Pesky Spyware won't go away, XP

Please click Start, Run and copy and paste the below into the run box and click OK:

C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\TARMAI~1\{889DF~1\Setup.exe /remove /q

Then do the same thing with the below string:

MsiExec.exe /X{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}

Now rerun a scan with Hitman Pro and attach the new log.

 

Wrong thing to do! I did not ask you to do this. This is the uninstaller program. Now you deleted it and we cannot uninstall it.

From the READ & RUN ME instructions

 

Deleting does not equal uninstalling. And all you did was delete the uninstaller program and nothing else.

Only do what I ask you to as stated.

Again! You are doing something not requested. Please don't. I will post follow up manual instructions when I can work them up.

 

I also just noticed that you are using a version of MGtools that is more than 1 year out of date! Why? Old versions should be removed when you finish cleanup and you are always supposed to be downloading what we ask you to download in the READ & RUN ME. Don't change it now. Just follow my instructions and we will take care of this too. For our procedures to work reliably (including final instructions) you need to follow our instructions properly. Note, putting things we have you download in folders like below:

C:\Documents and Settings\Daniel\My Documents\Downloads\HitmanPro.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Daniel\My Documents\Downloads\MGtools.exe

Is not what we requested and will cause our procedures not to work

 

:-D

Uninstall the below old versions of software:
Java(TM) 6 Update 33

Now install the current version of Sun Java from: Sun Java Runtime Environment

Run C:\MGtools\analyse.exe by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista or Win 7, 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:

R3 - URLSearchHook: UrlSearchHook Class - {00000000-6E41-4FD3-8538-502F5495E5FC} - C:\Program Files\Ask.com\GenericAskToolbar.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KernelFaultCheck] %systemroot%\system32\dumprep 0 -k
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

After clicking Fix, exit HJT.

Now run this Disable/Remove Windows Messenger to remove Windows Messenger. Do not confuse Windows Messenger with MSN Messenger because they are not the same. Windows Messenger is a frequent cause of popups.

Please download OTM by Old Timer and save it to your Desktop.

• Right-click OTM.exe and select Run as administrator to run it.
• Copy the lines from the below codebox to the clipboard by highlighting ALL of them and pressing CTRL + C
  (or, after highlighting, right-click and choose Copy): Do not include the word Code: which is just a title line of
  the code box

Code:

:Processes
explorer.exe

:Files
C:\Program Files\Ask.com
C:\Program Files\Yontoo
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Tarma Installer\{889DF117-14D1-44EE-9F31-C5FB5D47F68B}
C:\Documents and Settings\Daniel\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\cvv9puxh.default-1355528890578\extensions\plugin@yontoo.com
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Tarma Installer
C:\WINDOWS\Temp\*.*
C:\Documents and Settings\Daniel\Local Settings\temp\*.*

