Cant access any anti spyware websites and I think I am infected

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by AlexxM, Feb 26, 2011.

  1. AlexxM

    AlexxM Private E-2

    So I have been having problems for awhile now. Internet explorer is incredibly slow, and firefox crashes every other minute. I think I am infected. Whats worse is I cant go to use housecall in either browser because I believe it is blocked by this virus. I cant use any of the online scans that are posted around this forum. I basically cant do anything it seems like everything is blocked by this virus. It is really pissing me off.

    Anyway, for some reason it has let me download a version of hijackthis. Even that I am wary of thinking it might be just another virus or something.

    Anyway it gave me this log.

    *EDITED by dr.moriarty: Removed and attached inline log

    Can anybody please tell me what to do? I cant access any of the malware scans because this virus is blocking them. I know because on my other computer I can access sites like housecall with no problems.

    Please help.
     

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  2. dr.moriarty

    dr.moriarty Malware Super Sleuth Staff Member

    Welcome to MajorGeeks

    • Since you do have access to another pc - please use that machine to download the all of the requested 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.
    • Then follow the steps given in our READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide and then attach the requested logs to your next reply 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:

    • 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:
    • Starting your computer in Safe mode
     
  3. AlexxM

    AlexxM Private E-2

    Ok first of all I would like to apologize for posting this question before doing my homework on this forum. And I bet this happens all the time here so I am sorry for that.

    Turns out you guys have a very helpful thread that I should have tried first here : http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=139681

    I did exactly step by step what the thread told me to do and I believe this may have fixed my problems.

    I can now access all of the sites that were previously blocked which is fantastic. My browser seems to run much faster now and every program found a ton of infections.

    Awesome help thread right there. Thank god for it too I was getting really sick of this crap. I was so close to just reformatting my hardrive too.

    Now I just hope that firefox no longer crashes.

    I will now check out the other threads on how to keep my computer safe from future infections.

    I will post here with logs if I have any other issues.
     
  4. AlexxM

    AlexxM Private E-2

    Had to come back here to thank you guys again. All problems fixed!!! No crashing, browser is 100% faster and no more hangups of any kind. I am amazed because my experience with anti malware software is that they will find infections and delete them but the problems will persist. Glad that there really is a solution.

    Coupled with spywareblaster and Avira I feel like I am protected of future occurrences as well. I was so satisfied with the results that I decided to clean a really old spyware ridden laptop we have had laying around for ages. Worked like a charm for that computer as well.
    Really amazing.

    Just had to say thanks. Sorry for this double post. I am not trying to bump this thread and the moderator can just delete this post if need be.

    Thanks!
     
  5. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Good to know.

    If you are not having any other malware problems, 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 real time protection. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.We recommend them for doing backup scans when you suspect a malware infection.
    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 of 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:


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