Protocal Hijack Entries still present after R&R

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by artemician, Sep 20, 2009.

  1. artemician

    artemician Private E-2

    Following all the steps taken in R&R, the following suspicious entries still show up in HijackThis scans and cannot be removed. No overt activity is observed but I'd rather be careful.

    O18 - Protocol hijack: file - FILE>{79PHCNMH-IHW9-H1MG-IT82H00MH0IHW{PHT}
    O18 - Protocol hijack: ftp - >IT{PH9NMHBIH9-1HTMG8I82-H0NMH0IHW90H}
    O18 - Protocol hijack: http - {7PHANMH5-HW{PH11GE-8{PH-00HAIH4{PH0M}
    O18 - Protocol hijack: its - >IT14H2N1HBIH8-1HT0GAIT{-H000H8IH49PH}
    O18 - Protocol hijack: res - >I050H3NMH9IH5-1HTMGBI82-H0NMH0IHW{0H}
    O18 - Protocol hijack: tv - {HBIH08PH-MG4I-11H2-MHDIH00PH4MGBIT6P}
    O18 - Protocol hijack: wia - >I3{3HANMH9IH7-4H0MGAI76-H2NMHAIHW{PH}

    If you're having a busy week or something, this can wait a bit, but please do help :)

    Thanks in advance.
     

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    Last edited: Sep 20, 2009
  2. artemician

    artemician Private E-2

    MGLogs attached.
     

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  3. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    The first thing you needed to do was to turn off Teatimer!

    * Run Spybot and click Mode
    * Select Advanced Mode.
    * Then click Tools and select Resident.
    * Now in the right window pane, uncheck TeaTimer.
    * Also while this is open, in the left column now select IE Tweaks
    * and then in the right pane make sure all the Miscellaneous locks are unchecked.
    * Now quit Spybot!

    Run this: Disable/Remove Windows Messenger to remove Windows Messenger. Do not confuse Windows Messenger with MSN Messenger because they are not the same. Windows Messenger is a frequent cause of popups.

