Pretty sure I have a trojan. Followed the readme, here is my logs.

You forgot to attach your BitDefender log and also your HJT log. However before attaching them, please do the below.

Uninstall the below old versions of software:
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 10
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 9
MediaTickets by OIN

Make sure you reboot after uninstalling the above!

After reboot, now install the current version of Sun Java from: Sun Java Runtime Environment

Check whether you know why you have the below two files wasting 4 Gigabyte of diskspace:

Code:

"C:\"
163.tmp       Mar 26 2007  2143289856  "163.tmp"
24f.tmp       Mar 26 2007  2143289856  "24F.tmp"

I'm going to post two sets of instructions below. Each will be enclosed in separate Quote boxes. Make sure to complete the first one 100% before moving on to the second one.

ATTACH THE FIRST LOG NOW BEFORE CONTINUING OR YOU WILL OVERWRITE IT!!!! And then immediately continue on to the below steps.

Now please dowload and installed the new version of ShowNew (just updated an hour ago) and use it from now on.

Now attach new logs from:

• BitDefender online scan log never attached
• GetRunKey
• ShowNew
• HJT

 

You did not download the current version of ShowNew as requested. Please do that now and use it from now on when I request a new log.

Also please indicate what malware problems you are currently having if any.

 

Also run the below utility to see if it can find any failed or unterminated installs or uninstalls:

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

If it does cleanup any problmes then try uninstalling the old Sun Java versions now and get the current version.


Continue by downloading a tool we will need - Pocket KillBox

Save it to its own folder somewhere that you will be able to locate it later.

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:
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = localhost
R3 - URLSearchHook: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSConfig] C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe /auto
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {77E68763-4284-41d6-B7E7-B6E1F053A9E7} - (no file)
After clicking Fix, exit HJT.

Now run Pocket Killbox by doubleclicking on killbox.exe

• select File, Cleanup, Delete All Backups
• Choose Tools > Delete Temp Files and click Delete Selected Temp Files.
• Then after it deletes the files click the Exit (Save Settings) button.

NOTE: Pocket Killbox will only list the added files it is able to find on the system. So when you do the below, if some files do not show in the list after pasting them in, just continue.

Select:

• Delete on Reboot
• then Click on the All Files button.
• Please copy the file paths below to the clipboard by highlighting ALL of them and pressing CTRL + C (or, after highlighting, right-click and choose copy):

C:\WINDOWS\system32\cac1s.exe

• Return to Killbox, go to the File menu, and choose Paste from Clipboard.
• Click the red-and-white Delete File button. Click Yes at the Delete on Reboot prompt.

If you receive a PendingFileRenameOperations prompt, just click OK to continue (But please let me know if you receive this message!).
If Killbox does not reboot just reboot your PC yourself.

Now attach the below new logs and tell me how the above steps went.

1. GetRunKey
2. ShowNew
3. HJT

Make sure you tell me how things are working now!
Reminder Note: Once we have determined you are malware free you will need to disable System Restore, reboot, and re-enable system restore per step 1 of the READ & RUN ME. This only applies to if using WinXP or WinMe.

 

It was probably zlob not vlob.

Did you miss message # 9?

 

You must not use MSConfig to control startups. This is mentioned in at least two places in the READ ME. Run MSconfig now and select Normal Starup. Please remain in Normal Startup mode.



Please download and install Registrar Lite Make sure you select a Majorgeeks download link and not the Authors!

Run Registrar Lite navigate to each of the following keys (one at a time) and Set Permissions for Everyone(I explained how to do that further down).

• To set permissions for Everyone for each key, do the following
• Copy & Paste the registry key from above (one at a time) into the Address bar of Registrar Lite and hit the enter key.
• This will bring you to the registry key.
• Click-on Security in the top Menu
• Select Edit Permissions so we can change permissions to everyone. Now here is what I expect you to see in the Group or user names area of the form that comes up:
  • Everyone
  • SYSTEM
• Select Everyone by clicking on it.
• Now at the bottom in the Permissions box click the check box for Full Control.
• Then click Apply and then OK to get back to the main Registrar Lite screen.
• Now right click on the registry key and select Delete.
• Then click View and Refresh. Check to see if the registry key just deleted truly deleted.
• If so, move on to the next to work thru the whole list. If it does not delete, I want you to boot into safe mode and repeat these exact same steps to see if we can do it from safe mode.

