Occassional Freezing

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by PCneedsHelp, Feb 16, 2009.

  1. PCneedsHelp

    PCneedsHelp Private E-2

    I've been noticing that my computer runs slowly for periods of 10-15 minutes at most every other day and Process Explorer showed the CPU usage going to hardware interrupts. I didn't have any pop-ups, redirects, or other problems so I figured I just had to do some maintenance.

    Just to be sure, I scanned with MBAM and SuperAntiSpyware two days ago and nothing was found. Yesterday I scanned with Spybot and it detected a trojan dropper and one other virus and it removed all five entries and/or files with no problems. A little while later, the PC froze and I rebooted Windows.

    Since then I haven't had any problems but since this doesn't occur often I'm not sure if I still have this problem or not.

    The only thing that I can remember doing that might be suspicious is comparing some kitchen appliances as one of the websites was defaced.

    Read and Run Me:
    WinXp

    SuperAntiSpyware - nothing found
    Spybot - nothing found
    Mbam - nothing found

    Combofix - after rebooting Windows, Officescan started up again, and combofix told me to close it before clicking ok, I also closed SuperAntiSpyware before pressing ok

    MGTools - because I wasn't paying attention to the directions I double-clicked DisableUAC.reg before running Getlogs.bat

    I'll attach the logs.
     

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  2. PCneedsHelp

    PCneedsHelp Private E-2

    This is the zip file.
     

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  3. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Hi there, we are currently reviewing your logs and will get back to you with a set of instructions as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience during this time.

    Kes13!
     
  4. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Hi there

    1) I strongly advise you to cleanup your Desktop. Remove eveything but links to run programs. Do not download and save programs here and defintely do not use it for long term storage. You need to keep ComboFix.exe here for now as we need it, but we will be removing it when we are finished with your cleanup. A cluttered Desktop is malware's playground and it can also cause performance degradation.


    2) I am not seeing any malware in your logs, so any problems you are having with your machine occasionally freezing will have to be worked out in the software forum.

    You can optinally fix the below start-up entries to free up some resources:

    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe"
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [AIM] C:\Program Files\AIM\aim.exe -cnetwait.odl
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Steam] "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [updateMgr] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AdobeUpdateManager.exe" AcRdB7_0_9 -reboot 1



    If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:
    1. We recommed you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no protection. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.
    2. If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop 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\combofix" /u
        • Notes: The space between the combofix" 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:\combofix folder from combofix (if it exists)
    3. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    4. 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.
    5. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    6. You can delete the C:\MGtools folder and the C:\MGtools.exe file. You can also delete the C:\MGlogs.zip
    7. 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.
    8. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:

    Another useful link if you haven't already seen it:
    Basic computer maintenance everyone should do
     

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