Annoying Infection

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Kirako, Jul 1, 2006.

  1. Kirako

    Kirako Private E-2

    (Hopefully I'm posting this in the right place. If not then sorry, and sorry for typing a lot, I just want to fully explain the situation with my computer).

    Okay, I know I'm definitely infected. I have been doing a lot of googling and trying out different methods of trying to save my computer but have failed. I really dont want to reformat my computer (unless all else has failed) since, well, who really wants to lose all their stuff.

    Firstly, I THINK I sort of know what is infecting my computer. I have been getting those Winfixer and WinAnti whatever pop ups for the past couple of months. The ones that will not leave you alone even if you click no. I googled that problem before and some site recommended using Vundo which I did and it worked.. for a while that is. Then I started getting the same problem again except they are forcing me to download a different program. A couple days ago as I was websuring, my computer just went crazy and had all these weird stuff popping up, cant remember what it said but yea.

    Since then, I have been getting pop ups that say "Windows Security Center has detected spyware/adware infection". My task manager wont open saying the administrator wont allow it. I even went out and bought some virus scanners yesterday however they keep shutting down before finishing it. The pop up saying "An error has occured and blah blah program must shut down". Something like that. I cant even access Windows Explorer or any other thing, cuz that also shuts down.

    I practically cant run anything because it keeps shutting down. I was able to run spysweeper fully and they found a bunch of stuff and got rid of them but the problem still persists.

    I have visited these sites and tried their solution seeing has how the described problem is very similiar to mine but I was either unable to perform necessary scans because the programs keeps getting an error and shuts down or else they did not help at all.

    http://www.elamb.org/blog/spywarescumbags

    http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic9549.html

    http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=74266



    Okay this is my hijackthis log:

    Edit by chaslang: Inline log removed. Cleaning steps not followed!

    Basically I think I have the advanced version of the surfsidekick or the VCClient/VCMAIN thing. But stronger perhaps? I think my biggest problem right now is the inability to run most scans/programs because of the error thing. I've also gone to sites that are suppose to do scans but it wont even let me use ActiveX.

    Anyways, thanks for reading? And sorry if I sound like a total retard. After about 10+ years of using the computer and about 8 years of internet usage, this is actually my very first virus.
    Any help, suggestions, links, etc are greatly appreciated. Thanks! =)
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Jul 3, 2006
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Majorgeeks!

    Please do not post any logs inline with messages! Read the sticky threads and follow the guidelines. No HJT log should be posted without running the below steps first.

    Please follow our standard cleaning procedures which are necessary for us to provide you support. Also there are steps included for installing, 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:
    • 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 (these scans are covered in steps 6 & 7 of the READ & RUN ME sticky)
      • Bitdefender
      • Panda Scan
      • HijackThis
    .
     

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