Odd redirect problem possibly unknown. definitely undetected.

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by lebronjames23, May 29, 2009.

  1. lebronjames23

    lebronjames23 Private E-2

    I have to say, i usually don't spend more than an hour or so to clean out any virus or malware. I keep updated ghost images of the machine so it's easier for me to reimage the machine. In fact, it's been quite some time since one of my own machines actually had an issue. I've spent time troubleshooting others but have never come across something i could not pinpoint. This one has increased my curiosity and it's more of a puzzle to me now, than it is an issue. I have a few other pcs i can use so i'm in no rush.

    Anyway, the background information is that i have something redirecting my search links regardless of browser or search engine. The "infected" computer is on it's own private network and isolated from the others. I ran many scans and tools to check for all sorts of possibilities: mbam, sas, avg, kapersky, hjt, ccleaner, xoftspy, vundo, avast, spybot, and some more. There were hardly any issues as i scanned through all the reports/logs from the tools. I've emptied all temp files, logs, used ATF, checked tddsserv, sysaduio, wdaudio, scanned known reg keys, toggled restore, etc.. Nothing found. So long story short, here i am to see if i can get another opinion on what might be happening. I've attached the required logs (excluding combofix - x64 machine) from the sticky above and have looked through all of them myself but could not see anything out of the norm.

    Thanks in advance
     

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  2. lebronjames23

    lebronjames23 Private E-2

    I can't figure out how to edit my first post so sorry for bumping. I ran gooredfix just to scan and it didn't find anything either. also, i found the kapersky log file on my pc so i attached that too.
     

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  3. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    The MGlogs.zip file you attached is not a valid file. Something went wrong. Please run MGtools.exe again and make sure you attach the unmodified C:\MGlogs.zip file.
     
  4. lebronjames23

    lebronjames23 Private E-2

    Thanks for the response.

    I need to remove my computer host name, several profile names that use my screen name, etc... to stay anonymous. Here are the updated, unmodified, log files with the only exception being that the user/host name information has been replaced with "Mybox" and "Owner". Hope this is acceptable.
     

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  5. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Per the first instructions in the READ & RUN ME, you muyst only have one antivirus installed. You have Avast and AVG 8.5 installed. You must uninstall one of these immediately.

    Also you have Ad-Aware with Ad-Watch, CounterSpy, and AVG8.5 which includes antispyware protection. Having more than one realtime antispyware protection is also not recommended. You really should get rid of two of these three.

    I see a driver type file that is most likely and infection and it may have some registry keys in the services area associated with it. Since we cannot use tools like ComboFix or Avenger on your 64 bits OS, we need to use other methods to find and remove associated registry keys and files. The file I'm referring to is:

    C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\TEMP\wdaaxlaj.sys

    Also the below two new files may be related to this:
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\tmp.txt
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\windrv.sys

    Not sure if you can simply delete these files or not. But even if you can, the wdaaxlaj.sys may just come back or may come back with a different name due to the driver.

    Now download Registry Search (see the link titled RegSearch Download Link )
    • Extract the files from Regsearch.zip into a folder.
    • Doubleclick regsearch.exe to start the program.
    • See the top 3 boxes under the Enter search strings (case independen) and click Ok... option, and enter the below two strings (use copy and past)
      • wdaaxlaj
      • windrv
    • Then click "OK".
    • Notepad will be opened with text in it (the file named RegSearch.txt will be saved in the program's folder as well).
    • Attach this RegSearch.txt file.
     
  6. lebronjames23

    lebronjames23 Private E-2

    Thanks. I'll try that out when i get home from work. At the time of running all the scan avast was disabled and not running. It was uninstalled over the weekend. I had to disable AVG and install another AV solution to test if it picked up any issues. Then, i uninstalled that and used antoher and so on... All the scanners on my machine are gone except spyware blaster and AVG at the moment.
     
  7. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Not according to your logs. You cannot completely get the effects of the antivirus to be disabled. It has to be uninstalled so that services and registry keys are removed. It is also fighting with the other antivirus as to who should be in control of your security center. In general, it is a very very bad idea to ever have more than one installed.
     
  8. lebronjames23

    lebronjames23 Private E-2

    No registry keys were found using those keywords. I rebooted into safe mode and deleted the files in question. I ran ATF Cleaner and wiped all the unnecessary files again. The redirect issue is still occurring, however, I believe the temp folder may be where the problem lies. The "wdaalaxj.sys" file was deleted from "c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\temp". The cleaner was ran and the temp folder was emptied. After I rebooted out of safe mode, there are two new suspicious files in the same folder location:

    GWHUyTJIK.nmo
    NpwAjvod.hUj
     
  9. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Not sure if they are problems or if they are just related to something you are running. Put copies of them into a ZIP file and attach the ZIP file to your next message.

    Since you have an x64 system which still has very limited support by specialty tools, we will have to check to see what else we can run. Please see if you can run any of the below and get a log to attach:

    Trend Micro RootkitBuster

    BitDefender RootkitUncover

    Trend Micro Housecall
     
  10. lebronjames23

    lebronjames23 Private E-2

    Both rootkit scanners are not supported on x64. I ran the trend micro before and it did not come up with any detections. I ran it again today and it found no malware or spyware on the machine. I've attached the files in question to this reply as well in a zip file.
     

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  11. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    I cannot tell what those file are related to. You could just delete them. You may see similar ones reappear on a reboot. They could just be related to something that is being run.

    I'm not seeing anything that needs fixing. But since no special tools really run on x64 systems, it is hard to tell if anything is hiding. You may be better off just taking the easy way out your mentioned and reinstall. However make sure that it is not an external router issue. They do get infected and sometimes need to be reset to factory settings. Also have you flushed your DNS cache and also made sure that your DNS settings are correct? Also reset the hosts file to default just to be sure it is not a problem.
     
  12. lebronjames23

    lebronjames23 Private E-2

    Sounds good. I thought may be I just couldn't identify it whatsoever. The DNS settings are correct. My host files is empty except the default entry. The problem doesn't happen on another PC i have connected to the network so i suspect it's to this PC only. I'll deploy the image to it and be done with it. I was just curious since this was such a strange issue. Appreciate the efforts and thanks for the help.
     
  13. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Yes this would rule out the router being infected.

    Yes this is still the best thing to do. x64 tools have not evolved too much yet and malware is just starting to try sneaky things with regards to x64 systems. Thus it is somewhat uncharted waters and a guessing game. Basically it is impossible to fix what you cannot see. ;)

    You're welcome. Surf safely.
     

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