Browser Search Redirects

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by hdebo, Jul 3, 2008.

  1. hdebo

    hdebo Private E-2

    I use IE with yahoo as my home page and main search tool along with google. When I bring up a search and click the link it brings me to some random site, but if I type the address in it works fine.
    I have run the tools you require first and it still seems to happen.
     

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  2. hdebo

    hdebo Private E-2

    Here is the MGTools zip.
     

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  3. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Hmmm! Not even 2 months since your last infection?????

    Did you disable automatic Windows Updates yourself?

    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: SBBho Class - {c9803b12-f0a0-11dc-95ff-0800200c9a66} - C:\WINDOWS\TinyBHO.dll
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [G4G] C:\WINDOWS\h8907435.exe
    O21 - SSODL: evwbctqh - {4a955273-a6da-444e-abbb-4461ba7de0a4} - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\Application Data\evwbctqh.dll
    O23 - Service: Plug and Play (RPC) (PlugPlayRPC) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\portsv.exe (file missing)

    After clicking Fix, exit HJT.

    Now we need to use ComboFix to remove a bunch of malware files.
    • Make sure that combofix.exe that you downloaded while doing the READ & RUN ME is on your Desktop but Do not run it!
      • If it is not on your Desktop, the below will not work.
    • Open Notepad and copy/paste the text in the below quote box into it:
    • Save the above as CFscript.txt and make sure you save it to the same location (should be on your Desktop) as ComboFix.exe
    • At this point, you MUST EXIT ALL BROWSERS NOW before continuing!
    • You should have both the ComboFix.exe and CFScript.txt icons on your Desktop.
    • Now use your mouse to drag CFscript.txt on top of ComboFix.exe
    • Follow the prompts.
    • When it finishes, a log will be produced named c:\combofix.txt
    • I will ask for this log below
    Note:

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

    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.
    Make sure that you tell me if you receive a success message about adding the above
    to the registry. If you do not get a success message, it definitely did not work.


    Now run Ccleaner!

    Now run the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file by double clicking on it.

    Then attach the below logs:
    • C:\ComboFix.txt
    • C:\MGlogs.zip
    Make sure you tell me how things are working now!
     
  4. hdebo

    hdebo Private E-2

    Here is the two logs requested. I had to send the combofix as a doc file because it would not let me send it as a text. It said I have that already posted in the thread.
    The regedit thing worked fine. There is still no change in the redirects. On the page where it directs me too I did notice that if I right click the top back button the two previous choices are jump and redirect.
    I dont know how long the updates have been turned off. I have had problems with my laptop when I did updates so I dont really update unless I really have too.
     

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  5. hdebo

    hdebo Private E-2

    Disreguard my previous post as I missed a step. Everything seems to be working fine now. Here are the logs requested.
    I cant post the MGlogs it is saying it is already in the post. So here is the five files in the zip.
     

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  6. hdebo

    hdebo Private E-2

    Here is the remaining files.
     

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  7. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Yes the part where you run the fix with ComboFix. Due to this we have more to do and the MGlogs.zip file was obtained out of order since ComboFix needed to be run first. Please only attach the logs that are requested. You should not be looking at anything in the MGtools folder. We only need the MGlogs.zip file.


    Now we need to use ComboFix again.
    • Make sure that combofix.exe that you downloaded while doing the READ & RUN ME is on your Desktop but Do not run it!
      • If it is not on your Desktop, the below will not work.
    • Open Notepad and copy/paste the text in the below quote box into it:
    • Save the above as CFscript.txt and make sure you save it to the same location (should be on your Desktop) as ComboFix.exe
    • At this point, you MUST EXIT ALL BROWSERS NOW before continuing!
    • You should have both the ComboFix.exe and CFScript.txt icons on your Desktop.
    • Now use your mouse to drag CFscript.txt on top of ComboFix.exe
    • Follow the prompts.
    • When it finishes, a log will be produced named c:\combofix.txt
    • I will ask for this log below
    Note:

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

    Now run the same fixME.reg patch from the last fix again by double clicking on it.

    Now run Ccleaner!

    Now run the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file by double clicking on it.

    Then attach the below logs:
    • C:\ComboFix.txt
    • C:\MGlogs.zip
    Make sure you tell me how things are working now!
     
  8. hdebo

    hdebo Private E-2

    OK I did the instructions in order and heres the logs.
     

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  9. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Your logs are clean now.

    If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:
    1. You can uninstall SUPERAntiSpyware now.
    2. We recommed you keep Malwarebytes Anti-Malware as a scanner. It uses no resources except a little disk space until you run a scan.
    3. If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop & renamed it 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\combo-fix" /u
        • Notes: The space between the cf" 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:\cf folder from combofix.
    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 you run Avenger, you can delete all files related to Avenger now.
    7. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
    8. 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.
    9. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    10. You can delete the C:\MGtools folder and the C:\MGtools.exe file. You can also delete the C:\MGlogs.zip
    11. 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.
    12. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
     

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