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See that!! As implied in my PM on why we did not answer your thread.....well we just hit your position in the queue.


Run C:\MGtools\analyse.exe by double clicking on it. 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:

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime

After clicking Fix, exit HJT.

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 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.
• Do not change any check box options!!
• Copy everything in the Quote box below, and paste it into the Input script here: part of the window:

• Now click the Execute button.
• Click Yes to the prompt to confirm you want to execute.
• Click Yes to the Reboot now? question that will appear when Avenger finishes running.
• Your PC should reboot, if not, reboot it yourself.
• A log file from Avenger will be produced at C:\avenger.txt and it will popup for you to view when you login after reboot.

Now run Ccleaner!

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 and also attach the log from Avenger.

Make sure you tell me how things are working now!

 

That's C:\MGtools\analyse.exe which is really the HijackThis program that has been renamed to analyse.exe

You don't need to paste them anywhere. When you follow the steps you will see the lines and you need to select them by clicking on the check box. It should be clear when you run the steps.

 

You are not double clicking on analyse.exe if you got a DOS window. Sounds like you either ran one of the .BAT files in the C:\MGtools folder or you mistakenly ran C:\MGtools.exe again which is not what I asked you to run. You need to go into the C:\MGtools folder and find analyse.exe and double click on it.

 

Now that the active part of the malware has been removed, a registry entry for it shows that we need to remove. This appears to be the only remaining issue.

Run C:\MGtools\analyse.exe by double clicking on it. 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:

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [pzgurat] c:\documents and settings\nancy c. cummings\local settings\application data\pzgurat.exe pzgurat

After clicking Fix, exit HJT.


Then reboot your PC! Run analyse.exe again also doing a system scan only again. If the above, line is still gone, then continue on with my final instructions below. If it is not gone, attach a new MGlogs.zip file.


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

2. 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\cf" /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.
3. If we had you run Avenger, you can delete all files related to Avenger now.
4. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
5. 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.
6. You can delete the C:\MGtools folder and the C:\MGtools.exe file. You can also delete the C:\MGlogs.zip
7. If you are running 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.
8. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
   • How to Protect yourself from malware!

 

Just to be on the save side you could scan this drive with the below tools:

• your antivirus program
• Malwarebytes Antimalware - select Perform Full Scan and select the correct drive
• SUPERAntispyware - select Scan your Computer and select the drive letter

There is no need to run MGtools or ComboFix as they are geared towards the Windows boot drive.