Slow system startup and suspicious startup entries

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by skyline_gtrr32, May 17, 2007.

  1. skyline_gtrr32

    skyline_gtrr32 Private E-2

    Hi there,

    I had been finding that my laptop's startup times were increasingly slow so i had a look at the startup entries via spybot and found: one entry had no value or command line; one entry called AtiPTA which is, according to the internet, a virus that gets in via email attachments; and one entry called SensLogn which i believe tracks browsing habits.

    Please could you help me in sorting these problems, as you were so successful in the past i thought that i should ask for your assistance again. I have worked through the read and run me first thread and will attach all required logs except for BitDefender, which when ran caused IE to encounter an error and so a log could not be gained but up until IE needed to close there were no problems found.

    Regards, skyline_gtrr32
     

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  2. skyline_gtrr32

    skyline_gtrr32 Private E-2

    Here are the rest of the logs.

    Regards, skyline_gtrr32
     

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  3. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Please download and install and run:
    CWShredder

    Run HijackThis 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:

    After clicking Fix, exit HJT.

    Please 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.

    Now attach new logs for:
    * CWShredder log
    * GetRunKey
    * ShowNew
    * HJT
     
  4. skyline_gtrr32

    skyline_gtrr32 Private E-2

    Thankyou for the reply TimW,

    I have worked through the steps given and will attach the required new logs.

    Regards, skyline_gtrr32
     

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  5. skyline_gtrr32

    skyline_gtrr32 Private E-2

    Here is the other new log required.

    skyline_gtrr32
     

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  6. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    I'm not sure what file you were refering to in your first post ...most all of the ATIxxx .exe files are related to your ATI card and not dangerous at all,usually, though some nasties do come in with a similar name. As to your long start up time....that would be best addressed in the software section.
    Your logs look clean. You may uninstall any programs we had you download.

    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 and associated 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 VundoFix, you can delete the VundoFix.exe file and the C:\VundoFix Backups folder and C:\vundofix.txt log that was created.
    5. If we had your run FixWareOut, you can delete the Fixwareout.exe file and the C:\fixwareout folder.
    6. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
    7. 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
    8. 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.
    9. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
    * How to Protect yourself from malware!
     
    Last edited: May 18, 2007
  7. skyline_gtrr32

    skyline_gtrr32 Private E-2

  8. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    No problem ....though I am assuming that you have deleted that file since it is not showing in your logs ....will watch for your thread.
     
  9. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Note: You should also uninstall the Sunbelt CounterSpy trial now since you are finished with it and it will also slow down startup.
     

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