HiJackThis Log for Removing Vundo

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by whitenoiz, Jul 24, 2008.

  1. whitenoiz

    whitenoiz Private E-2

    I'm fairly tech-savvy, but the thought of manually removing files with HiJackThis gives me the heebie-jeebies. I have a log from the scan, hopefully one of you will be able to make heads or tails of it and suggest which ones I should fix. Thanks!

    Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
    Scan saved at 17:10, on 2008-07-24
    Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
    MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16674)
    Boot mode: Normal
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Jul 24, 2008
    whitenoiz, Jul 24, 2008
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  2. Lev

    Lev MajorGeek

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Please follow the instructions in the below link and attach the requested logs 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.

    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide


    Note: If you run into problems trying to run the READ & RUN ME or any of the scans in normal boot mode. You can running 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
     
    Lev, Jul 24, 2008
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  3. whitenoiz

    whitenoiz Private E-2

    Thanks! The vundo is gone (thanks largely in part to combofix) and everything is peachy.
     
    whitenoiz, Jul 25, 2008
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  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Now we need to cleanup some items from running ComboFix.

    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.
    Make sure that you tell me if you receive a success message about adding the above
    to the registry. If you do not get a success message, it definitely did not work.

    If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:
    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
        • Notes: The space between the combo-fix" and the /u, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
      • Delete the C:\combo-fix folder from combofix.
    4. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
    5. 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.
    6. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    7. You can delete the C:\MGtools folder and the C:\MGtools.exe file. You can also delete the C:\MGlogs.zip
    8. 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.
    9. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
     
    chaslang, Jul 25, 2008
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  5. whitenoiz

    whitenoiz Private E-2

    I received a success message putting fixme.reg into the registry.

    However, earlier I also received a fatal system error causing my system to shut down. I had to reinstall Windows XP for it to work again. If I had to guess, either combofix or on of the other anti-spyware programs deleted an essential file that was infected.
     
    whitenoiz, Jul 25, 2008
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  6. whitenoiz

    whitenoiz Private E-2

    Correction: We did not re-install Windows XP. Rather, during startup, we rolled back to our previous configuration settings.
     
    whitenoiz, Jul 25, 2008
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  7. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    I cannot say for sure what happened. However since you did not attach the logs I have no way of knowing what was found or deleted. Attach the 4 logs and we can see what was removed.
     
    chaslang, Jul 26, 2008
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