Hijack This Log help required please.. :o)

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Actually not you have not followed ANY of the instructions. If you had, you would not have posted a HijackThis log inline and that was installed improperly and that was not renamed. In addition. You would have attach the 5 other required logs from the READ & RUN ME first.

Please follow our standard cleaning procedures which are necessary for us to provide you support. Also there are steps included for installing, renaming, running, and posting HijackThis logs as attachments.

• Run ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support
• Make sure you check version numbers and get all updates.
• Very Important: Make sure you tell us the results from running the tutorial...was anything found? Were you unable to complete any of the scans?...Were you unable to download any of the tools?...Did you do the on-line scans as suggested? etc.

• After doing ALL of the above you still have a problem make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps in the below link to properly use HijackThis and attach a log:

Downloading, Installing, and Running HijackThis​

Make sure you also rename HijackThis.exe as suggested in the procedures. Use analyse.exe for the new name. This is very important due to some new infections going around.​

• When you return to make your next post, make sure you attach the following logs and that you have run these scans in the following order too:
  • CounterSpy - only for Windows XP, 2K, & NT users
  • AVG Antispyware log - ONLY IF NEEDED you were not able to run CounterSpy. - only for Windows XP, 2K, & NT users
  • Bitdefender - from step 6
  • Panda Scan - from step 6
  • runkeys.txt - the log from GetRunKey.bat
  • newfiles.txt - the log from ShowNew.bat
  • HijackThis

NOTE: You can only attach 3 files in a single message so it will require that you use two messages to attach all of these logs!

 

Just continue on with the instructions and we will worry about this later.

 

Please attach the other requested logs! BitDefender is not down.

• Bitdefender - from step 6
• Panda Scan - from step 6

Also as requested in the READ ME, HJT logs must be obtain in normal boot mode. However before attach a new one, do the below.

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

Now attach a HJT log from normal boot mode.

 

Attach then as soon as completed.

Now download the attached file named chodefix.zip (see the bottom of this message). Save it to your Desktop . Then extract ALL of the files from it. Then double click on the chodefix.bat file. This will try to fix some of the damage caused by the Chode infection that you have. You should see a message like the below when it finishes (in about 3 seconds).

Tell me if you see this message or not or if you get an error message instead. No matter what happens just continue on to the next steps.

Now attach new logs from:

• GetRunKey
• ShowNew
• HJT - see if you can run in normal boot mode now

 

Next time just attach the renamed html file from Bitdefender as requested in the READ ME.

You need to also attach the new GetRunKey and ShowNew logs too. And how did you previously get a HijackThis log? Can you do it the same way? Is HijackThis.exe rename to analyse.exe?

 

The directions in the READ ME tell you to rename the file to have a .txt extension so that it can be uploaded.

Yes but I have no idea what file you were trying to run. Many times people keep the HijackThis.exe files laying around in many spots on the hard disk and sometimes they run the wrong copy.

Okay. If this is the only way you can run it then it could be better than nothing.

Yes Panda is primarily just a scanning tool used to help us find problems. It will disinfect a few things but most items are ignored. It does report lots of cookies which are not issues to worry about. Just attach the log when you get how.

Also try installing and running the below which has the ability to produce a HijackThis log equivalent.

a-squared HiJackFree

When you run it, look at the lower left side and you will see a Save logfile hotkey. Click it and select HJT compatible. Save the log and attach it here.

Also don't forget to attach the new logs I requested from GetRunKey and ShowNew after ChodeFix was run.

 

Run 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:
F3 - REG:win.ini: load=C:\WINDOWS\system32\krjignjdst\smss.exe
F3 - REG:win.ini: run=C:\WINDOWS\system32\krjignjdst\smss.exe
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O4 - Startup: smss.lnk = ?

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 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.
• Check the 'Input script manually' box.
• Click on the magnifying glass icon.
• Copy everything in the Quote box below, and paste it in the box that opens:

• Now click the 'Done' button.
• Click on the traffic light icon and OK the prompt.
• You will be prompted to restart, OK the prompt and your PC should reboot, if not, reboot it yourself.
• A log file from Avenger will be produced at C:\avenger.txt

Now run Ccleaner!

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

1. Avenger
2. GetRunKey
3. ShowNew
4. HJT

Make sure you tell me how things are working now!

Reminder Note: Once we have determined you are malware free you will need to disable System Restore, reboot, and re-enable system restore per step 1 of the READ & RUN ME. This only applies to if using WinXP or WinMe.

 

The infection you had (and that we are still working on ) disables registry editing so that if blocks you from removing the infection. Some of the steps I have given thus far have improved things but registry editing has still been disabled.

If you click Start, Run and enter regedit and click OK, does the registry editor open or do you get a message saying that the administrator has disabled registry editing?

 

Bring up the registry editor again and click File and select Import. Then navigate to the C:\Documents and settings\Faisal\Desktop\fixME.reg file and double click on it from the import window. Say yes to the prompt to add it to your registry. Tell me if you receive a success message. Also if you get a success message, finish the other remaining steps from message number 17.

 

You're welcome.

Your logs are clean. 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, C:\ComboFix folder, C:\QooBox folder, and the 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:
    • How to Protect yourself from malware!

 

You're welcome. Surf safely!