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Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Lexxus, Dec 19, 2009.

  1. Lexxus

    Lexxus Private E-2

    Hi there guys hope someone can help. I've been having a serious problem with searches getting redirected to various advertising sites. After running the scans this site recommends before posting a thread, the problem seems to have gone after i ran the last scan which was with combofix (not sure if its the most recent version though).The only program i had trouble running was rootrepeal, when started i has an error saying invalid PE image so not sure if the log for this is any good.:confused

    Any help appreciated.
     

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  2. Lexxus

    Lexxus Private E-2

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  3. Lexxus

    Lexxus Private E-2

    Pc seems ok at the moment but is there anything else i need to do? Can anyone help to make sure virus is completly gone? should i run more scans and post fresh logs?
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Yes it appears that KittyFix removed the source of your redirection and the other scans removed additional malware. Your logs are clean.


    If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:
    1. We recommend 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\kittyfix" /uninstall
        • Notes: The space between the kittyfix" and the /uninstall, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
    3. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    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. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click on this file to run this cleanup program that will remove files and folders related to MGtools and some other items from our cleaning procedures.
    8. If you are running Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
      • Refer to the cleaning procedures pointed to by step 6 of the READ ME for your Window version and see the instructions 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:
     
    Last edited: Dec 21, 2009

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