Now Copy the bold text below to notepad. Save it as fixME.reg to your desktop. Be sure the "Save as" type is set to "all files" Once you have saved it double click it and allow it to merge with the registry.

Now run Pocket Killbox by doubleclicking on killbox.exe

• select File, Cleanup, Delete All Backups
• Choose Tools > Delete Temp Files and click Delete Selected Temp Files.
• Then after it deletes the files click the Exit (Save Settings) button.

NOTE: Pocket Killbox will only list the added files it is able to find on the system. So when you do the below, if some files do not show in the list after pasting them in, just continue.

Select:

• Delete on Reboot
• then Click on the All Files button.
• Please copy the file paths below to the clipboard by highlighting ALL of them and pressing CTRL + C (or, after highlighting, right-click and choose copy):

C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\SAIX.dll
C:\windows\system32\UmxWnp.Dll

• Return to Killbox, go to the File menu, and choose Paste from Clipboard.
• Click the red-and-white Delete File button. Click Yes at the Delete on Reboot prompt.

If you receive a PendingFileRenameOperations prompt, just click OK to continue (But please let me know if you receive this message!).
If Killbox does not reboot just reboot your PC yourself.

Now attach the below new logs and tell me how the above steps went.

1. GetRunKey
2. ShowNew
3. HJT

Make sure you tell me how things are working now!

Reminder Note: Once we have determined you are malware free you will need to disable System Restore, reboot, and re-enable system restore per step 1 of the READ & RUN ME. This only applies to if using WinXP or WinMe.

 

Yes!

 

Did you do the steps I gave you with Registrar Lite? You still have the ADSPY/ISearch.d.2 infection.

 

Let's try a different procedure this time. Make sure to follow steps exactly, they are a little different than last time.


Run Registrar Lite navigate to each of the following keys (one at a time) and take ownership of them (I explained how to do that further down).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NETWORK_MONITOR\0000
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NETWORK_MONITOR
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NETWORK_MONITOR\0000
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NETWORK_MONITOR
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NETWORK_MONITOR\0000
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NETWORK_MONITOR

To take ownership of the key do the following:

• Copy & Paste the registry key from above into the Address bar of Registrar Lite and hit the enter key. This will bring you to the registry key.
• Click-on Security in the top Menu
• Select Take Ownership
• Repeat these steps for all of the registry keys given above before continue to the next steps below.
• Now leave RegistrarLite running and continue
• Now run the fixME.reg REGISTRY PATCH below in this message.
• Tell me the results. Any error messages?
• Now in RegistrarLite click View and then Refresh
• Now navigate one at a time to each of the above keys we took ownership of to make sure they were deleted.
• If any of the keys still exist, move on down to PART 2 - Setting Permissions for Everyone below!.

Here is the Registry Patch

Now Copy the bold text below to notepad. Save it as fixME.reg to your desktop. Be sure the "Save as" type is set to "all files" Once you have saved it double click it and allow it to merge with the registry.

PART 2 - Setting Permissions for Everyone
Run the below if some of the registry keys still exist after running the above steps.

Now I want you to use Registar Lite again to navigate to each of the below keys (one at a time) by pasting them into the Address Bar and hitting return. But this time click the Security menu item and select Edit Permissions so we can change permissions to everyone ( I describe this down below the list of registry keys).

After click Edit Permissions , here is what I expect you to see in the Group or user names area of the form:

Everyone
SYSTEM

Select Everyone by clicking on it. Now at the bottom in the Permissions box click the check box for Full Control. The click Apply and then OK to get back to the main Registrar Lite screen. Nowright click on the registry key and select Delete. The click View and Refresh. Check to see if the registry key just deleted truly deleted. If so, move on to the next to work thru the whole list. If it does not delete, I want you to boot into safe mode and repeat these exact same steps to see if we can do it from safe mode.

Then reboot your PC!

Now run GetRunKey again and attach a new log!

