Antivirus Soft virus. fake antivirus

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by chinkymrsettles, Jul 8, 2010.

  1. chinkymrsettles

    chinkymrsettles Private E-2

    I was infected with this a few weeks ago. I searched the web doing everything the guides said to remove it.
    I ran mbam and found the virus and removed it.

    now I have intermittent wireless disconnects. Sometimes i will be right next to my router (2 feet) and my wireless signal will drop to 2 bars. I attempt to connect and it tells me low signal. 3 other laptops work on this. I've tried multiple routers and networks. Still I get disconnects. Sometimes my browser of choice gets switched from firefox to IE.

    I have ran mbam multiple times recently and have not found anything. I ran msse and it found nothing.

    I dont know what to do please help.
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Please read ALL of this message including the notes before doing anything.

    Please follow the instructions in the below link:


    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide


    and attach the requested logs when you finish these instructions.
    • **** If something does not run, write down the info to explain to us later but keep on going. ****
    • Do not assume that because one step does not work that they all will not. MGtools will frequently run even when all other tools will not.

    • After completing the READ & RUN ME and attaching your logs, make sure that you tell us what problems still remain ( if any still do )!
    Helpful Notes:

    1. If you run into problems trying to run the READ & RUN ME or any of the scans in normal boot mode, you can run the steps in safe boot mode but make sure you tell us what you did later when you post logs. See the below if you do not know how to boot in safe mode:
    2. If you have problems downloading on the problem PC, download the tools and the manual updates for SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes ( links are given in the READ & RUN ME) onto another PC and then burn to a CD. Then copy them to the problem PC. You will have to skip getting updates if (and only if) your internet connection does not work. Yes you could use a flash drive too but flash drives are writeable and infections can spread to them.
    3. If you cannot seem to login to an infected user account, try using a different user account (if you have one) in either normal or safe boot mode and running only SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes while logged into this other user account. Then reboot and see if you can log into the problem user account. If you can then run SUPERAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes, ComboFix and MGtools on the infected account as requested in the instructions.
    4. To avoid additional delay in getting a response, it is strongly advised that after completing the READ & RUN ME you also read this sticky:
    Any additional post is a bump which will add more delay. Once you attach the logs, your thread will be in the work queue and as stated our system works the oldest threads FIRST.
     
  3. chinkymrsettles

    chinkymrsettles Private E-2

    I cant believe I didnt see that sticky. I'm sorry for wasting your time. I have done everything that post said and it seems to be working a lot better. If I have any issues pop up I will post the logs I saved from the scans. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome.

    When you are sure you are not having any other malware problems ( give it a few days), it is time to do our final steps:
    1. We recommend you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no protection. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.
    2. If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop like we requested.)
      • Click START then RUN and enter the below into the run box and then click OK. Note the quotes are required
      • "%userprofile%\Desktop\combofix" /uninstall
        • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /uninstall, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
    3. Go back to step 6 oof the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
    4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    5. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
    6. If running Vista, 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.
    7. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    8. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click 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.
    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 7 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:
     
  5. chinkymrsettles

    chinkymrsettles Private E-2

    Ok I was very excited at how my computer was running but now it is still having the random disconnects. Attached are my logs, SAS and Mbam found nothing.
     

    Attached Files:

  6. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    I'm sorry but you are not having malware problems at this time. All of your logs are clean. Perhaps you should try working this in the Networking Forum. At this point I would suggest reinstalling the drivers for your Wireless Network but that may not help since normal a driver would be the difference between no connection and having a connection. Intermittant connections, sounds more like a phycial hardware issue.

    You should complete the instructions I gave you in message # 4 but do not toggle System Restore off and on. You may want to try using an old restore point first to see if it is of any help. Becareful not to choice a restore point from when you were infected.
     
  7. chinkymrsettles

    chinkymrsettles Private E-2

    thanks for taking a look. It seems to have been a DHCP flag issue with vista
     
  8. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome. Happy to hear you found your problem. Surf safely.
     

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