Malware removal... or not??

SofiaAgapao · Nov 14, 2008

My laptop has been running incredibly slowly for the past few weeks. It seems to have been slowly deteriorating, but has gotten worse within the last month or so. I've tried following all of the directions in the "READ & RUN ME FIRST" thread, but unfortunately, the computer seems to have gotten even worse. I don't know if it's because I've downloaded too many programs, if I have a virus, or if the computer is just old and needs to be trashed (I've had it for about 4.5 years). Since I work from home, if this thing completely dies I am kinda screwed. I'm am attaching my logfiles here. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

SofiaAgapao · Nov 14, 2008

Final log attached here:

TimW · Nov 14, 2008

I am not seeing any malware....but you should be aware that AVG8 is a bit of a resource hog....perhaps you should consider a different AV program. You should also post in the software section for further addistance.

Let's just do this:
Please disable all anti-virus and anti-spyware programs while we do the following ( be sure to re-enable when we 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:

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} - (no file)
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - (no file)
Click to expand...

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.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentVersion\Run]
"SunJavaUpdateSched"=-
"RoxWatchTray"=-
"iTunesHelper"=-
"Adobe Reader Speed Launcher"=-

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670}]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045}]

Click to expand...

Now to clean up from the scans:

We recommed 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.

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" /u

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.

Delete the C:\combofix folder from combofix (if it exists)

Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.

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.

Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.

You can delete the C:\MGtools folder and the C:\MGtools.exe file. You can also delete the C:\MGlogs.zip

If you are running Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:

Refer to the cleaning steps in the READ ME for your Window version and see the steps to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.

Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.

After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:

How to Protect yourself from malware!

Click to expand...

SofiaAgapao · Nov 15, 2008

I've done all of the steps above, and while not perfect, my laptop seems to be better than it was a few hours ago. I'll take your advice and post in the software forum as well. Thanks!

TimW · Nov 15, 2008

You are quite welcome...good luck.

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Malware removal... or not??

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Attached Files:

SASlog.txt

mbam-log-2008-11-14 (07-43-48).txt

ComboFixLog.txt

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Attached Files:

MGlogs.zip

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Malware removal... or not??

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Attached Files:

SASlog.txt

mbam-log-2008-11-14 (07-43-48).txt

ComboFixLog.txt

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Attached Files:

MGlogs.zip

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