Malware that i cannot remove

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by NanaWildflowers, Jun 1, 2010.

  1. NanaWildflowers

    NanaWildflowers Private E-2

    Good afternoon,

    I am running the following

    Windows XP home edition
    Dell Dimension 8400

    At start up, the computer is gripped by what appears to be a trojan. It will not allow me to perform any programs and launches IE and directs me to a site where is it trying to sell antivirus software. I was able to bring up task manger to end the task at startup. I use AVG free and it comes up with a treat detected, name trojan horse cryptic.ZE. It tells me that the file is in my local settings, but the folder cannot be located. AVG cannot send it to the vault. It also will not let me visit any web pages. Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks
     
  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Do as much of the following as you can. You may need to download the tools to another computer and transfer via cd.

    Please read ALL of this message including the notes before doing anything.

    Pleases follow the instructions in the below link:

    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide


    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. MGtools will frequently run even when all other tools will not.


    • After completing the READ & RUN ME and attaching your logs, make sure that you tell us what problems still remain ( if any still do )!
    Helpful Notes:


    1. If you run into problems trying to run the READ & RUN ME or any of the scans in normal boot mode, you can run the 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:

    2. If you have problems downloading on the problem PC, download the tools and the manual updates for SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes ( links are given in the READ & RUN ME) onto another PC and then burn to a CD. Then copy them to the problem PC. You will have to skip getting updates if (and only if) your internet connection does not work. Yes you could use a flash drive too but flash drives are writeable and infections can spread to them.
    3. If you cannot seem to login to an infected user account, try using a different user account (if you have one) in either normal or safe boot mode and running only SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes while logged into this aother user account. Then reboot and see if you can log into the problem user account. If you can then run SUPERAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes, ComboFix and MGtools on the infected account as requested in the instructions.
    4. To avoid additional delay in getting a response, it is strongly advised that after completing the READ & RUN ME you also read this sticky:

    Any additional post is a bump which will add more delay. Once you attach the logs, your thread will be in the work queue and as stated our system works the oldest threads FIRST.
     

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