Thank you in advance for taking the time to help me (as well as others)--I really appreciate it. Besides redirected searches (in google as well as the tool bar) I have had adware windows opening and a spotty internet connection (sometimes it says it is not available, not configured, but I know it is). Sometimes none of my bookmarks will work--the browser won't go there. I figured I had a virus and I downloaded and ran "Search and Destroy". The first time it worked and found lots of virtumonde including the .dll file. I told it to remove it, but I think the computer froze then and I was never sure it really did it. Then it never could find it after that and neither could any of the other spyware removal programs. (We have had some issues with our computer which I think are not related (but I am not sure)--it seems that it gets really hot and then just shuts down--we have it elevated from the counter where we keep it (Dell Inspiron laptop) for increased air circulation, but sometimes it will suddenly just go black and be shut down. I assumed it was because it got too hot).
(I don't think anything has changed on this machine as I have shut it down and not used it since I originally posted this...)
Here is my HJT logfile:
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 7:18:07 PM, on 6/15/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.17023) Boot mode: Normal
Please DO NOT run any scans/tools/fixes on your own as this will conflict with the tools we are going to use.
Please Print or Save to Notepad all instructions and please follow them carefully and if there's something you don't understand or that will not work please let me know and we will go through it together.
Please DO NOT use this system for anything apart from visiting this forum and other sites I direct you too, as this will only make the cleanup process all the more diffecult.
The first thing we need to do is to remove prevX from the system, please go to add/remove programs in control panel and uninstall the PrevX program.
Then Please Disable Ad-Aware and Spybot's Teatimer function as they will interfere with our tools. You can re-enable them once we are finished. (instructions via links below)
MBAM may "make changes to your registry" as part of its disinfection routine. If using other security programs that detect registry changes (ie Spybot's Teatimer), they may interfere or alert you. Temporarily disable such programs or permit them to allow the changes.
Make sure you are connected to the Internet.
Double-click on mbam-setup.exe to install the application.
When the installation begins, follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.
When installation has finished, make sure you leave both of these checked:
Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Then click Finish.
MBAM will automatically start and you will be asked to update the program before performing a scan.
If an update is found, the program will automatically update itself. Press the OK button to close that box and continue.
If you encounter any problems while downloading the definition updates, manually download them fromhereand just double-click on mbam-rules.exe to install.
On the Scanner tab:
Make sure the "Perform Quick Scan" option is selected.
Then click on the Scan button.
If asked to select the drives to scan, leave all the drives selected and click on the Start Scan button.
The scan will begin and "Scan in progress" will show at the top. It may take some time to complete so please be patient.
When the scan is finished, a message box will say "The scan completed successfully. Click 'Show Results' to display all objects found".
Click OK to close the message box and continue with the removal process.
Back at the main Scanner screen:
Click on the Show Results button to see a list of any malware that was found.
Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
When removal is completed, a log report will open in Notepad.
The log is automatically saved and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.
Copy and paste the contents of that report in your next reply. Be sure to post the complete log to include the top portion which shows MBAM's database version and your operating system.
Exit MBAM when done.
Note: If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove, you will be asked to reboot your computer so MBAM can proceed with the disinfection process. If asked to restart the computer, please do so immediately. Failure to reboot normally (not into safe mode) will prevent MBAM from removing all the malware.
2) I need to see some additional information about what is happening in your machine. Please perform the following scan:
Download DDS by sUBs from one of the following links. Save it to your desktop.
A small box will open, with an explanation about the tool.
When done, DDS will open two (2) logs 1. DDS.txt 2. Attach.txt
Save both reports to your desktop.
The instructions here ask you to attach the Attach.txt.
Instead of attaching, please copy/past both logs into your next reply.
Close the program window, and delete the program from your desktop.
Please note: You may have to disable any script protection running if the scan fails to run. After downloading the tool, disconnect from the internet and disable all antivirus protection. Run the scan, enable your A/V and reconnect to the internet. Information on A/V control here
3) YOU MUST DISABLE ALL REAL TIME PROTECTION BEFORE RUNNING THE NEXT TOOL,
Next, download this Antirootkit Program to a folder that you create such as C:\ARK, by choosing the "Download EXE" button on the webpage.
