Constantly accessed HD

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by ithryn, May 27, 2011.

  1. ithryn

    ithryn Private E-2

    My hard drive is constantly accessing and running and the light is always on. At first I thought the noise was just my old Sony Vaio laptop's drive trying to slowly die, but then I realized it was a continuous disk access and I should probably check for viruses. Superantispyware found a Trojan, but the disk is still going. Here are my logs.

    I feel bad returning here again, but I don't know what I (or we) did.

    It also irks me that Microsoft Security Essentials has never found any of the problems I've had to present here. Is this because MSE is blocking lots of other problems before they come to my attention, and these problems are just what slips through the cracks? Also I'm reconsidering the default XP firewall. I'm just afraid of something resource-hungry being in its place.

    Thanks,
    Chris
     

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  2. ithryn

    ithryn Private E-2

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  3. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Sorry, I am not exactly sure what you mean here. What is MSSE reporting and in what exact location? I am not seeing any malware in your logs apart from what SAS took out. However it's outdated:

    Important Notice: A new version of SUPERAntiSpyware is available.
    • Please uninstall your current version (this is necessary).
    • Then download this SUPERAntiSpyware
    • Install this new version. It may tell you that you need to reboot to complete the installation. You must reboot at this time.
    • After the reboot, run SUPERAntiSpyware and immediately click the Check for Updates button to get more updates for the database.
    • Now run a new full scan of your system. And attach this log later.

    I want you to run TDSSKiller so refer to the below for how to do so.

    TDSSkiller - How to run
     
  4. ithryn

    ithryn Private E-2

    Here are the new logs. The hard drive was quiet and the light is off, so that seemed good. However, now it's starting again.

    Is there a way to see what's accessing the disk?

    As for MSSE, I guess I was asking in theory why I need it since the two or three times I've run into malware, MSSE was obviously up and running with realtime protection, but didn't catch them.

    Chris
     

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  5. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    I am not seeing any malware in those logs.

    If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:
    1. We recommend you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no protection. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.
    2. If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop like we requested.)
      • Click START then RUN and enter the below into the run box and then click OK. Note the quotes are required
      • "%userprofile%\Desktop\combofix" /uninstall
        • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /uninstall, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
    3. Go back to step 6 of the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
    4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    5. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
    6. If running Vista, it is time to make sure you have reenabled UAC by double clicking on the C:\MGtools\enableUAC.reg file and allowing it to be added to the registry.
    7. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    8. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click on this file to run this cleanup program that will remove files and folders
      related to MGtools and some other items from our cleaning procedures.
    9. If you are running Win 7, Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
      • Refer to the cleaning procedures pointed to by step 7 of the READ ME
        for your Window version and see the instructions to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
      • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
    10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
     

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