Clipboard hijack

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by thripston, Jul 14, 2008.

  1. thripston

    thripston Private First Class

    My copy paste keep getting hijacked by


    (Please do not post links to live malware)

    which Im not going to be so stupid as to actually try and get to in Firefox.

    I know how to clear my clipboard and obviously I need to run a virus and malware check etc. Just wondered if anyone had any idea whats going on here?
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Jul 14, 2008
  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

  3. thripston

    thripston Private First Class

    Sorry for posting the link, wasn't thinking. I wasn't asking for advice on how to remove the file, though I guess I needed it as I only did half of what that guide suggested. I was just curious what it was and where it might have come from. I may have removed the problem before running through that process though so the attachemnets might not tell you anything.
     

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  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    You may have removed it but I still need the logs from running the MGTools -> C:\MGLogs.zip
     
  5. thripston

    thripston Private First Class

    Ah yeh of course. Ok well here it is. Hope it tells you something useful.
     

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  6. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Your logs are clean ...let's do some cleaning from the scans:

    If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:

    Copy the bold text below to notepad. Save it as fixME.reg to your desktop. Be sure the "Save as" type is set to "all files" Once you have saved it double click it and allow it to merge with the registry.
    1. You can uninstall SUPERAntiSpyware now.
    2. We recommed you keep Malwarebytes Anti-Malware as a scanner. It uses no resources except a little disk space until you run a scan.
    3. If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop & renamed it 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\combo-fix" /u
    o Notes: The space between the cf" and the /u, it must be there.
    o This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
    * Delete the C:\cf folder from combofix.

    4. If we used SmitFraudFix, you can delete all files and folders related to it now including the c:\rapport.txt log.
    5. If we used VundoFix, you can delete the VundoFix.exe file and the C:\VundoFix Backups folder and C:\vundofix.txt log that was created.
    6. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
    7. 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.
    8. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    9. You can delete the C:\MGtools folder and the C:\MGtools.exe file. You can also delete the C:\MGlogs.zip
    10. If you are running Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:

    * Refer to the cleaning steps in the READ ME for your Window version and see the steps to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
    * Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
    11. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
    How to Protect yourself from malware!


    I don't know where or what the virus was.....but reading thru the above should help you.
     
  7. thripston

    thripston Private First Class

    All done. Thanks for the help.

    Though I think I'll hang on to SuperAntiSpyware.
     
  8. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    You are most welcome ...safe surfing. :)
     

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