Please Disable all Anti-virus/Anti-Spyware/FireWall on your machine(instructions via links below)
Double-click the randomly name EXE located in the C:\ARK folder that you just downloaded to launch it
When the program opens, it will automatically initiate a very fast scan of common rootkit hiding places.
When the "quick" scan is finished (a few seconds), click the Rootkit/Malware tab,and then select the Scan button.
Leave your system completely idle while this longer scan is in progress.
When the scan is done, save the scan log to the Windows clipboard
Open Notepad or a similar text editor
Paste the clipboard contents into a text file by clicking Edit | Paste or Ctl V
Exit the Program
Save the Scan log as ARK.txt and post it in your next reply.
Now, re-enable the active protection component of any antivirus/antimalware programs you disabled before performing the scan.
. If the ARK tool crashes your machine or causes a Blue Screen error, please post the log results from the first inital quick scan,this can be saved in the same way as the full scan in the above instructions.
Please COPY/PASTE the MBAM log, BOTH DDS logs and the ARK log back to this thread, Thanks K27
Thanks so much again for helping me... I disabled Spybot's Teatimer. As far as Ad Aware is concerned, there wasn't an icon for it in the system tray and I couldn't get it to launch/run so I uninstalled it. I already had MBAM installed on my machine, but I uninstalled it and then down loaded it again, installed it and ran a scan. Here is the (scan) log file:
Memory Processes Infected: (No malicious items detected)
Memory Modules Infected: (No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys Infected: (No malicious items detected)
Registry Values Infected: (No malicious items detected)
Registry Data Items Infected: (No malicious items detected)
Folders Infected: (No malicious items detected)
Files Infected: (No malicious items detected)
Log from DDS:
UNLESS SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED, DO NOT POST THIS LOG. IF REQUESTED, ZIP IT UP & ATTACH IT
DDS (Ver_09-09-29.01)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume2 Install Date: 3/19/2006 11:09:47 PM System Uptime: 6/22/2010 8:15:13 PM (1 hours ago)
Motherboard: Dell Inc. | | 0TD535 Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.40GHz | Microprocessor | 1396/133mhz
==== Disk Partitions =========================
C: is FIXED (NTFS) - 34 GiB total, 8.795 GiB free. D: is CDROM ()
==== Disabled Device Manager Items =============
==== System Restore Points ===================
No restore point in system.
==== Installed Programs ======================
32 Bit HP CIO Components Installer Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin Adobe Flash Player ActiveX Adobe Reader 7.1.0 Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5 America Online (Choose which version to remove) AOL Coach Version 1.0(Build:20040229.1 en) AOL Connectivity Services AOLIcon Apple Software Update avast! Free Antivirus BCL easyPDF Printer Driver 5.0 BPD_HPSU BPD_Scan BPDfax BPDSoftware BPDSoftware_Ini Broadcom Management Programs BufferChm Camera Access Library Camera Support Core Library Camera Window DS Camera Window DVC Camera Window MC Canon Camera Access Library Canon Camera Support Core Library Canon Camera Window DC_DV 5 for ZoomBrowser EX Canon Camera Window DC_DV 6 for ZoomBrowser EX Canon Camera Window DSLR 5 for ZoomBrowser EX Canon Camera Window MC 6 for ZoomBrowser EX Canon MovieEdit Task for ZoomBrowser EX Canon PhotoRecord Canon RAW Image Task for ZoomBrowser EX Canon Utilities PhotoStitch 3.1 Canon ZoomBrowser EX (E) Citi Virtual Account Numbers Conexant HDA D110 MDC V.92 Modem CustomerResearchQFolder Dell Driver Reset Tool Dell Media Experience Dell Picture Studio v3.0 Dell Support 3.1 Dell System Restore Dell Wireless WLAN Card Destinations DeviceManagementQFolder Digital Line Detect Direct Show Ogg Vorbis Filter (remove only) DocProc DocProcQFolder EarthLink setup files ERUNT 1.1j eSupportQFolder Get High Speed Internet! Google Earth Google Talk (remove only) Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer Google Update Helper Google Updater High Definition Audio Driver Package - KB835221 HiJackThis Hotfix for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (KB953595) Hotfix for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (KB958484) Hotfix for Windows XP (KB952287) Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5) Hotfix for Windows XP (KB961118) Hotfix for Windows XP (KB970653-v3) Hotfix for Windows XP (KB976098-v2) Hotfix for Windows XP (KB979306) Hotfix for Windows XP (KB981793) HP Customer Participation Program 7.0 HP Imaging Device Functions 7.0 HP Officejet Pro All-In-One Series HP Photosmart Essential HP Product Assistant HP Solution Center 7.0 HP