Someones got control of me

Hey,
I really don't think this is to be happening. The whole time I am recieving email, downloading web sites, ect... I am constantly sending and recieving info. sending is at a compression of 30% and recieving is 2%, hence I can only beleave I have been hit. A couple of days ago I had sysfader.exe issues, however when doing the prelimanary scans it seems to have vanished. However I still have something in here. HELP!!!!!! My life is slow enough being dial up , I need the speed I have.

Thx,
Kevin

 

Welcome to MajorGeeks.com, please follow the steps below:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gif 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.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gif 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.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gifAfter doing ALL of the above and you still have a problem, make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps in the below thread to properly use HijackThis and attach the log:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gif Downloading, Installing, and Running HijackThis

 

Hey,
I have completed all tasks, except the online scan. According to the meter at Trend's Micro it would have taken 31 hrs. Can't do that. All has shown up clear however I am still constently sending and recieving info while I am online. Attached find the hijack file. I could not find the .log file. Hijack this put me into text edit which as you are probably aware, only allowed me to save as .txt

Hope this is okay,
Kevin

 

Please look in Add or Remove Programs for the following and Uninstall them if found:

Desktop Messenger


After you uninstall the above, have HJT fix all of the O18 entries.

Please download Spy Sweeper

• Click the link above to download the program.
• Install it. Once the program is installed, it will open.
• It will prompt you to update to the latest definitions, click Yes.
• Once the definitions are installed, click Options on the left side.
• Click the Sweep Options tab.
• Under What to Sweep please put a check next to the following:
  
  • Sweep Memory
  • Sweep Registry
  • Sweep Cookies
  • Sweep All User Accounts
  • Enable Direct Disk Sweeping
  • Sweep Contents of Compressed Files
  • Sweep for Rootkits
  • Please UNCHECK Do not Sweep System Restore Folder.
• Click Sweep Now on the left side.
• Click the Start button.
• When it's done scanning, click the Next button.
• Make sure everything has a check next to it, then click the Next button.
• It will remove all of the items found.
• Click Session Log in the upper right corner, copy everything in that window.
• Click the Summary tab and click Finish.
• Paste the contents of the session log you copied into notepad and save it as spysweeper.txt and attach it to your next post along with a fresh HJT log.

 

all tasks completed.

 

Download this trial version of Ewido Security Suite

• Install ewido security suite
• Launch ewido, there should be an icon on your desktop double-click it.
• The program will have a window come up. One of the buttons on the left is to Update. Click the Update button.and then Start the Update. The update will start and a progress bar will show the updates being installed.
• After it completes the update, click the Scanner button

Now exit Ewido. Now print the below instructions or save them locally because I want you do have no browsers opened and also have no connection to the internet (unplug your cable) while doing the below.

Okay, reboot into safe mode and follow the steps below. (If you have any problems at all trying to get into safe mode to complete these steps, just run them in normal boot mode and make sure you tell me when you come back.)

Open up Ewido and do the following:

• Click on Scanner
• Then click Settings
• Under What to Scan? Select Scan every file
• Then click OK
• Click on Complete System Scan and the scan will start.
• Let the program scan the machine

While the scan is in progress you will be prompted to clean files that are infected. Leave the defaults selections (to Remove and backup) and click OK. To save yourself some time, you can select Perform action with all infections and then click OK. With the option to scan every file, a lot of cookies will be removed.

Once the scan has completed, there will be a button located on the bottom of the screen named Save report

• Click Save report
• Save the report to your desktop or anyplace you will be able to find it to upload here.

Reboot into normal mode and reconnect to the internet.

Come back here and post the Ewido Scan Report along with a fresh HJT log.

 

Sorry for the delay, I had not been informed of posting (i guess i forgot to check it off) Here are the reports you asked for.

Thanks,
Kevin

 

Please Download TrojanHunter 4.2

• Install TrojanHunter, At the end of the install setup will prompt you to update definitions. Click YES to update TH!

• Once installed and updated, select drive C:\ and do a Full Scan. Remove all found infections.

• After you have completed the scan and removed all found infections reboot and attach a fresh HJT log.

 

Nothing Found or Deleted. Here is the new HiJack File. What is up with my machine?

kevin

 

Hey,
I have just noticed (as I do not fax much) that every time I open my fax software, norton pops up and tells me I have just been attacked by a trojan. however as I am dialup (and I am about to fax) I am not online. Confusion is setting in again.

Kevin

 

Click on the link below and run the online scan...

Kaspersky Anti-Virus Online Scan

• Click on "Kaspersky Online Scanner"
  
• Click Accept to procede...
  
• If this popup displays, Install Kaspersky's ActiveX Control
  
• If this popup displays, Install the "kavwebscan_unicode.cab"
  
• After all updates are downloaded, click NEXT to continue...
  
