Malware problem. "Anti Virus Live".

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by nanouk77, Dec 10, 2009.

  1. nanouk77

    nanouk77 Private E-2

    Hi Folks

    Ive a big problem with my PC and would really appreciate some help.

    This morning, I got a message balloon on my tray that popped up warning me about a "windows security message".

    I know enough about computers to realise this was dodgy.

    I can no longer run any programs, or have an internet connection, an error message pops up warning me that the program is infected and do I want to run a virus scan.

    It seems to be caused by a program called "Anti Virus Live", similar looking to windows defender.

    IE opens randomly, but only to www.adult.com :-o, I can assure you this is not a result of looking at certain sites!

    I would be thankful for any advice!
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Let's see if we can get some info so that we can determine which system file has been corrupted. That way we can try to replace it. Please work thru all steps below and report back later. DO NOT stop if any particular step does not work.

    Download and save the below to your PC (save it anywhere you can find it. The Desktop is fine). Then double click on it to run it.

    AVPFind.bat

    It should take a couple minutes to run. You will see a black command prompt window while it is running and it should close when it is finished. Once it finishes, attach the avplog.txt file that is will hopefully be created on your Desktop as long as the malware does not block the batch file from running. (See: HOW TO: Attach Items To Your Post)

    Please download and run the below tool named Rkill (courtesy of BleepingComputer.com) which may help allow other programs to run.

    There are 4 different versions. If one of them won't run then download and try to run the other one.

    Vista and Win7 users need to right click and choose Run as Administrator


    You only need to get one of them to run, not all of them. You may get warnings from your antivirus about this tool, ignore them or shutdown your antivirus.
    1. Rkill.exe
    2. Rkill.com
    3. Rkill.scr
    4. Rkill.pif
    Once you've gotten one of them to run then try to immediately run the following.



    Now download and Run exeHelper from Raktor
    • Please download exeHelper to your desktop.
    • Double-click on exeHelper.com to run the fix.
    • A black window should pop up, press any key to close once the fix is completed.
    • A log file named log.txt will be created in the directory where you ran exeHelper.com
    • Attach the log.txt file to your next message.
    Note: If the window shows a message that says "Error deleting file", please re-run the program before posting a log - and post the two logs together (they will both be in the one file).

    Now run this: Using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

    Now run this: Using MGtools



    Now you need to attach (See: HOW TO: Attach Items To Your Post ) the below logs created while running the above scans
    • the avplog.txt log on your Desktop
    • exeHelper log
    • Malwarebytes Anti-Malware log
    • MGlogs.zip - normally it is C:\MGlogs.zip - only attach this log from MGtools.exe DO NOT attach any logs seen in the MGtools folder.

    NOTE:
    1. If you have problems downloading on the problem PC, download the tools and the manual updates for Malwarebytes onto another PC and then burn to a CD. Then copy them to the problem PC. Yes you could use a flash drive too but flash drives are writeable and infections can spread to them.
     

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