Update HPPhotoSmartExpress HPProductAssistant InstantShareDevicesMFC Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile Internal Network Card Power Management Internet Explorer Default Page Jasc Paint Shop Photo Album 5 Jasc Paint Shop Pro Studio, Dell Editon Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.2_03 Learn2 Player (Uninstall Only) Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware MarketResearch MetaFrame Presentation Server Web Client for Win32 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Security Update (KB953297) Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Microsoft Internationalized Domain Names Mitigation APIs Microsoft Kernel-Mode Driver Framework Feature Pack 1.5 Microsoft National Language Support Downlevel APIs Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition Installer Microsoft Plus! Photo Story 2 LE Microsoft Silverlight Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 ATL Update kb973923 - x86 8.0.50727.4053 Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.4148 Modem Helper Move Networks Media Player for Internet Explorer MovieEdit Task Mozilla Firefox (3.6.3) MPM MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB927978) MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB936181) MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB954430) MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB973688) Musicmatch for Windows Media Player Musicmatch® Jukebox MyWay Search Assistant NetWaiting NetZeroInstallers Nokia Connectivity Cable Driver Nokia Internet Tablet Software Update Wizard OCR Software by I.R.I.S 7.0 PanoStandAlone Philips SPC 1000NC Webcam Philips SPC1000NC Webcam Philips VLounge Photo Click Photo Story 3 for Windows PhotoStitch Picasa 3 PowerDVD 5.5 QuickSet QuickTime RAW Image Task 2.2 RealPlayer Basic Scan Security Update for Step By Step Interactive Training (KB898458) Security Update for Step By Step Interactive Training (KB923723) Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB928090) Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB929969) Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB938127) Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB939653) Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB961260) Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB963027) Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB969897) Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB972260) Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB974455) Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB976325) Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB978207) Security Update for Windows Media Player (KB911564) Security Update for Windows Media Player (KB952069) Security Update for Windows Media Player (KB954155) Security Update for Windows Media Player (KB968816) Security Update for Windows Media Player (KB973540) Security Update for Windows Media Player 10 (KB911565) Security Update for Windows Media Player 10 (KB917734) Security Update for Windows Media Player 10 (KB936782) Security Update for Windows Media Player 6.4 (KB925398) Security Update for Windows XP (KB923689) Security Update for Windows XP (KB938464) Security Update for Windows XP (KB941569) Security Update for Windows XP (KB946648) Security Update for Windows XP (KB950760) Security Update for Windows XP (KB950762) Security Update for Windows XP (KB950974) Security Update for Windows XP (KB951066) Security Update for Windows XP (KB951376-v2) Security Update for Windows XP (KB951698) Security Update for Windows XP (KB951748) Security Update for Windows XP (KB952004) Security Update for Windows XP (KB952954) Security Update for Windows XP (KB954211) Security Update for Windows XP (KB954459) Security Update for Windows XP (KB954600) Security Update for Windows XP (KB955069) Security Update for Windows XP (KB956572) Security Update for Windows XP (KB956744) Security Update for Windows XP (KB956802) Security Update for Windows XP (KB956803) Security Update for Windows XP (KB956841) Security Update for Windows XP (KB956844) Security Update for Windows XP (KB957097) Security Update for Windows XP (KB958644) Security Update for Windows XP (KB958687) Security Update for Windows XP (KB958690) Security Update for Windows XP (KB958869) Security Update for Windows XP (KB959426) Security Update for Windows XP (KB960225) Security Update for Windows XP (KB960715) Security Update for Windows XP (KB960803) Security Update for Windows XP (KB960859) Security Update for Windows XP (KB961371) Security Update for Windows XP (KB961373) Security Update for Windows XP (KB961501) Security Update for Windows XP (KB968537) Security Update for Windows XP (KB969059) Security Update for Windows XP (KB969898) Security Update for Windows XP (KB969947) Security Update for