privacy manager wallpaper

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by fay, Sep 16, 2007.

  1. fay

    fay Private E-2

    Hey,
    My son's pc is acting really strange. Every couple of minutes it get pop ups and my wallpaper changes and the home page changes. A box also pops up saying the trojan.w32.looksky is detected on my machine. This is very annoying.
    When i try to close it, a browser window opens and its usually some kind of virus or spyware protection. I just always close the windows.
    I am sending you a hijackthis log. Could you please take a look at it for me please?

    Thanks
    Fay
     

    Attached Files:

  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Download this file - combofix.exe
    1. Double click combofix.exe & follow the prompts.
    2. When finished, it will produce a log ( C:\combofix.txt ) for you. Attach this log to your next reply See: HOW TO: Attach Items To Your Post
    Note:

    Do not mouseclick combofix's window while it is running. That may cause it to stall.

    Then you need to continue on with the below procedure so we can fix other issues that will not be fixed by ComboFix.


    Please follow our standard cleaning procedures which are necessary for us to provide you support. Also there are steps included for installing, renaming, running, and posting HijackThis logs as attachments. Make sure you install and rename HijackThis exactly as requested. You have it incorrect right now.
    • Run ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support
    • Make sure you check version numbers and get all updates.
    • Very Important: Make sure you tell us the results from running the tutorial...was anything found? Were you unable to complete any of the scans?...Were you unable to download any of the tools?...Did you do the on-line scans as suggested? etc.
    • After doing ALL of the above you still have a problem make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps in the below link to properly use HijackThis and attach a log:
    Make sure you also rename HijackThis.exe as suggested in the procedures. Use analyse.exe for the new name. This is very important due to some new infections going around.
    • When you return to make your next post, make sure you attach the following logs and that you have run these scans in the following order too:
      • ComboFix log from above if not attached already
      • CounterSpy - only for Windows XP, 2K, & NT users
      • AVG Antispyware log - ONLY IF NEEDED you were not able to run CounterSpy. - only for Windows XP, 2K, & NT users
      • Bitdefender - from step 6
      • Panda Scan - from step 6
      • runkeys.txt - the log from GetRunKey.bat
      • newfiles.txt - the log from ShowNew.bat
      • HijackThis
    NOTE: You can only attach 3 files in a single message so it will require that you use three messages to attach all of these logs!
     
  3. fay

    fay Private E-2

    i ran windows live safety scanner on my sons pc before i had gotten a reply from you guys. it got rid of a lotof spyware and viruses. could you take a look at a new log of his to see what else should be done.
    the privacy manager wallpaper is gone, and the red x that kept showing up in system tray
    thanks
    fay
     

    Attached Files:

  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    We replied to you only 4 minutes after you first posted so I'm not sure why you could not have hung around long enough to follow our instructions.

    We do not use HijackThis logs to determine if a PC is clean because they simply cannot tell you that information. Especially when not installed properly (as already stated). If your goal is to make sure your PC is free from malware, you need to follow the instructions that were already given.
     

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