Malware Removal Assistance Request

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Deakor, Dec 17, 2009.

  1. Deakor

    Deakor Private E-2

    Good afternoon.

    This morning when I got to the office one of my employees greeted me with the announcement that "something" was wrong with his computer.

    There is a program running called "SpyEraser" that causes pop-ups every few minutes warning of the dire consequences the user faces if they don't "Register Now." The app runs continuously in the system tray and has no uninstall, etc. option. This is not a program that the employee installed. He picked it up somewhere in the wilds of the internet and I cannot, for the life of me, get rid of it.

    Initially I tried running Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware as I've had good luck with this in the past. It found nearly 300 infected items which I removed and then rebooted the machine. SpyEraser lived on, however. I ran a complete sdan using Anti-Malware and it found an additional 7 or so items that I also removed. Still, SpyEraser persisted.

    Upon boot, I also get the following error - (it is a RUNDLL error):

    Error loading C:\PROGRA~1\MYWEBS~1\bar\1.bin\F3SCRCTR.DLL

    At this point, I sought advice from my more tech-savvy friends and they directed me here. I have followed the malware removal steps and have logs to upload. The only thing I could not do was run ComboFix as I got an error stating that it was not currently available for download.

    Thanks in advance. I'll attach the first two logs to this post and the other two to the next.
     

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  2. Deakor

    Deakor Private E-2

    Here are the other two logs. Thank you again in advance.
     

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  3. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    First off, you should not allow all users to have Admin. privileges!!
    Code:
    Users on this computer:
    Is Admin? | Username
    ------------------
       Yes    | Administrator
       Yes    | areames
              | ASPNET
       Yes    | breames
              | Guest (Disabled)
              | HelpAssistant (Disabled)
              | SUPPORT_388945a0 (Disabled)
       Yes    | vreames
    Run this: Disable/Remove Windows Messenger to remove Windows Messenger. Do not confuse Windows Messenger with MSN Messenger because they are not the same. Windows Messenger is a frequent cause of popups.

    Do you use this:
    C:\Documents and Settings\instmgrw\Desktop\Remote Desktop Connection.lnk?


    Now download The Avenger by Swandog469, and save it to your Desktop.

    * Extract+ avenger.exe from the Zip file and save it to your desktop

    Please disable all anti-virus and anti-spyware programs while we do the following (re-enable when you are finished):

    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 the bold text below to notepad. 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.


    * Run avenger.exe by double-clicking on it.
    * -Do not change any check box options!!
    * Copy everything in the Quote box below, and paste it into the Input script here: part of the window:

    * Now click the Execute button.
    * Click Yes to the prompt to confirm you want to execute.
    * Click Yes to the Reboot now? question that will appear when Avenger finishes running.
    * Your PC should reboot, if not, reboot it yourself.
    * A log file from Avenger will be produced at C:\avenger.txt and it will popup for you to view when you login after reboot.

    Now run Ccleaner to clean out only temp files and nothing else!

    Now 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:\Avenger.txt
    * C:\MGlogs.zip

    Make sure you tell me how things are working now!
     
  4. Deakor

    Deakor Private E-2

    Update:

    1. I know what you mean about administrators. We're a small business and those folks actually do need admin privileges.

    2. Yes, we do use the Remote Desktop link.

    3. Thank you so much for the help - the PC is now clean. Interestingly enough, after removing Windows Messenger and rebooting, Symantec found the SpyEraser malware and removed it. Despite this I went ahead and ran through all of the steps you listed. Everything went perfectly.

    Thank you very very much - it's good to know that there are good guys out there. I've attached the logs you requested.

    Happy Holidays!
     

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  5. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Sweet.....your logs are clean.

    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 are useful as backup scanners.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 /u, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
    3. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    4. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
    5. 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.
    6. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    7. 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.
    8. If you are running Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
      • Refer to the cleaning procedures in step 3 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 ato create a new clean Restore Point.
    9. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
     

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