e-mail address being used by spammers

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Ians, Mar 21, 2008.

  1. Ians

    Ians Private E-2

    Hi, I posted to the forum earlier with the issue that my email seemed to be taken over to distribute spam. My Norton AV was catching and flagging about 70+ spams about 3-4 times a day, just prior to them being sent out (fortunately). Ran Norton AV once and it cleaned Trojan.spamthru, but the problem came up again.

    Jerkyking recommended to run the Read and Run First Sticky and repost here. All seems quiet on my system so far. I've attached logs as per the instructions. If you see anything that needs attention, please let me know. Thanks again, this forum has been invaluable to me in the past.

    IanS
     

    Attached Files:

  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Did you forget to agree to the license agreement for TrendMicro HijackThis when you ran MGtools.exe? The log from it was not in your MGlogs.zip file and normally this would be cause by not accepting the license as requested.

    Uninstall the below software:
    Java(TM) 6 Update 2
    Java(TM) 6 Update 3
    Java(TM) SE Development Kit 6 Update 2
    Messenger Plus! Live <-- If you took our advice, you should have been uninstalled in step 1 of the READ ME

    Make sure you reboot after uninstalling the above!

    After reboot, now install the current version of Sun Java from: Sun Java Runtime Environment

    If you need the Sun Java Development kit you can get it here: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

    Now we need to use ComboFix to remove a bunch of malware files.
    • Make sure that combofix.exe that you downloaded while doing the READ & RUN ME is on your Desktop but Do not run it!
      • If it is not on your Desktop, the below will not work.
    • Open Notepad and copy/paste the text in the below quote box into it:
    • Save the above as CFscript.txt and make sure you save it to the same location (should be on your Desktop) as ComboFix.exe
    • At this point, you MUST EXIT ALL BROWSERS NOW before continuing!
    • You should have both the ComboFix.exe and CFScript.txt icons on your Desktop.
    • Now use your mouse to drag CFscript.txt on top of ComboFix.exe
    • Follow the prompts.
    • When it finishes, a log will be produced named c:\combofix.txt
    • I will ask for this log below
    Note:

    Do not mouseclick combofix's window while it is running. That may cause it to stall.


    Now run Ccleaner!

    Now run the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file by double clicking on it. Make sure you accept the license agreement for TrendMicro HijackThis this time. You actually have to click Accept twice to get it to work.

    Then attach the below logs:
    • C:\ComboFix.txt
    • C:\MGlogs.zip
    Make sure you tell me how things are working now!
     

MajorGeeks.Com Menu

Downloads All In One Tweaks \ Android \ Anti-Malware \ Anti-Virus \ Appearance \ Backup \ Browsers \ CD\DVD\Blu-Ray \ Covert Ops \ Drive Utilities \ Drivers \ Graphics \ Internet Tools \ Multimedia \ Networking \ Office Tools \ PC Games \ System Tools \ Mac/Apple/Ipad Downloads

Other News: Top Downloads \ News (Tech) \ Off Base (Other Websites News) \ Way Off Base (Offbeat Stories and Pics)

Social: Facebook \ YouTube \ Twitter \ Tumblr \ Pintrest \ RSS Feeds