• Click Scan Settings and select extended and make sure both boxes are checked at the bottom, Click OK to continue.
  
• Now click on My Computer and let it run!
  
• This scan may take a while but it is very thorough. After the scan is complete save the log as a txt file and attach it to your next post.

 

Hey it is me again,
I have a question. Within the last week I have had system fader.exe return and I still have not run the online scan due to time constraints. I am dialup and have about 300gb of data on my pc (i am in the media field). To do the online scan will take me about 80 hrs. and the whole time I am downloading I am uploading do to malware. The question is: Should I reformat and reinstall xp. It takes a couple of days to fit in reinstalling all my software, but will it me quicker and safer.

Kevin

 

It's up to you whether you format or not but let me say this, we can clean your computer without this if you choose to. Being on dialup does make it harder because it takes longer to download updates and such.

Let me know!

 

I don't know what to do. I would prefer not to reformat, however 30hrs to do the online scan, and the whole time I am doing it something is uploading. It is truely pissing me off for my work files, which take forever to upload to servers and clients, as well as my gaming. My ping is bad enough already. Will reformating work? Will the virus (or whatever it is) stay within files in my documents? Is it a waste of time? Could I not scan certain files as I have some photo manipulations that are 300Mb - 800Mb?

I am at a loss,

Kevin

 

Formatting will take care of everything, however it will be a pain because you would have to backup, reinstall and so on. If you choose not to, we can clean your computer, but it may take some time to do so.

If you want to clean your computer without a format, attach a current HJT and we will go from there.

 

lets try and we will see how long it takes.

Question. You have had me install many spyware programs and the such. Now they are all starting up at start up. Which should I let run. I own Dr.Spyware and have MS spyware, trojan hunter, and something else starting up at the beginning. With all of this I also have Norton Internet Security 2005 running.

Here is my HJT log. Let me know.

 

Please look in Add or Remove Programs for the following and Uninstall them if found:

Ewido

Spy Sweeper

TrojanHunter 4.2

Now scan with HijackThis and Check the Boxes for the following:

Make sure All Browser Windows are Closed when you Click FIX.

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://ca10.hpwis.com/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://srch-ca10.hpwis.com/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://srch-ca10.hpwis.com/
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.ca/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://ca10.hpwis.com/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://srch-ca10.hpwis.com/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://srch-ca10.hpwis.com/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://srch-ca10.hpwis.com/
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://ca10.hpwis.com/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/se...e=English&module=LU&error=1856&build=Symantec
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = localhost

O3 - Toolbar: HP View - {B2847E28-5D7D-4DEB-8B67-05D28BCF79F5} - (no file)

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msjava.dll (file missing)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msjava.dll (file missing)

Again, make sure All Browser Windows are Closed when you Click FIX.

NEXT:
Run CCleaner to clean up cookies and temp files.

Run full scans with Ad-Aware SE & Spybot S&D and have both programs fix what they find.
Note: Remember to get all updates before doing the scans.

FINAL STEP

Reset Web Settings & Default Security Settings:


To Reset Web Settings:
Right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon and select Properties. Then click the Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK.

If you do not have an Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop, click Start, Control Panel (for some systems it may be Start, Settings, Control Panel), Internet Options, Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK


To Default Security Settings:
Right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon and select Properties. Then click the Security Tab and click Default Level for Internet, Local Intranet, Trusted Sites, and Restricted Sites.

After you complete the above, reboot and let me know how things are running.

 

hey,
test done and complete. There is nothing found on either program. I still show a 13% compression and 74,785 sent when all I have done is loaded your website. Nothing is moving now, however should I not be a 0-1000 bytes sent. I am not sure, and needed to ask.

I have edited this because as I sit here the compression has increased and so has the bytes sent. *&$#

Kevin

Do you want a new HJT log. Should I update os?

 

Could you elaborate on the problem your having, I dont understand exactly what you mean?

 

Hey,

this all started because I noticed systemfader.exe popping up every now and then as well as the whole time I am downloading things such as emails, I am constantly sending information as well. I did not think that if I was recieving emails that I would be sending information as well. It looked like that was happening again yesterday, however today it seems better (don't ask me, must have been some bad crack :> ). To resolve this in my mind. While I type this message and have nothing else running my sent bytes (in my connection status window) is slowly increasing with the compression of 29%. Is this normal? I have pretty much sent out an extra MB of info while typing the message. I would assume that if all I am doing is typing this message and there is no website loading or emails being sent, then there should be no information being sent from my confuser. However as I said there seems to be a constant flow of data transfer.


I hope I have made myself clear.

Kevin

 

This doesnt seem to be malware related, however anything is possible. What I would recommend doing first off is to post this issue in the software forum and see what those guys can come up with. If needed you will be sent back here.

Good Luck!

 

Last question. Should I upgrade to service pack 2 or no.

 

Definitely, and with all critical updates!