removing malware

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by kevinspencer23, Oct 19, 2006.

  1. kevinspencer23

    kevinspencer23 Private E-2

    Hi Folks
    looking for a bit of help with trying to improve the preformance of my PC. I have followed your tutorial on the steps before posting the hijack this file. If you wouldnt mind looking at it and giving your opinion on what should be deleted


    thank you
     

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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi and Welcome


    Sadly I dont know what tutorial you read but you really need to follow the guide below as even your only log attached in the Hijackthis one was installed in the exact place we mention not to and was run without the re-name of the hijackthis.exe file. Also missing were the other requested logs from the guide, to fully locate and remove the malware we will need the steps followed as laid out. This is the first part of the removals process and may not fully remove your malware, which is once the logs have been looked over by one of our experts,they will issue some tailored instructions for you to follow in removing the remaining parts.


    Please follow our standard cleaning procedures which are necessary for us to provide you support. Also there are steps included for installing, running, and posting HijackThis logs as attachments.
    • Run ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support
    • Make sure you check version numbers and get all updates.
    • Very Important: Make sure you tell us the results from running the tutorial...was anything found? Were you unable to complete any of the scans?...Were you unable to download any of the tools?...Did you do the on-line scans as suggested? etc.
    • After doing ALL of the above you still have a problem make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps in the below link to properly use HijackThis and attach a log:
    Downloading, Installing, and Running HijackThis

    Make sure you also rename HijackThis.exe as suggested in the procedures. Use analyse.exe for the new name. This is very important due to some new infections going around.


    • When you return to make your next post, make sure you attach the following logs and that you have run these scans in the following order too:
      • CounterSpy - ONLY IF you were not able to run Windows Defender
      • Bitdefender - from step 6
      • Panda Scan - from step 6
      • runkeys.txt - the log from GetRunKey.bat
      • newfiles.txt - the log from ShowNew.bat
      • HijackThis
    NOTE: You can only attach 3 files in a single message so it will require that you use two messages to attach all of these logs!
     
  3. kevinspencer23

    kevinspencer23 Private E-2

    Hi Folks
    I apologize about the misunderstanding in my last post in not following your
    correct instructions, I hope now I have complied with the instructions. The
    symtoms my P.c. is displaying is it takes a very long time to scroll through
    windows explorer or on my Internet explorer browser. Also I cannot reinstall
    windows media which keeps coming up with a message "failed to initialise" and
    cuts off half way during the installation.

    I have completed all the points to the best of my ability, I used avg and regcure
    firstly. I then made sure there was no suspicious programs in add or remove programs.

    I think I have installed hijackthis correctly and generated a log which I have
    attached. I have also generated a log from getrunkey.bat and shownew.bat which
    I have also attached as directed from step 4

    If you could please review this or tell me anything what I am doing wrong. I really appreciate your help on this matter.

    thanks
     

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  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You must attach the other 3 logs that were rquested. You did not attach these:

    - CounterSpy
    - GetRunKey
    - ShowNew

    Question: Do you need those proxy server settings that are shown in your HJT log?
     

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