virtumonde/other problem? Logs attached

Hi there, and thanks for any help.

For a month or so my WinXP desktop has been getting slower, and having problems finding its internet connection (wireless) on re-boot. I didn't pay much attention at first because I normally use a different computer, but several days ago I re-booted and it came up showing just wallpaper with no icons. I Googled the problem, and got the icons back by doing a system restore. However, I realised that it was time for me to check for malware and so I came over here and worked through the 'How to Protect Yourself' thread.

As part of that I installed and ran Malwarebytes and then Spybot Search & Destroy. The Spybot scan took ages, and I kept seeing references at the bottom of the box to virtumonde. I'd never heard of it before, but a Google suggested that it's a hard-to-clean trojan of some sort.

I therefore worked through the 'Special Removal Procedures' thread, and generated various logs in accordance with instructions. I've re-booted several times, but the desktop is still coming up with icons very slowly i.e. almost a minute before the icons appear on the wallpaper. I'm sure that there are lots of legit things that are slowing my PC down (I'm sure it's time for a tidy up) but this problem i.e. icons not appearing/appearing very slowly is a new one, and I'm concerned that there's some sort of malware causing the problem.

I noticed when running one of the scans that somehow the Ask toolbar had been installed, and since that's not something I wanted I went into Add/Remove and removed it. I hoped that might have been what was causing the problem, but re-booting was no better without it.

I've attached various logs, and would be very grateful for any help you can offer. I do try to keep my PC clean, but I've fallen behind re: non-virus malware

 

Hi, and many thanks for helping.

I ran RogueKiller.exe as you instructed. It seemed to produce two logs ([2] and [3]) and I've attached both of them, just in case. Also, even though I definitely checked both of the detections you identified above it looked to me after running Delete that only one of them had been deleted. That may just be because I don't know how to interpret the log, though.

I ran HitmanPro. It found one entry and I removed it. The two further RogueKiller and HitmanPro logs you asked for are also attached.

 

I forgot to say that on re-booting I'm still getting a blank desktop (i.e. just wallpaper) for almost a minute before the icons suddenly appear, all together. After that items load one at a time in the Systray. If this (i.e. slow loading) is because of some sort of housekeeping issue then I'm a bit confused, because I didn't have the problem at all until a week or so ago, after the occasion upon which I had only wallpaper and no icons would load no matter how long I left the computer.

 

Thank you very much indeed for your help. I really appreciate you and your colleagues giving up your free time to help out on here.

I've tried what you suggested re: msconfig, but although I disabled everything on re-booting I had exactly the same experience. I've tweaked uTorrent not to run on startup too. I'll go over to the software section as you suggested.

Many thanks again.