please please help me

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by angrygrrrl, Oct 9, 2004.

  1. angrygrrrl

    angrygrrrl Private E-2

    last night i looked at the "look at this before you ask for help" thread and i downloaded and ran all the things and now im more screwed than before.
    i have this drsnsrch thing that keeps trying to take over my computer.
    please forgive me, i am really stupid when it comes to computers...so you will have to talk to me like a 2 year old...i know that must be annoying for you, im sorry...but i need help.
    i ran hijackthis...i have a log but dont have any idea what to do with it.
    if anyone can help me, i would appreciate it so much.

    thank you, steph
     
  2. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    If you have run the tutorial, post your logfile for us to see.
     
  3. angrygrrrl

    angrygrrrl Private E-2

    well my computer has been shut down for days...that is why i have not responded...i dont know how to post it as on attachment so here it is..

    thank you for your help,
    steph
     

    Attached Files:

    Last edited by a moderator: Oct 15, 2004
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You did not follow all the steps of the tutorial. You show no signs of running the online scans and possibly some of the other steps were not run either. You also have the wrong version of HijackThis which would not be the case had you followed directions either. Also you have HijackThis running from your Desktop instead of its own directory and you did not shut down your browser before running the HijackThis scan. It is very important to follow directions completely if you want to resolve your problems. Skipping steps will only delay get your problems fixed.

    I will try to work with the log you have posted but you need to finish running the steps of the READ ME and you must get HijackThis into its own directory (also referred to as a folder).
     
  5. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Goto Add/Remove Programs and look for WeatherBug and SyncroAd or Windows SyncroAd. If found, uninstall them.
    In the below steps I include WeatherBug and SyncroAd steps. If Add/Remove programs was able to uninstall them, just ignore the lines below that mentioned them.

    Make sure you have system restore disabled and viewing of hidden files enabled (per the tutorial).

    Please bring up Task Manager by hitting CTRL-ALT-DEL and click the Processes tab. Find the below processes and End them:
    WinSync.exe <--- If found, select WinSync. Right click on it and choose "end process tree".
    SyncroAd.exe <--- if still running after the above, end this too.
    Weather.exe
    wpabaln.exe

    Run HijackThis and select the following lines but DO NOT CLICK FIX until you exit all browser sessions including the one you are reading in right now:
    R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - _{707E6F76-9FFB-4920-A976-EA101271BC25} - (no file)
    O2 - BHO: (no name) - {3BFA1259-B66B-0F94-D357-60550BF3791A} - C:\WINNT\system32\eidq.dll
    O2 - BHO: (no name) - {6DA61704-B311-01BE-8720-115578F3714E} - C:\WINNT\System32\hyhacpd.dll
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows SyncroAd] C:\Program Files\Windows SyncroAd\SyncroAd.exe
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Weather] C:\Program Files\AWS\WeatherBug\Weather.exe 1
    O16 - DPF: {15AD4789-CDB4-47E1-A9DA-992EE8E6BAD6} - http://public.windupdates.com/get_f...b23c1caca093805
    O16 - DPF: {3FE16C08-D6A7-4133-84FC-D5BFB4F7D886} (WebGameLoader Class) - http://zone.msn.com/bingame/rtlw/de...bGameLoader.cab
    O16 - DPF: {4B9F2C37-C0CF-42BC-BB2D-DCFA8B25CABF} (PopCapLoaderCtrl Class) - http://zone.msn.com/bingame/rock/de...pcaploader1.cab
    O16 - DPF: {511073AD-BE56-4D43-AE68-93390514385E} (TechToolsActivex.TechTools) - hcp://system/TechTools.CAB
    O16 - DPF: {56336BCB-3D8A-11D6-A00B-0050DA18DE71} (RdxIE Class) - http://software-dl.real.com/0627bd2...ip/RdxIE601.cab
    O16 - DPF: {739E8D90-2F4C-43AD-A1B8-66C356FCEA35} (RunExeActiveX.RunExe) - hcp://system/RunExeActiveX.CAB
    O16 - DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} - http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX25.cab
    O16 - DPF: {99CDFD87-F97A-42E1-9C13-D18220D90AD1} (StartFirstControl.CheckFirst) - hcp://system/StartFirstControl.CAB
    O16 - DPF: {DF780F87-FF2B-4DF8-92D0-73DB16A1543A} (PopCapLoader Object) - http://antu.popcap.com/games/popcaploader_v5.cab


    Boot into safe mode and use Windows Explorer to delete:
    C:\Program Files\Windows SyncroAd <--- the whole directory
    C:\Program Files\AWS\WeatherBug <--- the whole directory
    C:\WINNT\system32\wpabaln.exe
    C:\WINNT\system32\eidq.dll
    C:\WINNT\System32\hyhacpd.dll

    No reboot in normal mode and post a new HJT log. And tell us how things are working.
     
