Something messing with Internet Explorer

Please help! I have followed all the READ AND RUN ME steps, but IE is still substituting weird icons all over the place and failing to load pages, even though I know my connection is okay. First three logs attached.

 

Remaining logs, including HJT.

Thanks.

 

Sorry (whatever it is is messing with me right now)!!! confused

Now attached (fingers crossed).

 

First, please disable any antivirus and/or antispy programs you have installed so they will not block this fix.

Now scan with HijackThis and check the boxes for the following entries:
( Make sure ALL browser windows are closed when you click FIX )

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM..Run: [D_V_T] C:\dvt.exe /S C:\d_v_t.reg
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [updateMgr] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AdobeUpdateManager.exe" AcRdB7_0_8 -reboot 1
O4 - Global Startup: WinZip Quick Pick.lnk = C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {3015DB92-158E-4b77-9020-85C8E311FBB5} - (no file)

Again, make sure ALL browser windows are closed when you click FIX.

Now download The Avenger by Swandog46, and save it to your Desktop.

• Extract avenger.exe from the Zip file and save it to your desktop
• Run avenger.exe by double-clicking on it.
• Check the 'Input script manually' box.
• Click on the magnifying glass icon.
• Copy everything in the Quote box below, and paste it in the box that opens:

• Now click the 'Done' button.
• Click on the traffic light icon and OK the prompt.
• You will be prompted to restart, OK the prompt and your PC should reboot, if not, reboot it yourself.
• A log file from Avenger will be produced at C:\avenger.txt

Please download ATF Cleaner by Atribune. This program does not require an installation. The executable actually runs the program.

NOTE: This program is for Windows XP and Windows 2000 only. ATF Cleaner will remove all files from the items that are checked so if you have some cookies you'd like to save. Please move them to a different directory first.

• Double-click ATF-Cleaner.exe to run the program.
• Under Main choose: Select All
• Click the Empty Selected button.

If you use Firefox browser

• Click Firefox at the top and choose: Select All
• Click the Empty Selected button.
  • NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.

If you use Opera browser

• Click Opera at the top and choose: Select All
• Click the Empty Selected button.
  • NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.

Click Exit on the Main ATF Cleaner menu to close the program.

Next Reset Web Settings & Default Security Settings

Note for IE 6 users:
To Reset Web Settings:
Right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon and select Properties. Then click the Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK.

If you do not have an Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop, click Start, Control Panel (for some systems it may be Start, Settings, Control Panel), Internet Options, Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK

To Default Security Settings:
Right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon and select Properties. Then click the Security Tab and click Default Level for Internet, Local Intranet, Trusted Sites, and Restricted Sites. For IE 7 users, simply click the "Reset all zones to default level" button.

Note for IE 7 users:
Select Internet Options, then the Advanced Tab and then the Reset button under Reset Internet Explorer Settings.


Finally, I would like you to flush your System Restore points. Please follow the instructions below:

• Disable and Re-enable System Restore
  
• Turn OFF System Restore to flush any bad Restore Points.
  
• Then, follow the instructions at the bottom of the linked page to Re-enable the Restore Utility which will create a fresh restore point.

After you complete the above reboot once more and then attach the following logs.

• HijackThis Log
• ShowNew Log
• GetRunKey Log
• Avenger Log

Let me know of any problems you may have encountered with the above instructions and also let me know how things are running now.

 

bjgarrick, attached are 2 of the 4 new logs. ShowNew and HJT to follow in new post.

No problems running the scans etc. but after the System Restore reboot, AVG told me there was a Trojan in the Ad-Aware 2007 installation file (see attached screenshot).

 

HJT and ShowNew logs attached.

BTW, how can I get rid of this stupid Yahoo Toolbar that has recently infested IE, and what is blocking me from opening items in a new window using right-click?

Thanks again bjgarrick!

 

Look in Add/Remove Programs for the following and uninstall them if found:
AutoUpdate

Yahoo! Toolbar

In reference to the files in question, you can manually locate these two and delete them or you can copy all of the text in the quote box below and enter it into Avenger as in the previous post.

How are things running? Any problems?

 

Things are running a lot better than before, but occasionally when I try to follow a link in IE, I will get a pop-up window asking me if I want to download a file (e.g., when I try to open dogpile.com, the window will ask me if I want to download "dogpile.php"). I click no and reload the page/link, without further mishap.

 

Have you considered updating to the latest version of Internet Explorer? You may want to update and see if that still happens.

 

Just updated to IE7 today. I will see how it goes and let you know if I have any more problems.

Thank you so much for your help, bjgarrick. You are a lifesaver!

 

Your Welcome!

If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:

1. If we used Pocket Killbox during your cleanup, do the below
   • Run Pocket Killbox and select File, Cleanup, Delete All Backups
2. If we used ComboFix, you can delete the ComboFix.exe file, C:\ComboFix folder, C:\QooBox folder, C:\WINDOWS\nircmd.exe, and the C:\combofix.txt log that was created.
3. If we user SDFix you can delete all the SDFix related files and folders from your Desktop or whereever you installed it.
4. If we used SmitFraudFix, you can delete all files and folders related to it now including the c:\rapport.txt log.
5. If we used VundoFix, you can delete the VundoFix.exe file and the C:\VundoFix Backups folder and C:\vundofix.txt log that was created.
6. If we had your run FixWareOut, you can delete the Fixwareout.exe file and the C:\fixwareout folder.
7. If we had you run Avenger, you can delete all files related to Avenger now.
8. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
9. You can delete the ShowNew.Zip and GetRunkey.Zip files and the files that you extracted from the ZIP files. You can also delete the C:\newfiles.txt and C:\runkeys.txt logs that were created
10. If you are running Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
    • go back to step 8 of the READ & RUN ME to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
    • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
11. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
    • How to Protect yourself from malware!

 

Done! I can't thank you enough for all your help! I will continue to work through the other helpful threads here and try to keep on top of this from now on.

 

Your Welcome!

Surf Safely!