180search assistant

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by mel_g24count, Nov 18, 2004.

  1. mel_g24count

    mel_g24count Private E-2

    Hi,
    I think I've been infected with spy ware -- L
    -- Here's my info:

    1. System: XP (User accounts: Administrator and guest)

    2. Browser: SBC Yahoo! Browser DSL Version 5.01-ACSX;SP2

    3. Problem: “180search Assistant” (spyware?) keeps popping up and asking to be reinstalled; and a program, “WebRebates_CDT_InstallSilent,” keeps reappearing in my Temp folder after I’ve deleted it. Also, I had a few warnings from the Norton program that “c:\temp\salm.exe” was attempting to access the internet -- I went and manually deleted that file. I believe all three of these programs are connected (???).

    4. Security Software running: Norton Internet Security and AntiVirus; firewall; Spybot S&D; SpywareBlaster; CWShredder. -- They are all up to date.

    5. Steps taken:
    -- I’ve deleted all the files associated with these programs in the Temp folder, when I tried to delete “180search assistant” from the add/remove programs page it gave me an error message saying that it had already been deleted -- but, it still shows up on the page;
    -- I’ve run virus scans on Norton (and TrendMicro online) which didn’t find anything;
    -- Spybot S&D scans find “DSO Exploit” (but, I’ve been told that that’s a false positive);
    -- CWShredder finds two things: “CWS.Jksearch” and “CWS.HiddenDll” (I‘ve run this scan a couple of times to remove them and they keep coming back).

    6. Both Grokster and Kazaa were installed at some point -- several teenagers use my computer -- I deleted those programs a couple of months ago, but they still show up in my add/remove programs page and give me error messages when I try to delete them (I think they‘re mostly gone, though).

    7. I’ve included reports from both Spybot S&D and CWShredder as attachments.


    Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I'm scratching my head on this one.
    -- Thanks in advance for your help! :)
     

    Attached Files:


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