Just one of those weeks...

Hi there and welcome. I am currently reviewing your logs and will get back to you with a set of instructions in the next post I make to you.

 

Download HostsXpert and then follow the below steps.

• Unzip HostsXpert.zip
• It will create a folder named HostsXpert in whatever folder you extract it to.
• Run HostsXpert.exe by double clicking on it.
• Click the Make Writeable? button. (if you only see a Make Read-Only selection, it is already writeable so skip this button).
• Click Restore Microsoft's Hosts File and then click OK.
• Click the X to exit the program

Download and run OTM.

Download OTM by Old Timer and save it to your Desktop.

• Right-click OTM.exe And select " Run as administrator " to run it.
• Paste the following code under the area. Do not include the word Code.

Code:

:Files
C:\ProgramData\796b2e
C:\Windows\TEMP\ib6824.tmp
C:\Windows\TEMP\ib6825.tmp
C:\Windows\TEMP\ib6826.tmp
C:\Windows\TEMP\ib6856.tmp
C:\Windows\TEMP\ib6A1B.tmp
C:\Users\Brian\Local Settings\TEMP\6557.tmp
C:\Users\Brian\Local Settings\TEMP\BF0A.tmp
C:\Users\Brian\Local Settings\TEMP\Low
C:\Users\Brian\Local Settings\TEMP\si593.tmp

:reg
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"My Security Shield"=-

:Commands
[emptytemp]
[Reboot]

• Return to OTM, right click in the Paste List of Files/Folders to Move window (under the yellow bar) and choose Paste.
• Push the large button.
• OTM may ask to reboot the machine. Please do so if asked.
• Copy everything in the Results window (under the green bar), and paste it in your next reply.

NOTE: If you are unable to copy/paste from this window (as will be the case if the machine was rebooted), open Notepad (Start->All Programs->Accessories->Notepad), click File->Open, in the File Name box enter *.log and press the Enter key, navigate to the C:\_OTM\MovedFiles folder, and open the newest .log file present, and copy/paste the contents of that document back here in your next post.

Now run the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file by double clicking on it. Then attach the new C:\MGlogs.zip file that will be created by running this.

How are things running for you now?

 

Then reset the host file yourself:

How do I reset the hosts file back to the default?

Now run the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file by double clicking on it. Then attach the new C:\MGlogs.zip file that will be created by running this.

Tell me how things are running now.

 

Now run Ccleaner. Only use the Run Cleaner button. Do not run anything else on any other forms.

What's inside of this folder?

• C:\ProgramData\MSRPRMTZXS

Delete this folder:

• C:\ProgramData\ParetoLogic

Your logs look clean to me, so tell me, how are things running now?

 

C:\ProgramData\MSRPRMTZXS <--- delete the whole folder then.

Now I realise that you are running 64 bit windows, but let's run this tool which will still run on your system, just in a reduced functionality mode.

Go to TDSSKiller and Download TDSSKiller.zip to your Desktop

• Extract its contents to your Desktop so that you have TDSSKiller.exe directly on your Desktop and not in any subfolder of the Desktop.
• Now double click the TDSSkiller.exe file to run it ( if using Vista or Windows 7 do not double click on it but rather, right click and select Run As Administrartor.
• Allow the application to run and a window will open showing that it is TDSSkiller from Kaspersky
• Click Start scan
• It will run rather quickly and will notify you of whether anything is found or not.
• Follow the instructions to delete/quarantine if asks you what to do when if finds something.

Whether an infection is found or not, a log file should be created on your C: drive ( or whatever drive you boot from) in the root folder named something like TDSSKiller.2.1.1_27.12.2009_14.17.04_log.txt which is based on the program version # and date and time run. Please attach this log to your next reply. (See: HOW TO: Attach Items To Your Post )

 

They are advertising boxes that will appear as your mouse moves over various keywords on the webpages you are viewing. These are quite normal on many sites ( even Major Geeks main site ) as it is a source of revenue to keep the sites running.

Okay well TDSSKiller did not find anything, so let me ask you, what issues are you currently having? When you make a search using google is everything normal again? If not let me know what exactly is happening.

 

Try this:

Does this make any difference?

 

Open a notepad (go to Start > Run and type in Notepad and click OK).
Copy/paste the following text inside the code box into a new notepad document.

Code:

@ECHO OFF
regedit /e look1.txt "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes"
regedit /e look2.txt "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes"
Type look*.txt >log.txt
start log.txt
del look1.txt look2.txt
del %0

• Go to the File menu at the top of the Notepad and select Save as.
• Select save in: desktop
• Fill in File name: look.bat
• Save as type: All file types (*.*)
• Click save
• Close the Notepad.
• Locate look.bat on the desktop.
• Right-click to run it as administrator.
• A notepad opens, copy and paste the content (log.txt) to your reply.

 

Then if all is well you can follow final steps. (Let a week go by to be sure first)

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

1. We recommend you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no protection. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.
2. If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop 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\combofix" /uninstall
     • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /uninstall, it must be there.
     • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
3. Go back to step 6 of the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
5. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
6. 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.
7. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
8. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click on this file to run this cleanup program that will remove files and folders
   related to MGtools and some other items from our cleaning procedures.
9. If you are running Win 7, Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
   • Refer to the cleaning procedures pointed to by step 7 of the READ ME
     for your Window version and see the instructions to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
   • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
    • How to Protect yourself from malware!