Okay. Thanks for double-checking that Corrine. I ran the additional MBAR scan you asked me to do and have posted the results below. I'm glad to see nothing was found.
MBAM/MBAR Scam Results:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
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Scan Date: 6/5/2016
Scan Time: 2:53 PM
Logfile: MBAR Results.txt
Administrator: Yes
Version: 2.2.1.1043
Malware Database: v2016.06.05.04
Rootkit Database: v2016.05.27.01
License: Trial
Malware Protection: Enabled
Malicious Website Protection: Enabled
Self-protection: Enabled
OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: TKRA7
Scan Type: Custom Scan
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 352281
Time Elapsed: 43 min, 59 sec
Memory: Enabled
Startup: Enabled
Filesystem: Enabled
Archives: Disabled
Rootkits: Enabled
Heuristics: Enabled
PUP: Disabled
PUM: Warn
Processes: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Modules: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Values: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Folders: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Files: 0
One final thought I wish to add, after further considering my steps along the way, is that I do recall installing BDAR as one of the first software installations after re-installing Windows on each drive and only sometime after that did I find the Locky entries in each respective Registry scan-------which again, confirms your teams conclusion that this was in fact due to "Bitdefender AntiRansomware" and how it behaves this way in order to fool real ransomware viruses into thinking its already installed on the system. :doh:
So sorry we had to go through all this trouble-shooting just to find this out, but God forbid it ended up being a real ransom-ware infection, I guess it's still a good thing that I had such a knee-jerk reaction when I originally caught site of these keys.
:dance:Again much thanks to you and your entire team for helping me to solve this one. :dance:
While I may be cash-strapped at the moment, I intend to make a donation to Sysnative soon, once things pan out for me financially. If it wasn't for all the hard you guys put into this thing, Lord only knows how much harder it would've been for me to find the real answer to what was causing this issue in the first place.
Thank you so much for your help and for the admirable work you and your team selflessly do for the good of others. :thumbsup2:
May the force always be with us...