Windows XP (KB970238) Security Update for Windows XP (KB970430) Security Update for Windows XP (KB971468) Security Update for Windows XP (KB971486) Security Update for Windows XP (KB971557) Security Update for Windows XP (KB971633) Security Update for Windows XP (KB971657) Security Update for Windows XP (KB971961) Security Update for Windows XP (KB972270) Security Update for Windows XP (KB973346) Security Update for Windows XP (KB973354) Security Update for Windows XP (KB973507) Security Update for Windows XP (KB973525) Security Update for Windows XP (KB973869) Security Update for Windows XP (KB973904) Security Update for Windows XP (KB974112) Security Update for Windows XP (KB974318) Security Update for Windows XP (KB974392) Security Update for Windows XP (KB974571) Security Update for Windows XP (KB975025) Security Update for Windows XP (KB975467) Security Update for Windows XP (KB975560) Security Update for Windows XP (KB975561) Security Update for Windows XP (KB975713) Security Update for Windows XP (KB977165) Security Update for Windows XP (KB977816) Security Update for Windows XP (KB977914) Security Update for Windows XP (KB978037) Security Update for Windows XP (KB978251) Security Update for Windows XP (KB978262) Security Update for Windows XP (KB978338) Security Update for Windows XP (KB978542) Security Update for Windows XP (KB978601) Security Update for Windows XP (KB979309) Security Update for Windows XP (KB979683) Security Update for Windows XP (KB980232) Security Update for Windows XP (KB981349) Skype™ 3.8 SolutionCenter Sonic DLA Sonic RecordNow Audio Sonic RecordNow Copy Sonic RecordNow Data Sonic Update Manager Spybot - Search & Destroy Status Synaptics Pointing Device Driver Timez Attack Free Toolbox TrayApp Uniblue SpyEraser Unload Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (KB963707) Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB976749) Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB980182) Update for Windows XP (KB951978) Update for Windows XP (KB955759) Update for Windows XP (KB955839) Update for Windows XP (KB967715) Update for Windows XP (KB968389) Update for Windows XP (KB971737) Update for Windows XP (KB973687) Update for Windows XP (KB973815) Viewpoint Media Player Visual C++ 2008 x86 Runtime - (v9.0.30729) Visual C++ 2008 x86 Runtime - v9.0.30729.01 WebCyberCoach 3.2 Dell WebFldrs XP WebReg Windows Driver Package - Philips (SPC1000) Image (07/06/2007 5.8.8.028) Windows Driver Package - Philips CE (phaudlwr) MEDIA (06/19/2007 1.0.0.7) Windows Feature Pack for Storage (32-bit) - IMAPI update for Blu-Ray Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications (KB905474) Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130) Windows Internet Explorer 7 Windows Media Format Runtime Windows Media Player 10 Windows XP Service Pack 3 WordPerfect Office 12
==== Event Viewer Messages From Past Week ========
6/19/2010 12:17:35 PM, error: Dhcp [1002] - The IP address lease 192.168.1.5 for the Network Card with network address 00142299D67C has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.1.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). 6/17/2010 9:31:48 AM, error: Ftdisk [49] - Configuring the Page file for crash dump failed. Make sure there is a page file on the boot partition and that is large enough to contain all physical memory. 6/17/2010 9:31:48 AM, error: Ftdisk [45] - The system could not sucessfully load the crash dump driver. 6/16/2010 10:06:07 PM, error: Service Control Manager [7011] - Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for a transaction response from the RasMan service. 6/16/2010 10:05:36 PM, error: Service Control Manager [7011] - Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for a transaction response from the wuauserv service. 6/16/2010 10:05:07 PM, error: Service Control Manager [7011] - Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for a transaction response from the w32time service.
==== End Of File ===========================
And the other one: (attach notepad):
DDS (Ver_09-09-29.01) - NTFSx86 Run by Andrew & Sarah at 21:00:37.44 on Tue 06/22/2010 Internet Explorer: 7.0.5730.11 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600.3.1252.1.1033.18.503.66 [GMT -4:00]
PLEASE BE SURE TO DISABLE ALL PROTECTIVE SOFTWARE THAT IS RUNNING ON YOUR MACHINE BEFORE RUNNING COMBO-FIX, SO THAT COMBO-FIX IS NOT HINDERED IN ITS REMOVAL PROCESS
Please Disable all Anti-virus/Anti-Spyware/FireWall on your machine(instructions via links below)
Please download ComboFix.exe. Please visit THIS webpage for download links, and instructions for running the tool:
Combo-fix MUST be save to your desktop before running the tool
* Ensure you have disabled all anti virus and anti malware programs so they do not interfere with the running of ComboFix.
