Diaremover

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by petrab, Sep 13, 2006.

  1. petrab

    petrab Private E-2

    After an update of virus signatures, Lavasoft Adaware SE (free edition) found malware on my office computer, and dito on my home computer. It tells me that Diaremover scores a 10 (on a scale 1-10) but it can't seem to find the page with more information on this 'malware'.

    Can anyone tell me what we're dealing with here? Adaware can't seem to get rid of it. After a quick reading up on it, it's one of those 'pests' that have false delete ionformation?

    I'm open to suggestions!
    Thanks,

    Petra:confused:
     
  2. petrab

    petrab Private E-2

    Anyone?

    In the mean time I have learned that the only program that detects Diaremover, is Adaware. I did a scan with AVG 7.1 Network edition and the online Bitdefender scan, and both came back clean.

    One other thing I thought of, was running Adaware in safe mode. It seemed to clean it up, but back in regular mode, Diaremover showed up again so that didn't help.

    Now, for my good understanding... Is this what this particular piece of malware does? I mean, giving false warnings, that my conputer is infected?

    But... shouldn't it point to other malware then, and not attract attention to Diaremover itself? It doesn't make sense to me...

    Any suggestion is welcome!
     
  3. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    DiaRemover is a member of the rogue antispyware tool family commonly referred to as SmitFraud. It is very similar to SpySheriff.

    Download SmitfraudFix (by S!Ri) to your Desktop.

    Extract all the files to your Destop. A folder named SmitfraudFix will be created on your Desktop.

    Open the SmitfraudFix folder and double-click smitfraudfix.cmd
    Select option #1 - Search by typing 1 and press Enter
    This program will scan large amounts of files on your computer for known patterns so please be patient while it works. When it is done, the results of the scan will be displayed and it will create a log named rapport.txt in the root of your drive, eg: Local Disk C: or partition where your operating system is installed. Please attach that log in your next reply.

    Note: process.exe ( which is used my SmitFraudFIx ) is detected by some antivirus programs (AntiVir, Dr.Web, Kaspersky) as a "RiskTool"; it is not a virus, but a program used to stop system processes. Antivirus programs cannot distinguish between "good" and "malicious" use of such programs, therefore they may alert the user. The below is a link to what process.exe is.

    http://www.beyondlogic.org/consulting/proc...processutil.htm


    IMPORTANT: Do NOT run any other options until you are asked to do so!
     
  4. petrab

    petrab Private E-2

    Here's the log:
     

    Attached Files:

  5. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    PLEASE READ ALL OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST BEFORE DOING ANYTHING. Ask any questions that you may have before starting.

    Please print out or copy these instructions to Notepad as the internet will not be (while in Safe Mode) available to you at certain points of the removal process. Make sure to work through all the Steps in the exact order in which they are listed below. Again, if there's anything that you don't understand, ask your question(s) before moving on with the fixes.

    Reboot your computer into Safe Mode per the safe directions in the READ & RUN ME.

    Open the SmitfraudFix Folder of your Desktop, then double-click smitfraudfix.cmd file to start the tool.

    Select option #2 - Clean by typing 2 and press Enter.
    Wait for the tool to complete and disk cleanup to finish.
    You will be prompted : "Registry cleaning - Do you want to clean the registry ?" answer Yes by typing Y and hit Enter.

    The tool will also check if wininet.dll is infected. If it is infected and a clean version is found, you will be prompted to replace the infected wininet.dll with the clean file. Answer Yes to the question "Replace infected file ?" by typing Y and hit Enter.

    A reboot may be needed to finish the cleaning process, if you computer does not restart automatically please do it yourself manually. BUT Reboot in Safe Mode.

    The tool will create a log named rapport.txt in the root of your drive, eg: Local Disk C: or partition where your operating system is installed. Please attach this log along in your next reply.

    After doing the above and attach the new rapport.txt log.

    Are you still having problems? If yes, you must follow the instructions below.

    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:
    Downloading, Installing, and Running HijackThis

    Make sure you also rename HijackThis.exe as suggested in the procedures. Use analyse.exe for the new name. This is very important due to some new infections going around.


    • 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:
      • CounterSpy - ONLY IF you were not able to run Windows Defender
      • Bitdefender - from step 6
      • Panda Scan - from step 6
      • runkeys.txt - the log from GetRunKey.bat
      • newfiles.txt - the log from ShowNew.bat
      • HijackThis
    NOTE: You can only attach 3 files in a single message so it will require that you use two messages to attach all of these logs!
     
  6. petrab

    petrab Private E-2

    Did everything following instructions without any positive results.
    Then I saw the other thread, updated and re-ran the Ad-Aware scan.
    All it found was a tracking cookie. I'm happy.
    Thanks guys, you were wonderful as ever! *S*
    Petra
     
  7. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome. Surf safely!
     

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