    You need to remove all of these from your C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\ folder:
    Code:
    00953b~1.xml   2007-07-13           0  "00953BD0_kds.xml"
    00b438~1.xml   2007-07-13           0  "00B43870_kds.xml"
    00b837~1.xml   2007-03-04           0  "00B83750_kds.xml"
    00b837~2.xml   2007-03-05           0  "00B83780_kds.xml"
    00b89e~1.xml   2007-07-12           0  "00B89EE8_kds.xml"
    00b89f~1.xml   2007-07-14           0  "00B89F58_kds.xml"
    00b89f~2.xml   2007-07-14           0  "00B89FB8_kds.xml"
    00b8a0~1.xml   2007-07-13           0  "00B8A088_kds.xml"
    00b8a0~2.xml   2007-07-13           0  "00B8A0E8_kds.xml"
    00b8a1~1.xml   2007-07-14           0  "00B8A130_kds.xml"
    00b900~1.xml   2007-11-11           0  "00B900E0_kds.xml"
    00b904~1.xml   2007-11-16           0  "00B90448_kds.xml"
    00b904~2.xml   2007-11-18           0  "00B904E8_kds.xml"
    00b906~1.xml   2007-11-19           0  "00B90650_kds.xml"
    00b906~2.xml   2007-11-20           0  "00B90698_kds.xml"
    00b908~1.xml   2007-11-21           0  "00B908B8_kds.xml"
    00b908~2.xml   2007-11-21           0  "00B90898_kds.xml"
    00b90d~1.xml   2007-11-28           0  "00B90D78_kds.xml"
    00b915~1.xml   2007-12-06           0  "00B91590_kds.xml"
    00b915~2.xml   2007-12-06           0  "00B915B0_kds.xml"
    00b919~2.xml   2007-12-10           0  "00B91968_kds.xml"
    00b91b~1.xml   2007-12-14           0  "00B91B60_kds.xml"
    00b94d~1.xml   2008-02-16           0  "00B94D30_kds.xml"
    00b961~1.xml   2008-02-16           0  "00B96138_kds.xml"
    00bcaf~1.xml   2007-07-31           0  "00BCAF58_kds.xml"
    00bcaf~2.xml   2007-07-31           0  "00BCAFB0_kds.xml"
    00bcb3~1.xml   2007-08-05           0  "00BCB3A0_kds.xml"
    00bcb6~1.xml   2007-08-09           0  "00BCB630_kds.xml"
    00bcb8~1.xml   2007-08-11           0  "00BCB898_kds.xml"
    00bcbb~1.xml   2007-08-14           0  "00BCBBA0_kds.xml"
    00bcbc~1.xml   2007-08-15           0  "00BCBC48_kds.xml"
    00bcbc~2.xml   2007-08-15           0  "00BCBCE0_kds.xml"
    00bcbc~3.xml   2007-08-15           0  "00BCBCB0_kds.xml"
    00bcbd~1.xml   2007-08-16           0  "00BCBD80_kds.xml"
    00bcbe~1.xml   2007-08-16           0  "00BCBE08_kds.xml"
    00bcbe~2.xml   2007-08-17           0  "00BCBE60_kds.xml"
    00bcbe~3.xml   2007-08-17           0  "00BCBE98_kds.xml"
    00bcbf~1.xml   2007-08-17           0  "00BCBF00_kds.xml"
    00bcbf~2.xml   2007-08-18           0  "00BCBFF8_kds.xml"
    00bccc~1.xml   2007-09-07           0  "00BCCC48_kds.xml"
    00bccc~2.xml   2007-09-07           0  "00BCCC10_kds.xml"
    00bccc~3.xml   2007-09-07           0  "00BCCC70_kds.xml"
    00bccd~1.xml   2007-09-08           0  "00BCCD80_kds.xml"
    00bccd~2.xml   2007-09-08           0  "00BCCDE8_kds.xml"
    00bcce~1.xml   2007-09-09           0  "00BCCE48_kds.xml"
    00bcce~2.xml   2007-09-09           0  "00BCCE98_kds.xml"
    00bcce~3.xml   2007-09-09           0  "00BCCEC0_kds.xml"
    00bccf~1.xml   2007-09-10           0  "00BCCF20_kds.xml"
    00bccf~2.xml   2007-09-10           0  "00BCCF48_kds.xml"
    00bcd1~1.xml   2007-09-13           0  "00BCD190_kds.xml"
    00bce8~1.xml   2007-10-14           0  "00BCE828_kds.xml"
    00bcea~1.xml   2007-10-16           0  "00BCEAA0_kds.xml"
    00bceb~1.xml   2007-10-16           0  "00BCEBE0_kds.xml"
    00bced~1.xml   2007-10-19           0  "00BCED20_kds.xml"
    00bced~2.xml   2007-10-19           0  "00BCED80_kds.xml"
    00bd22~1.xml   2007-12-30           0  "00BD22D8_kds.xml"
    00bd27~1.xml   2008-01-05           0  "00BD2780_kds.xml"
    00bd2f~1.xml   2008-01-14           0  "00BD2F70_kds.xml"
    00bd39~1.xml   2008-01-27           0  "00BD39A0_kds.xml"
    00d590~1.xml   2007-06-14           0  "00D590F0_kds.xml"
    00d5a5~1.xml   2007-06-14           0  "00D5A598_kds.xml"
    00d6f0~1.xml   2007-06-14           0  "00D6F058_kds.xml"
    00d945~1.xml   2007-03-18           0  "00D94578_kds.xml"
    00d94b~1.xml   2007-03-26           0  "00D94B70_kds.xml"
    00d94e~1.xml   2007-03-30           0  "00D94EB8_kds.xml"
    00d951~1.xml   2007-04-01           0  "00D951B0_kds.xml"
    00d952~1.xml   2007-04-01           0  "00D95210_kds.xml"
    00d958~1.xml   2007-04-10           0  "00D95860_kds.xml"
    00d965~1.xml   2007-04-26           0  "00D96558_kds.xml"
    00d976~1.xml   2007-05-16           0  "00D976E8_kds.xml"
    00d979~1.xml   2007-05-20           0  "00D979A8_kds.xml"
    00d983~1.xml   2007-06-14           0  "00D98368_kds.xml"
    00d983~2.xml   2007-06-14           0  "00D983C8_kds.xml"
    00d984~1.xml   2007-06-14           0  "00D984E0_kds.xml"
    00d985~1.xml   2007-06-14           0  "00D98540_kds.xml"
    00d98c~1.xml   2007-06-25           0  "00D98C48_kds.xml"
    00d98d~1.xml   2007-06-25           0  "00D98DC0_kds.xml"
    00d9ba~1.xml   2007-06-25           0  "00D9BAB0_kds.xml
    AntiVirus.exe
    j2mewtk
    
    Please disable all anti-virus and anti-spyware programs while we do the following (re-enable when you are finished):

    Run C:\MGtools\analyse.exe by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator). This is really HijackThis (select Do a system scan only) 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:
    NOTE: HJT may popup an error about the AppInit_DLLs line. Ignore it and click OK to continue.

    After clicking Fix, exit HJT.

    Now use windows explorer to find and delete:
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\cd.dat

    Now use add/remove programs to uninstall:
    J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 11"
    Java(TM) 6 Update 15"
    Java(TM) 6 Update 2"
    Java(TM) 6 Update 3"
    Java(TM) 6 Update 7"
    Java(TM) SE Development Kit 6 Update 12"
    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 6 Update 1

    Reboot and install:
    Java Runtime 6

    Now run the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator).

    Then attach the below logs:

    * C:\MGlogs.zip

    Make sure you tell me how things are working now!
     
  4. artemician

    artemician Private E-2

    Okay, after following all those steps, the problematic entries didn't come back.

    When I selected C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\AntiVirus.exe, it attempted to run something but luckily Avast blocked it.

    Thank you for all your help.
     
  5. artemician

    artemician Private E-2

    I realize I forgot to attach the MGlogs.zip. T,T
     

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  6. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    You need to right click that antivirus.exe on your desktop and choose properties..then locate target. Find what it is pointing to and delete that file/folder.

    You also still need to uninstall:
    J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 11
     
  7. artemician

    artemician Private E-2

    That folder is a real directory - it's where I dumped the shortcuts to all my antivirus programs.

    Done.
     
  8. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Good to know. 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 real-time protection. They are useful as backup scanners.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.
    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 in step 3 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 ato create a new clean Restore Point.
    9. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
     

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