When prompted to install the recovery console please make sure to do so as the is a VERY IMPORTANT backup of Combo-fix XP only
You will need to be conected to the net to install the recovery console, if you can not install it DO NOT run Combo-Fix, Post back and we will install it manually.
DO NOT mouse click when Combo-Fix is running as this will cause Combo-Fix to Stall and it will not work as it should
Please include the C:\ComboFix.txt in your next reply for further review.
So I think I disabled all my antispyware/antivirus (I don't have a system tray icon for spybot search and destroy or MBAM, but I looked in them and can't find anywhere to disable anything that runs all the time). I don't have any third party firewalls installed. I downloaded ComboFix (Firefox automatically saved it to my downloaded files folder, but I moved it to the desktop so I could run it from there). ComboFix didn't find the system recovery console on my computer and wanted to download it from Microsoft. I followed along with that, but there was an error trying to extract it. It said, "Windows XP Home Edition SP2 CD Boot Floppies. Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low memory (low disk space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet file". I think at one point I disabled the microsoft system recovery point (before I started on this forum)--perhaps this is related? I also have a sysrestore folder on my desktop but I think that is something else (not from Microsoft). Oh, and when I clicked ok on the extracting files failed error message another message popped up and I was going to write it down, but it went away really fast. It said something like (I can't really remember it exactly) Error: cmode(?) files not in orfer; please disable (something, maybe some more?).
There seems to have been a problem installing the recovery console, You have over 8GB of free space on the harddrive, that should be plenty to install the Recovery Console.
Lets try this manually. Please delete the copy of combofix you have by right clicking the CF file that is saved to the desktop and then please click delete.
With malware infections being as they are today, it's strongly recommended to have the Windows Recovery Console pre-installed on your machine before doing any malware removal.
The Windows Recovery Console will allow you to boot up into a special recovery (repair) mode. This allows us to more easily help you should your computer have a problem after an attempted removal of malware. It is a simple procedure that will only take a few moments of your time.
Okay, it went better this time. Here is the ComboFix report from the notepad:
ComboFix 10-06-27.06 - Andrew & Sarah 06/28/2010 14:19:39.1.1 - x86 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600.3.1252.1.1033.18.503.279 [GMT -4:00] Running from: c:\documents and settings\Andrew & Sarah\Desktop\ComboFix.exe Command switches used :: c:\documents and settings\Andrew & Sarah\Desktop\WindowsXP-KB310994-SP2-Home-BootDisk-ENU.exe AV: avast! Antivirus *On-access scanning disabled* (Updated) {7591DB91-41F0-48A3-B128-1A293FD8233D} * Created a new restore point .
((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( Other Deletions ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) .
Infected copy of c:\windows\system32\drivers\intelide.sys was found and disinfected Restored copy from - Kitty had a snack :p . ((((((((((((((((((((((((( Files Created from 2010-05-28 to 2010-06-28 ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) .
WindowsXP-KB310994-SP2-Home-BootDisk-ENU.exe [boot loader] timeout=2 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS [operating systems] c:\cmdcons\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
- - End Of File - - 2819E1FEFAF4AB87BD1FCEA20080752D
PLEASE BE SURE TO DISABLE ALL PROTECTIVE SOFTWARE THAT IS RUNNING ON YOUR MACHINE BEFORE RUNNING COMBO-FIX, SO THAT COMBO-FIX IS NOT HINDERED IN ITS REMOVAL PROCESS
Please Disable all Anti-virus/Anti-Spyware/FireWall on your machine(instructions via links below)
Save this as CFScript.txt, in the same location as ComboFix.exe
Refering to the picture above, drag CFScript into ComboFix.exe
When finished, it shall produce a log for you at C:\ComboFix.txt which I will require in your next reply.
Please leave all active protection switched off while running the next scan
I'd like us to scan your machine with ESET OnlineScan
Hold down Control and click on the following link to open ESET OnlineScan in a new window. ESET OnlineScan
Click the button.
For alternate browsers only: (Microsoft Internet Explorer users can skip these steps)
Click on to download the ESET Smart Installer. Save it to your desktop.
Double click on the icon on your desktop.
