Searchx keeps coming back WTF am I TO DO?

Discussion in 'Software' started by be0, May 13, 2004.

  1. be0

    be0 Corporal

    Ok i'v been fixin my computer for 2 weeks and 3 days now and I will not reinstall my wondows untill I fix it

    I ran NOrton anti virus 2004 in safe mode
    I also ran it in diagnostic startup
    I have updated virus definitions
    After norton got done 1 file could not be deleted so I delete it manually
    Then I ran hijackthis and I fixed all aboutblank
    trust me I fixed all the bad things
    Then I ran SWSHREDDER and it found Searchx which it deleted
    Then I ran spybot search and destroy 1.3
    Adaware with updated definitons
    and Spysweeper
    Only Spybot which I ran second found Webdialer and could not delete it
    so I deleted it manually
    then I went into registry into all possible IE files under
    software/michrosoft/ie/main and deleted all the files that had anything to do with Searchx (after working on it for 2 weeks I know exactlly what is what)

    Then I ran everything over again and everything returned nothing
    means my computer is clear

    so I go online and I type blahblah.con since I figured that when I go to a not existing page the god damned pop up comes back
    oh before this I changed all my default serach pages to google.com
    and guess what it came back


    NO N00b advice please I tried everything that is noobish
    I also noticed that the dll file in windows/system32 that is causing this trouble once found by norton anti virus cannot be deleted until restart and by that time it makes a copy of it self under some dumb name like (so far it was called this)
    noob.dll
    cnn.dll
    clan.dll
    gfgepea.dll
    delete.dll



    what THE FOOK am I SUPPOSE TO DO?
    I just wanna know how this sucker works
     
  2. ASUS

    ASUS MajorGeek

    Two weeks and three days, I would have used Fdisk by then.
    Sometimes is best to toss in the towel, or in this case, the floppy!
    or CD if 2k or xp.
     
  3. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

  4. NoodleGuy

    NoodleGuy Private E-2

    I've seen this myself and traced it back to windows media player. The problem seems to go away until you run media player again. As soon as you do this, the problem comes back.

    If you delete the WMplayer.exe and reinstall media player the problem seems to go away.

    My experience any ways
     
  5. be0

    be0 Corporal

    see with me it comes back with AOL isntant messenger and once I go to a non existing webpage
     
  6. be0

    be0 Corporal

    Well thanks for your help chaslang
    However I have the new version of that problem and none of the things seem to work I give this one 10 out of 10 for intelligence
    its pretty good actually a super hidden file
    wow
    That delete on startup killbox didnt delete it
    wow I am impressed
    Looks like Im gonna have to reinstall my windows and ghost it before hitting the internet
    pretty good I had allot of fun trying to kill this one
     
  7. ASUS

    ASUS MajorGeek

    Maybe,
    registry problem, sometimes, things are deleted manually by mistake, and thus maybe not recoverable.
    Maybe try registry cleaner, there are lots of great free's, some avaible right here at MG, many offer recovery or restore features.

    Here's another tip (Norton) I've seen and read lots of posts where norton has lots of problem detecting and deleting bugs and stuff, not to mention a bloated, and over rated program.
    Also somewhat of resource HOG.
    It does fine job for some.

    Maybe try: Avast or AVG
    There are some good online scanners, I'll post one if ya ask nice.
     
  8. be0

    be0 Corporal

    hehe
    thats good idea only if it worked
    What happens is that my IE will block me from downloadin necessery things off online scanning websites
    lol
    pretty smart I think this is a very good virus (I think you can call it that)
    but sure please post some
     
  9. alanc

    alanc MajorGeek

    Can you download at all?

    If you can this might be worth a try before you reformat:
    Download the CWS Smart Killer Removal Tool
    -and- the latest version of CWShredder (it's updated often).
    Then disable System Restore.
    Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWS Smart Killer, then run CWShedder.
    Reboot to Safe Mode again and run CWShredder again.
    Boot normally.
     
  10. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Have you tried taking a look at this link: http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=43492
     
  11. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member


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