Please help with malware...gone thro guide

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by bigtymenyc, Mar 27, 2007.

  1. bigtymenyc

    bigtymenyc Private E-2

    Keep on getting "Drive Cleaner" pop ups. Gone through the "Malware Removal Guide" without success.

    CounterSpy and BitDefender came clean and generated no logs.

    Someone please help. Attached are the logs for the other scans.
     

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  2. bigtymenyc

    bigtymenyc Private E-2

    Here is the hijack this log.

    Thanks.
     

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  3. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    You did not follow the instructions regarding HJT ...it needs to be renamed!
    please find and delete this:
    C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Viewpoint\Viewpoint Media Player

    Use add/remove programs to uninstall:
    J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6"
    Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.2_03

    Reboot and install:
    Java Runtime 6

    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:

    * GetRunKey
    * ShowNew - please download the current version first!
    * HJT
     
  4. bigtymenyc

    bigtymenyc Private E-2

    Sorry about the HJT.

    Not quite sure where to get the "current version" of ShowNew as you mentioned I should do. The one I've used I downloaded thro the "Malware Removal Guide" link. Nonetheless, I'm attaching the requested logs.

    Thanks a bunch.
     

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  5. bigtymenyc

    bigtymenyc Private E-2

    Please help...This is driving me crazy. My logs are in the previous post.

    Thanks.
     
  6. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Are you still getting the pop-ups?

    You can run HJT and have it fix this:
    R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =

    If you are still having issues, please tell me exactly what is happening.
     
  7. bigtymenyc

    bigtymenyc Private E-2

    Thanks TimW. Been monitoring for the past two days and no more pop ups! Will reach out again if I run into problems.

    Thanks!
     
  8. bigtymenyc

    bigtymenyc Private E-2

    My drivecleaner pop ups are back. Please help. this is what's happening -
    When browsing a pop up appears from drivecleaner.com saying my PC has tracks of adult sites visited. The pop up says it's possible to clean up all the temp and history records of my PC to remove these tracks. It then asks if I would like to install drivecleaner to check my PC for free. When I try to close this pop up it reappears a couple of times then my entire browser shuts down. I'm able to relaunch my browser but after a while (say an hour) I get the pop up.

    Please help.
     
  9. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Uninstall the Sunbelt CounterSpy trial since we are finished with it now! Then delete the below two folders which may be left behind by the uninstall:
    C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Sunbelt Software
    C:\Program Files\Sunbelt Software

    Also delete the below folder which Tim previously already asked you to delete:
    C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Viewpoint


    Now Run this Disable/Remove Windows Messenger to remove Windows Messenger.


    Also 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, click Restore Microsoft's Hosts File and then click OK.
      [*]Click the X to exit the program
    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:

    R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
    R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = gopher=localhost:1
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime

    After clicking Fix, exit HJT.


    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.
    Now download the current versions of ShowNew from here: Using ShowNew


    Now attach the below new logs and tell me how the above steps went.

    1. GetRunKey
    2. ShowNew
    3. HJT
     
  10. bigtymenyc

    bigtymenyc Private E-2

    Sorry for the delay. Got caught up at work.

    All the steps went smoothly as per your guide. With the HJT, the only line that didn't show up in the results is this one:

    R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =

    Thanks.
     

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  11. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Please download ATF Cleaner by Atribune. This program does not require an installation. The executable actually runs the program.

    NOTE: This program is for Windows XP and Windows 2000 only. ATF Cleaner will remove all files from the items that are checked so if you have some cookies you'd like to save. Please move them to a different directory first.
    • Double-click ATF-Cleaner.exe to run the program.
    • Under Main choose: Select All
    • Click the Empty Selected button.
    If you use Firefox browser
    • Click Firefox at the top and choose: Select All
    • Click the Empty Selected button.
      • NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.
    If you use Opera browser
    • Click Opera at the top and choose: Select All
    • Click the Empty Selected button.
      • NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.
    Click Exit on the Main ATF Cleaner menu to close the program.


    Are you still having malware issues?
     
  12. bigtymenyc

    bigtymenyc Private E-2

    Thanks for the guide. So far no malware. Will monitor this for the next few days and update you.

    Thanks again!
     
  13. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Okay then uninstall CounterSpy now since we are finished with it and it can be a resource hog. Also it is just a trial.

    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 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. 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
    9. 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.
    10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
     
  14. bigtymenyc

    bigtymenyc Private E-2

    Oh my!

    The drivecleaner pop up is back. Behaving exactly as before...please see the quote below. Please help me resolve this. You know how this drives one crazy.

    Thanks again in advance for your help.

     
  15. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Run this Disable/Remove Windows Messenger to remove Windows Messenger.

    If you still are getting popups, continue on to the below!

    Do they occur when no browsers are open?
    Do they occur when you run in safe mode?
    Which browser are you using?
    How often do they occur and is there any step you can take that makes it happen quickly?


    Download the current version of ShowNew from the link in the READ ME!

    Now attach new logs from:
    1. GetRunKey
    2. ShowNew
    3. HJT
     
  16. bigtymenyc

    bigtymenyc Private E-2

    Thanks.

    Just removed Windows Messenger. Will monitor and update you.
     
  17. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    About how long does it usually take?
     
  18. bigtymenyc

    bigtymenyc Private E-2

    No pop-ups so far. Thanks for all your help!
     
  19. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome. Surf safely!
     

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