Check
Click the button.
Accept any security warnings from your browser.
Check
Push the Start button.
ESET will then download updates for itself, install itself, and begin scanning your computer. Please be patient as this can take some time.
When the scan completes, push
Push , and save the file to your desktop using a unique name, such as ESETScan. Include the contents of this report in your next reply.
Push the button.
Push
Then please run a FULL scan with MBAM.
Double click your Malwarebytes desktop icon
Click the UPDATE tab at the top
Scan for and install any updates it finds
Then choose the SCANNER tab and run a FULL SCAN
Once finished if MBAM found anything please click Show Results
Make sure EVERYTHING has a check in the box next to it and then click Remove Selected
Post the MBAM log results back to this thread
NOTE: If MBAM encounters a file that is hard to remove it will prompt for a delete on reboot, answer yes to this and once rebooted please run another scan and post that scan's log results along with the log results from before reboot which can be found under the LOGS tab of Malwarebytes.
Please post the fresh Combofix log, the ESET log and the fresh MBAM log.
ComboFix 10-06-29.02 - Andrew & Sarah 06/29/2010 19:05:17.2.1 - x86
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600.3.1252.1.1033.18.503.263 [GMT -4:00]
Running from: c:\documents and settings\Andrew & Sarah\Desktop\ComboFix.exe
Command switches used :: c:\documents and settings\Andrew & Sarah\Desktop\CFScript.txt
AV: avast! Antivirus *On-access scanning disabled* (Updated) {7591DB91-41F0-48A3-B128-1A293FD8233D}
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((((((((((((((((((((((((( Files Created from 2010-05-28 to 2010-06-29 )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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Hi, The computer is working a lot better since that first ESET scan when that trojan was found and removed. When I ran the ESET scan yesterday no threats were found. When doing searches yesterday and this morning, no pop-ups came up and the searches went to where they were directed without any problems. Hurray! Thank you so much for your help!
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Hi NCfan,
Welcome to Dell Community Malware Removal Forums,
I'm K27 and i will be reviewing your log for you.
Please DO NOT run any scans/tools/fixes on your own as this will conflict with the tools we are going to use.
Please Print or Save to Notepad all instructions and please follow them carefully and if there's something you don't understand or that will not work please let me know and we will go through it together.
Please DO NOT use this system for anything apart from visiting this forum and other sites I direct you too, as this will only make the cleanup process all the more diffecult.
The first thing we need to do is to remove prevX from the system, please go to add/remove programs in control panel and uninstall the PrevX program.
Then Please Disable Ad-Aware and Spybot's Teatimer function as they will interfere with our tools. You can re-enable them once we are finished. (instructions via links below)
1) Please download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and save it to your desktop.
alternate download link 1
alternate download link 2
MBAM may "make changes to your registry" as part of its disinfection routine. If using other security programs that detect registry changes (ie Spybot's Teatimer), they may interfere or alert you. Temporarily disable such programs or permit them to allow the changes.
MBAM will automatically start and you will be asked to update the program before performing a scan.
On the Scanner tab:
Back at the main Scanner screen:
Note: If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove, you will be asked to reboot your computer so MBAM can proceed with the disinfection process. If asked to restart the computer, please do so immediately. Failure to reboot normally (not into safe mode) will prevent MBAM from removing all the malware.
2) I need to see some additional information about what is happening in your machine.
Please perform the following scan:
1. DDS.txt
2. Attach.txt
Please note: You may have to disable any script protection running if the scan fails to run.
After downloading the tool, disconnect from the internet and disable all antivirus protection.
Run the scan, enable your A/V and reconnect to the internet.
Information on A/V control here
3) YOU MUST DISABLE ALL REAL TIME PROTECTION BEFORE RUNNING THE NEXT TOOL,
Next, download this Antirootkit Program to a folder that you create such as C:\ARK, by choosing the "Download EXE" button on the webpage.
Please Disable all Anti-virus/Anti-Spyware/FireWall on your machine(instructions via links below)
Next, please perform a rootkit scan:
.
If the ARK tool crashes your machine or causes a Blue Screen error, please post the log results from the first inital quick scan,this can be saved in the same way as the full scan in the above instructions.
Please COPY/PASTE the MBAM log, BOTH DDS logs and the ARK log back to this thread,
Thanks
K27