Fake Anti-Virus Program on Computer

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by AndyTran1985, Apr 16, 2010.

  1. AndyTran1985

    AndyTran1985 Private E-2

    Please review hijack log.
    Thank you very much!
     

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  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Please read ALL of this message including the notes before doing anything.

    Pleases follow the instructions in the below link:

    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide


    and attach the requested logs when you finish these instructions.

    • **** If something does not run, write down the info to explain to us later but keep on going. ****
    • Do not assume that because one step does not work that they all will not. MGtools will frequently run even when all other tools will not.


    • After completing the READ & RUN ME and attaching your logs, make sure that you tell us what problems still remain ( if any still do )!
    Helpful Notes:


    1. If you run into problems trying to run the READ & RUN ME or any of the scans in normal boot mode, you can run the steps in safe boot mode but make sure you tell us what you did later when you post logs. See the below if you do not know how to boot in safe mode:

    2. If you have problems downloading on the problem PC, download the tools and the manual updates for SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes ( links are given in the READ & RUN ME) onto another PC and then burn to a CD. Then copy them to the problem PC. You will have to skip getting updates if (and only if) your internet connection does not work. Yes you could use a flash drive too but flash drives are writeable and infections can spread to them.
    3. If you cannot seem to login to an infected user account, try using a different user account (if you have one) in either normal or safe boot mode and running only SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes while logged into this aother user account. Then reboot and see if you can log into the problem user account. If you can then run SUPERAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes, ComboFix and MGtools on the infected account as requested in the instructions.
    4. To avoid additional delay in getting a response, it is strongly advised that after completing the READ & RUN ME you also read this sticky:

    Any additional post is a bump which will add more delay. Once you attach the logs, your thread will be in the work queue and as stated our system works the oldest threads FIRST.
     
  3. AndyTran1985

    AndyTran1985 Private E-2

    I have the logs up for you.
    I wasn't able to get the sas log, but got everything else.

    Thank you



    Andy
     

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  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    You didnt attach the ComboFIx log and you did not allow MGTools to run to completion. Disable all your AV and AS software, run ComboFIx and after that, run the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator).

    Then attach the below logs:

    * C:\ComboFix.txt
    * C:\MGlogs.zip
     
  5. AndyTran1985

    AndyTran1985 Private E-2

    Hello Tim,

    I have the two logs attached.
     

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  6. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    What anti-virus software do you have? I am not seeing any on your system.

    I am really not seeing much in the way of malware, so let's just do this:

    Run C:\MGtools\analyse.exe by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator). This is really HijackThis (select Do a system scan only) and select the following lines but DO NOT CLICK FIX until you exit all browser sessions including the one you are reading in right now:
    After clicking Fix, exit HJT.

    Now copy just the bold text below to notepad (Do not include any space above the word REGEDIT). Save it as fixME.reg to your desktop. Be sure the "Save as" type is set to "all files" Once you have saved it double click it and allow it to merge with the registry.
    Make sure that you tell me if you receive a success message about adding the above
    to the registry. If you do not get a success message, it definitely did not work.


    Now use windows explorer to find and delete:
    c:\windows\UDB.zip
    c:\windows\IDB.zip
    c:\windows\TEMP\TMP0000000724C4B28DAB1F6288

    Tell me what issues you are still having.
     
  7. AndyTran1985

    AndyTran1985 Private E-2

    I currently have malware bytes.


    I followed your instructions. Thank you



    My computer used to have that fake antispyware alert thing, that disabled a lot of things. It drove me nuts so i went to msconfig and disabled it at the startup.

    I shouldn't have done this without supervision, but i went to the hijack this a few weeks back and erased everything that sounded fishy to me.
    It stopped the malware, but sometimes it comes back up.

    Now it doesnt come back up anymore but the internet seems to be very sluggish.
     
  8. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    MalwareBytes is not an anti-virus program. You need to install one now. You can pick from the list in the last link I give you after cleaning up from all the scans.

    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 real time 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:

     
  9. AndyTran1985

    AndyTran1985 Private E-2

    Thanks timw, there was one thing i didn't mention to you.
    My chrome was disabled during this process. I think it had something to do with the malware?

    i've rescanned and attached hijackthis.log.

    please view, thank you.
     

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  10. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    I suggest you uninstall Cjhrome and after running CCleaner, re-install it and see if it is working properly. If you are still having issues, tell me exactly what is happening.
     

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