:Reg
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"ApnUpdater"=-
 
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{D4027C7F-154A-4066-A1AD-4243D8127440}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar]
"{D4027C7F-154A-4066-A1AD-4243D8127440}"=-
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\Extensions\niapdbllcanepiiimjjndipklodoedlc]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{10DE7085-6A1E-4D41-A7BF-9AF93E351401}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{7E84186E-B5DE-4226-8A66-6E49C6B511B4}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{99066096-8989-4612-841F-621A01D54AD7}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\PreApproved\{DF7770F7-832F-4BDF-B144-100EDDD0C3AE}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{889DF117-14D1-44EE-9F31-C5FB5D47F68B}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tarma Installer\Components\{8D8654CD-7FBC-4C7E-84E9-371BFA8DB04E}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tarma Installer\Components\{9307081B-7444-494C-8CF6-2FA7C0E92BFB}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tarma Installer\Components\{9D9785E5-3424-40B6-A287-BA143AD53109}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tarma Installer\Components\{A8F0AD53-1AEE-447E-89CD-71C325796F84}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tarma Installer\Components\{B6783DFA-B8C8-4CB6-AB9F-EF1A1F7F7AE8}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tarma Installer\Components\{F5F971A9-DBF8-4EEC-81E3-5F1660573E6C}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tarma Installer\Products\{889DF117-14D1-44EE-9F31-C5FB5D47F68B}]
[-HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1409082233-299502267-839522115-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{DF7770F7-832F-4BDF-B144-100EDDD0C3AE}]
[-HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1409082233-299502267-839522115-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{FD72061E-9FDE-484D-A58A-0BAB4151CAD8}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FE9271F2-6EFD-44b0-A826-84C829536E93}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{80922ee0-8a76-46ae-95d5-bd3c3fe0708d}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{CFDAFE39-20CE-451D-BD45-A37452F39CF0}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\YontooIEClient.DLL]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\YontooIEClient.Layers]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\YontooIEClient.Layers.1]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FD72061E-9FDE-484D-A58A-0BAB4151CAD8}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{FD72061E-9FDE-484D-A58A-0BAB4151CAD8}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{10DE7085-6A1E-4D41-A7BF-9AF93E351401}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{1AD27395-1659-4DFF-A319-2CFA243861A5}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{D372567D-67C1-4B29-B3F0-159B52B3E967}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\YontooIEClient.Api]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\YontooIEClient.Api.1]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{DF7770F7-832F-4BDF-B144-100EDDD0C3AE}]
:Commands
[purity]
 
[EmptyTemp]
[start explorer]
[Reboot]

• Return to OTM, right click in the Paste List of Files/Folders to Move window (under the yellow bar
  ) and choose Paste.
• Now click the large http://forums.majorgeeks.com/chaslang/images/MoveIt!.png button.
• If OTM asks to reboot your computer, allow it to do so. The report should appear in Notepad after the reboot.
• Close OTM.

Now navigate to the C:\_OTM\MovedFiles folder ( assuming your Windows drive is C). This is where your log will be
saved in the form of Date and Time mmddyyyy_hhmmss.log. Just look for the most recent .log file. Attach
this log file to your next message.


Now download the current version of MGtools and save it to your root folder. Overwrite your previous MGtools.exe file with this one.

Run MGtools.exe ( Note: If using Vista or Win7, make sure UAC is still disabled. Also don't double click on it, use right click and select Run As Administrator )

Now attach the below log:

• the C:\_OTM\MovedFiles log
• C:\MGlogs.zip

Make sure you tell me how things are working now!

 

I'm not sure what you mean. Does it contain all the information exactly as shown or not? Did you disable protection software before trying this? You can also try safe boot mode.

 

With which browser? Firefox I assume based on your logs?

Run this >> Reset Firefox to Defaults

 

Also since OTM apppears to have not worked exactly as we wanted, do the below.

Delete the below files

Code:

"C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\"
at1.job       Jan  6 2013         470  "At1.job"
at2.job       Jan  6 2013         470  "At2.job"
at3.job       Jan  5 2013         470  "At3.job"
at4.job       Jan  6 2013         470  "At4.job"
at5.job       Jan  6 2013         452  "At5.job"
at6.job       Jan  6 2013         452  "At6.job"
at7.job       Jan  6 2013         452  "At7.job"
at8.job       Jan  6 2013         452  "At8.job"

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 the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista or Win7, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator).

Then attach the below logs:

• C:\MGlogs.zip

Make sure you tell me how things are working now!

 

Okay, the logs look fine. The only suggestion left ( which is not related to the redirection ) is that I would not allow the below to be loading at startup.

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [uTorrent] "C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe" /MINIMIZED

 

You're welcome.


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

1. We recommend you keep Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware.
3. Go back to step 4 oof the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
4. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis. If you don't see it or it will not uninstall, don't worry about it. Just move on to the next step.
5. If running Vista or Win 7, 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. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click ( if running Vista, Win7, or Win 8 Right Click and Run As Administrator ) 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.
7. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others) and running MGclean.bat did not remove, you can delete these files now.
8. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
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 6 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!