Help with hopefully last of malware!

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Make sure viewing of hidden files is enabled (per the tutorial).

Look in Add/Remove programs for Weather Studio and uninstall if found.

Run HijackThis and select the following lines but DO NOT CLICK FIX until you exit all browser sessions including the one you are reading in right now:
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {19C8ACB6-8CDC-446D-80CC-82FBF28F2127} - (no file)
O3 - Toolbar: Weather Studio - {C6139A57-16FB-4FA4-8045-A847FBFFD695} - C:\Program Files\Weather Studio\bin\WeatherStudio.dll (file missing)
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: repairs303169587.dll
O20 - Winlogon Notify: RunOnce - C:\WINDOWS\
O20 - Winlogon Notify: ShellCompatibility - C:\WINDOWS\

NOTE: HJT will popup an error about the AppInit_DLLs line. Ignore it and click OK to continue.

After clicking Fix, exit HJT.
Boot into safe mode and use Windows Explorer to delete:
C:\Program Files\Weather Studio <--- the whole folder
C:\windows\system32\repairs303169587.dll

If you get an error when deleting a file. Right click on the file and check to see if the read only attribute is checked. If it is, uncheck it and try again. Other wise open Task Manager and kill the process if running then delete the file.

Now if running Win XP goto c:\windows\Prefetch and delete all files in this folder.
Now run Ccleaner (installed while running the READ ME FIRST).

Now we need to Reset Web Settings:

1. If you have an Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop, goto step 2. If not, skip to step 3.
2. Now right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon and select Properties. Then click the Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK. Then skip step 3.
3. If you do not have an Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop, click Start, Control Panel (for some systems it may be Start, Settings, Control Panel), Internet Options, Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK.

Note for IE 7 users: You need to select Internet Options then the Advanced tab and then Reset Internet Explorer Settings!

Now reboot in normal mode and post a new HJT log.

Make sure you tell me how things are working now.

Reminder Note: Once we have determined you are malware free you will need to disable System Restore, reboot, and re-enable system restore per step 1 of the READ & RUN ME. This only applies to if using WinXP or WinMe.

 

What direction (that is are they incoming or outgoing?)


Run the below procedure and attach the newfiles.txt log.

• Using ShowNew

 

Okay let's try the below!

Start by downloading two tools we will need

- Process Explorer

- Pocket KillBox

Extract them to their own folder somewhere that you will be able to locate them later.

IMPORTANT: You should print or save the below locally, so you can refer to them while offline. You must exit all browsers before running the below steps and it would be best if you actually physically unplug your cable to the internet, reboot, and do not run anything but what I give you to do. Also it would be good to exit all processes and items in your System tray.

Do the above before continuing! Okay unplug your cable now.

Make sure you have rebooted in Normal Mode (do not open any other processes)

- Run Process Explorer

In the top section of the Process Explorer screen double click on winlogon.exe to bring up the winlogon.exe properties screen. Click on the Threads tab at the top.

Once you see this screen click on each instance of kxara.dll once and then click the kill button. After you have killed all of the kxara.dll under winlogon click ok. (If you do not find the dll, just continue on.)

Next double click on explorer.exe and again click once on each instance of kxara.dll and kill it. (If you do not find the dll, just continue on.)

Now just exit Process Explorer.

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.

Now run Pocket Killbox by doubleclicking on killbox.exe
Choose Tools > Delete Temp Files and click Delete Selected Temp Files.
Then after it deletes the files click the Exit (Save Settings) button.
Now back on Killbox's main window, Paste the below filenames into KILL BOX one at a time. Check mark the box that says "Delete on Reboot" and checkmark the box "Unregister DLL" (If available) Click the RED X and it will ask you to confirm the file for deletion…say YES and when the next box opens prompting you to reboot now...click NO...and proceed with the next file. Once you get to the last one click YES and it will reboot. Note some of the files listed below may not exist but we need to check for them anyway.

C:\WINDOWS\kxara.dll


If Killbox does not reboot or you get a Pending Operations type error message just reboot your PC yourself.

Now attach a new HJT log and a new log from ShowNew

Also tell me how the steps went.

Make sure you tell me how things are working now!

 

No this is not a problem! Windows will sometimes ping a multicast address like that.


You logs are pretty clean! Just delete the below file:

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\w00e0c2f.ini


Let's look at a couple more things!

Run the below procedure and attach the runkeys.txt log.

• Using GetRunKey

Let's get an installed programs list from HijackThis too!

• Run HijackThis, click Open the Misc Tools section
• Click Open Uninstall Manager
• Click Save List (generates uninstall_list.txt)
• Click Save, to save it to a file where you can find it.
• Attach the uninstall_list.txt file to your next message.

However I do want to point something out to you that McAfee says about uzoogle.

http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/uzoogle.com/

Basically it is not a problem site!

 

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.

Now attach a new runkeys.txt log and let me know if you are still getting that site blocked. If so, what exactly is running when they occur. Do they ever occur when you are not connected to the internet and all browsers are closed? Do they occur in safe mode.

Also download the new version (it changed since you last downloaded it) of ShowNew from the link below and attach the newfiles.txt log.

• Using ShowNew

Note the below two items our old and you need to update to the new program versions:
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6
Mozilla Firefox (1.5)


You can get them here:

Sun Java Runtime Environment

Mozilla FireFox

 

I'm not sure if it is too late now since you said you had to give the PC back today.

I don't really see any problems in any of your logs! You could just check the below files whose dates are around the time the problems began, but note that these are valid files names used with Sun Java. You just need to look at Properties information to make sure they are really from Sun.

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\
java.exe Wed May 3 2006 1:19:30a A.... 49,248 48.09 K
javaw.exe Wed May 3 2006 1:19:40a A.... 53,346 52.09 K
javaws.exe Wed May 3 2006 2:56:58a A.... 127,078 124.10 K

I would also recommend updating to the current Sun Java (yours is one version out of date) and I would then uninstall all old versions and make sure your empty the Java cache.

Then I would recommend completing the below!

Go back to step 1 of the READ & RUN ME to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points. Then reboot and enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.

After that, you should work thru the below link:

How to Protect yourself from malware!