software and cloud-based Wi-Fi technologies for networking connectivity can be used for speed, intelligence and control for gamers and performance users and the devices can also utilize the combination of Ethernet and Wi-Fi to prioritize traffic over both connections.