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Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by irishred513, Aug 13, 2010.

  1. irishred513

    irishred513 Private E-2

    I was asked by the Software forum person to run this issue in here to be sure it wasn't a malware issue.
    Here is what I posted:

    I have been having problems with my computer for the past month. Internet connection getting dropped, freezing etc. I noticed that my cpu was 100%, and high memory usage. The task manage showed a Scvhost was the problem. Finally today I thought to look at the Event Viewer and see it is filled with Warnings, Errors and Critical messages that mostly seem to point to Internet Explorer.
    I have multiple ID Events for:
    407 - This program is using up too much system memory
    Explorer. Exe
    Windows Explorer
    407
    Scvhost.exe
    Host process for windows services
    402 - This process is doing excessive disk activities and is impacting the performance of windows
    The are a number of different file names sited.
    203 - This device has caused a delay in the shutdown process
    Again a number of different files names

    There are a few others, but those three seem to be the most repeated. I am pretty sure there are no virus or malware issues. With the recent problems I have been running all kinds of scans.
    I have Windows Vista.
    Any idea what is causing this or how to fix it?
    Thanks

    I have done some of the steps in the read and run
    I did not run combofix
    I was unable to run rootrepeal it gave me an error stating Could not initialize driver, please contact author.
    I tried downloading it from the google site and one of the mirrors.
    I am not sure if I downloaded the MGtools correctly. But the first two showed zero items to be fixed. Should I go back to my post in software?
     

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  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Your logs are clean. There are a few things we can remove, mostly leftover junk.

    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:
    After clicking Fix, exit HJT.

    Now copy just the bold text below to notepad (Do not include any space above the word REGEDIT). 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.
    Make sure that you tell me if you receive a success message about adding the above
    to the registry. If you do not get a success message, it definitely did not work.


    And I suggest you use CCleaner and then make sure this folder is emptied out:
    C:\Users\Linda\AppData\Local\Temp\

    Is there a reason you have not installed SP1 or SP2?
     
  3. irishred513

    irishred513 Private E-2

    Thanks!
    Yes I did receive a success message. Is it ok to delete that from my desktop now?
    After running ccleaner I have 37 items left in that file.

    Umm....no good reason. I felt like everytime I ran windows updates I always ended up with new problems, so I don't run them.

    Should any of this have helped my original problem....or do you think running updates/installing SP1 or 2 would? Or should I go back to my first post in Software, tell them you have ok'd my pc as clean and see if they have any suggestions to fix it?
     
  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    I will give you the final clean up below. But you very well may benefit by installing the updates. They may help with your issues, which you can go back to that software thread and state that your are malware free and see what else is suggested.

    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 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" /uninstall
        • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /uninstall, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.


    3. Go back to step 6 of the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
    4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    5. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
    6. 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.
    7. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    8. 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.
    9. If you are running Win 7, Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
      • Refer to the cleaning procedures pointed to by step 7 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.

    10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:




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  5. irishred513

    irishred513 Private E-2

    Ok! I will run updates first and see if that helps. Thanks so much for your time. :)
     
  6. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    You are quite welcome. Hope you get it worked out. ;)
     

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