 

Your log is clean. If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:

1. If we used Pocket Killbox during your cleanup, do the below
   • Run Pocket Killbox and select File, Cleanup, Delete All Backups
2. If we used ComboFix you can delete the ComboFix.exe file and associated C:\combofix.txt log that was created.
3. If we user SDFix you can delete all the SDFix related files and folders from your Desktop or whereever you installed it.
4. If we used VundoFix, you can delete the VundoFix.exe file and the C:\VundoFix Backups folder and C:\vundofix.txt log that was created.
5. If we had your run FixWareOut, you can delete the Fixwareout.exe file and the C:\fixwareout folder.
6. If we had you run Avenger, you can delete all files related to Avenger now.
7. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
8. You can delete the ShowNew.Zip and GetRunkey.Zip files and the files that you extracted from the ZIP files. You can also delete the C:\newfiles.txt and C:\runkeys.txt logs that were created
9. If you are running Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
   • go back to step 8 of the READ & RUN ME to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
   • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
    • How to Protect yourself from malware!

 

You're welcome. Surf safely!

 

No I do not currently have any idea why but it does not sound like malware!


Are the programs actually still running and can you go back to them by using CTRL-ALT-ESC to select it?

 

At the point where we finished, you were clean. You could have picked up something new since March 27th. But I really doubt the problems you are describing are due to malware. Sounds more like a potential hardware issue especially since you say it only happens while doing a couple of particular specific things.

However, attach new logs from the below so we can check for anything new:

1. GetRunKey
2. ShowNew
3. HJT

Also download Blacklight Beta

• Download blbeta.exe and save it to the Desktop.
• Once saved... double click blbeta.exe to install the program.
• Click accept agreement and Click scan
  This app too may fire off a warning from antivirus. Let the driver load.
  Wait for it to finish.
• If it displays any items...don't do anything with them yet. Just hit exit (close)
• It will drop a log on Desktop that starts with fsbl....big number

Please attach the BlackLight log.

 

Did you toggle System Restore as requested in message # 21?

 

Yes I know I already had seen it in your last logs but I needed to know the status of System Restore before posting.

The one for Microsoft should only be in the system32 folder! The below procedure should wind up removing it when you get to ATF Cleaner.

Did you create the below policies yourself?
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo"=dword:00000000
"NoResolveSearch"=dword:00000001

You can read more info about them in the below links:
LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro....mspx?mfr=true
NoResolveSearch - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro....mspx?mfr=true


Uninstall the Sunbelt CounterSpy trial since we are finished with it now! Then delete the below two folders which may be left behind by the uninstall:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Sunbelt Software
C:\Program Files\Sunbelt Software

Please download ATF Cleaner by Atribune. This program does not require an installation. The executable actually runs the program.

NOTE: This program is for Windows XP and Windows 2000 only. ATF Cleaner will remove all files from the items that are checked so if you have some cookies you'd like to save. Please move them to a different directory first.

• Double-click ATF-Cleaner.exe to run the program.
• Under Main choose: Select All
• Click the Empty Selected button.

If you use Firefox browser

• Click Firefox at the top and choose: Select All
• Click the Empty Selected button.
  • NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.

If you use Opera browser

• Click Opera at the top and choose: Select All
• Click the Empty Selected button.
  • NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.

Click Exit on the Main ATF Cleaner menu to close the program.

Now attach a new logs from ShowNew.

Are you still having problems?

 

What are you referring too? What is "this"?

I see no malware? I cannot help you with problems playing games. You will have to work that out in the Game Forum or Software Forum.


Let's remove those policies you say you did not set!

Now Copy the bold text below to notepad. Save it as fixME.reg to your desktop. Be sure the "Save as" type is set to "all files" Once you have saved it double click it and allow it to merge with the registry.

 

Please run this Gromozon Rootkit Removal Tool and attach a log!


Also use Pocket Killbox to delete the below files:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\fidbox.dat
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\fidbox.idx
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\fidbox2.dat
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\fidbox2.idx
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\kmxcfg.u2k4
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\kmxcfg.u2k5
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\kmxcfg.u2k6
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\kmxcfg.u2k7
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\kmxcfg.u2k0
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\kmxcfg.u2k1
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\kmxcfg.u2k2
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\kmxcfg.u2k3

 

You're welcome! Sorry to hear you needed to format. You should check out the below which could help you avoid similar problems in the future:

How to Protect yourself from malware!