Command Prompt closes by itself

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Thomasson19 Posted messages 5 Status Member -  
Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   -
Hello, my command prompt for some unexplained reason opens and closes almost immediately.
I'm currently on Windows 10. I've checked if my computer is infected with a virus or malware but it's clean. I've tried the combination Win + R and typed "cmd /k", but I get the same result...
I want to use my command prompt to work with .bat (batch) files, so I'm trying simple things like;
"@echo off
echo "Test script"
pause"

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  1. Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 712
     
    Good evening,

    If there are really quotes at the beginning before "echo off" and after "pause", they need to be removed.

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    Please press any key to continue the disinfection...
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    1. Thomasson19 Posted messages 5 Status Member
       
      No, of course not, but the problem isn't even there. It's the command prompt that has an issue.
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  2. Thomasson19 Posted messages 5 Status Member
     
    I used FRST and here are the text documents provided:
    https://pjjoint.malekal.com/files.php?id=FRST_20180829_j5j15d14k5n10
    https://pjjoint.malekal.com/files.php?id=20180829_m10v7i14h13n7
    https://pjjoint.malekal.com/files.php?id=20180829_p13s12f15o11s14
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    1. Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 712
       
      Your problem is that the command prompt doesn't stay open when you run a .cmd file? Is that it?
      I don't really see the connection with malware.

      These programs are not useful and load on startup, you can uninstall them:
      CCleaner
      Driver Booster
      Java
      MEGAsync
      WinPcap


      Scan this file C:\Users\Dimitri\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoundMixer\SoundMixer.exe on https://www.virustotal.com/gui/ and post the link here.
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      1. Thomasson19 Posted messages 5 Status Member > Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention  
         
        I increasingly believe in the virus, to be honest. The file you asked me to analyze is impossible to analyze; I tested with another file and it analyzes, but this one does not.
        I tried to analyze if any malicious programs were starting up with Autoruns, but I found something more interesting; https://www.noelshack.com/2018-35-4-1535621789-autorun-resultat.png
        So I did some research and on the English forums I saw that I needed to check what HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor was executing, so here is what it executes:
        "@mode 15,1 & tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq SoundMixer.exe" 2>NUL | find /I /N "SoundMixer.exe">NUL && exit & start /MIN "" "C:\Users\Dimitri\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoundMixer\SoundMixer.exe" & explorer.exe & exit"
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      2. Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 712 > Thomasson19 Posted messages 5 Status Member
         
        The location is strange for an executable, it's not supposed to be placed there if it's an application.
        Since you can't run VirusTotal, we'll get rid of it.

        Here are the corrections to make with FRST. You can refer to this explanatory note with screenshots.
        Restart FRST then press CTRL + Y on your keyboard.
        The notepad will open, copy/paste this.

        CreateRestorePoint:
        CloseProcesses:
        HKU\S-1-5-21-936011622-3470379491-170390450-1000\...\Command Processor: @mode 15,1 & tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq SoundMixer.exe" 2>NUL | find /I /N "SoundMixer.exe">NUL && exit & start /MIN "" "C:\Users\Dimitri\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoundMixer\SoundMixer.exe" & explorer.exe & exit <==== ATTENTION
        C:\Users\Dimitri\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoundMixer
        Hosts:
        EmptyTemp:
        RemoveProxy:
        Reboot:


        Save the content using the file menu and then save.

        Close the notepad, return to FRST and click the "Corriger / Fix" button.
        A restart may be necessary and automatic.
        A text file will appear, copy/paste the content here in a new message.

        Restart the computer.
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      3. Thomasson19 Posted messages 5 Status Member > Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention  
         
        The command prompt is working wonderfully again, a big thank you for the time spent helping me, fortunately there are people like you to assist us computer novices like me.
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      4. Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 712 > Thomasson19 Posted messages 5 Status Member
         
        You're welcome :)
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