  6. angrygrrrl

    angrygrrrl Private E-2

    no seriously...i swear i downloaded everything in the tutorial and ran everything. i was up until midnight doing it. in fact stinger ran for well over an hour. the only thing i had a problem with is safe mode ...i dont really understand it and am not sure how to do it right...and actually the whole system restore thing im confused about too. but hijack this i downloaded right from a spot on here....then my computer crashed. someone had to reinstall windows for me and everything... i mean the whole thing went down.
    so maybe thats why it looks like i didnt run anything...i dont know but i swear i did...i fixed the hijack this so its in its own folder but it still looks like the same version so...im sure im doing something wrong...im sorry...you might as well be speaking greek to me about this because i have no idea about any of it.

    thanks anyway,
    steph
     
  7. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    But that just confirms what I said. You did not run all the steps. You should have come back here and told us what problems you were having. The steps need to be run completely, in the order written, and you must have system restore disabled and you must be in safe mode where specified.

    Downloading HijackThis would not crash your computer. You must have been doing something else before it crashed. Also, if you downloaded HijackThis from the link given in the READ ME FIRST thread there is no way you would have the wrong version. Unless you are not using the version you downloaded from Majorgeeks. And if you reinstalled Windows, why do you still have problems? And even more importantly why didn't you tell us this info? We have no idea what is happening at your end unless you give us feedback. You must help us to help you by following directions and telling us the results. If there are problems or you do not understand something, ask for help.

    If you re-installed Windows and were having problems again, you should have begun the process from the first step all over.

    Delete the version of HijackThis that you have and download ours Hijack This
    Unzip the executable file into its own directory. Then follow the steps I gave you in message # 5.
     
  8. angrygrrrl

    angrygrrrl Private E-2

    im not saying hijack this crashed my computer...im just saying thatafter i did all that stuff then it went down...and how could i possibly keep you guys updated when my whole system was down. the first thing i did when i got back up was come here. and no im not having as many problems as i was but i still have alot of stuff running in my task mgr that i dont know what to do with. and even though i dont understand safe mode and systerm restore stuff, i still followed the directions...to the letter. i just didnt understand it...anyway, i just now want my stuff to be clean and safe.
    i dont have any kind of money to pay for any anti-virus software.

    is there somewhere i could talk to you alone instead of posting...do you have msn messenger?
     
  9. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Obviously when your PC is down you cannot communicate with us. I'm taking about when you came back and post that HJT log. All you said was your computer was down for a few days. You did not say you re-installed the OS. At anyrate let's get your problems fixed.

    So you were able to disable system restore. Right?
    You were able to boot in safe mode. Right?
    Did you re-run the online scans yet?
    Did you run the steps I gave you in message number 5?

    You do not have to buy an anti-virus application. There are free ones here. See this thread: How to Protect yourself from malware!

    If I used any form of a messenger program, I would never get anything done. I would be to busy with instant messages.
     
  10. angrygrrrl

    angrygrrrl Private E-2

    Obviously when your PC is down you cannot communicate with us. I'm taking about when you came back and post that HJT log. All you said was your computer was down for a few days. You did not say you re-installed the OS. At anyrate let's get your problems fixed.

    So you were able to disable system restore. Right?
    You were able to boot in safe mode. Right?
    Did you re-run the online scans yet?
    Did you run the steps I gave you in message number 5?

    You do not have to buy an anti-virus application. There are free ones here. See this thread: How to Protect yourself from malware!

    If I used any form of a messenger program, I would never get anything done. I would be to busy with instant messages.
    yes i was able to disable system restore...
    yes i booted in safe mode but dont know what to do when i get there...
    i have not re-run online scans yet...
    and i have not done the steps in message # 5...
    but...i have another question,
    if i had to reinstall windows...would i still have all the things i downloaded such as stinger ccleaner shredder etc??
    i will re run the scans right now.
     
  11. angrygrrrl

    angrygrrrl Private E-2

    ok also i have a text document in c: that says crash...whats that all about?
     
  12. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    When you get into safe mode you just run the steps as written. Step 1 is boot to safe mode and do the scans recommended. If you have a problem for some reason running those scans from safe mode. Then do step one in normal boot mode and then boot to safe mode again and continue on at step 2.

    If you re-install Windows, you will loose everything you have downloaded and configured.

    You may have a crash log in drive C root. What is the full filename?
     
  13. angrygrrrl

    angrygrrrl Private E-2

    ok well i just found out that i didnt have windows reinstalled...i have my drivers and applications reinstalled...whatever that means...see i told you i know nothing baout this stuff.
    im going to start over and do what you said...again.
     
  14. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Okay! Just ask questions if you have problems.
     

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