Can someone please help me sort this virus? Possible repost, sorry.

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Jay....., Jan 21, 2010.

  1. Jay.....

    Jay..... Private E-2

    Hi, Ive had some issues with viruses on my laptop since last week...
    I have scanned with malaware and found various bits and pieces but after actually deleting some stuff yesterday using that my computer went absolutely mental!

    The desktop image changed and it was telling me I had viruses etc and needed to down load some software. I googled the name of it yesterday, which I now cant remember but it was some sort of netsky variant. I went through the Hijack this log, and removed the advised files which seemed to clean it up. However my searches are still being randomly redirected to all sorts of bogus websites and I dont know where to go from here. I really cant face reformatting my computer as I use it for work and it will take me ages to get my computer back up to speed with all the bits and pieces on there.

    As far as I can see, Im clearing it everytime of everything malicious. But there must be something running in the background, as within 15 minutes back on the web my computer is knackered!!

    Could someone please kindly give me some advice on what I should do. Below is my high jack this file. Would really appreciate your help.



    Thanks

    Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
    Scan saved at 22:11:38, on 21/01/2010
    Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
    MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP3 (6.00.2900.5512)
    Boot mode: Normal

    Edit by chaslang: Inline HJT log removed. READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide sticky not followed.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Jan 22, 2010
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!


    Go to TDSSKiller and Download TDSSKiller.zip to your Desktop
    • Extract its contents to your Desktop so that you have TDSSKiller.exe directly on your Desktop and not in any subfolder of the Desktop.
    • Click Start > Run and copy/paste the following bold command into Run box and hit Enter.
    "%userprofile%\Desktop\TDSSKiller.exe" -v
    • Follow the instructions to type in "delete" when it asks you what to do when if finds something.
    • When done, a log file should be created on your C: drive named something like TDSSKiller.2.1.1_27.12.2009_14.17.04_log.txt which is based on the program version # and date and time run.
    Now continue on with the below instructions.

    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.
     

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