Spyware Quake like symptoms

Please use add/remove to uninstall:
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 1"
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 10"
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 8
Roguescanfix 1.5

Please download DelCmdService, and save it to your Desktop.

* Unzip the content to your Desktop (a folder named delcmdservice)
* Double-click on the delcmdservice folder
* Double-click on delreg.bat to launch the tool
* When the tool has finished, please reboot your computer.

Run HijackThis 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.

Please copy the bold text below to notepad. 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.

Attach new logs for:
ShowNew
GetRUn
HJT

 

Remove all of your browser toolbars and extensions.

Download and install Registrar Lite


Run Registrar Lite navigate to each of the following keys (one at a time) and take ownership of them (I explained how to do that further down).

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NETWORK_MONITOR]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NETWORK_MONITOR\0000]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NETWORK_MONITOR]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NETWORK_MONITOR\0000]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NETWORK_MONITOR]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NETWORK_MONITOR\0000]

To take ownership of the key do the following:

* Copy & Paste the registry key from above into the Address bar of Registrar Lite and hit the enter key. This will bring you to the registry key.
* Click-on Security in the top Menu
* Select Take Ownership
* Repeat these steps for all of the registry keys given above before continue to the next steps below.
* Now leave RegistrarLite running and continue
* Now run the fixME.reg REGISTRY PATCH below in this message.
* Tell me the results. Any error messages?
* Now in RegistrarLite click View and then Refresh
* Now navigate one at a time to each of the above keys we took ownership of to make sure they were deleted.
* If any of the keys still exist, move on down to PART 2 - Setting Permissions for Everyone below!.


Here is the Registry Patch

Now Copy the bold text below to notepad. 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.

PART 2 - Setting Permissions for Everyone

Run the below if some of the registry keys still exist after running the above steps.

Now I want you to use Registar Lite again to navigate to each of the below keys (one at a time) by pasting them into the Address Bar and hitting return. But this time click the Security menu item and select Edit Permissions so we can change permissions to everyone ( I describe this down below the list of registry keys).

After click Edit Permissions , here is what I expect you to see in the Group or user names area of the form:

Everyone
SYSTEM

Select Everyone by clicking on it. Now at the bottom in the Permissions box click the check box for Full Control. The click Apply and then OK to get back to the main Registrar Lite screen. Nowright click on the registry key and select Delete. The click View and Refresh. Check to see if the registry key just deleted truly deleted. If so, move on to the next to work thru the whole list. If it does not delete, I want you to boot into safe mode and repeat these exact same steps to see if we can do it from safe mode.

Then reboot your PC!

Now run GetRunKey again and attach a new log!

 

Please run CCleaner and remove all the temp files.

What does the pop up want you to download? (Assuming you have not done so!!)

Use windows explorer to find and delete:
C:\Documents and Settings\chad\Application Data\Viewpoint
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Viewpoint
C:\Program Files\Common Files\?ystem32
C:\WINDOWS\Q2hhZA
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cqsfk.dll

If you are unable to do so:
Download The Avenger by Swandog469, and save it to your Desktop.

* Extract avenger.exe from the Zip file and save it to your desktop
* Run avenger.exe by double-clicking on it.
* Check the 'Input script manually' box.
* Click on the magnifying glass icon.
* Copy everything in the Quote box below, and paste it in the box that opens:

* Now click the 'Done' button.
* Click on the traffic light icon and OK the prompt.
* You will be prompted to restart, OK the prompt and your PC should reboot, if not, reboot it yourself.
* A log file from Avenger will be produced at C:\avenger.txt

Download this file - Combofix.exe
2. Double click combofix.exe & follow the prompts.
3. When finished, it will produce a log for you. Attach this log to your next reply

Note:

Do not mouseclick combofix's window while it is running. That may cause it to stall.


Attach a new ShowNew log as well as the avenger log (if you go that route) as well as the ComboFix log.

 

Delete this:
C:\Program Files\BearShare Applications

We are going to try to reset your explorer ....make sure you have all active anti-spyware and virus programs disabled/turned off.

Re-run HJT and have it fix this line:

Please copy the bold text below to notepad. 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.

Now:
Sophos Anti-Rootkit will scan your computer for files that have been hidden using rootkit technology.

Many of the newer malware infections use this technology to hide themselves and to make them more difficult to remove.

Installation

Download Sophos Anti-Rootkit 1.1 and save to a location you will be able to find such as your desktop

Run sarsfx.exe by double clicking on it.

Click Accept to agree to the EULA

Click Install (if you wish to change the default installation location do so here but remember where you install to, the default is C:\SOPHTEMP)

Once it finishes copying files, exit the installer​

Running the scan

Navigate to the location that you installed the software to (Default: C:\SOPHTEMP)

Run sargui.exe by double clicking on it.

Ensure that all three of the options are checked

Click Start Scan

Once the scan is complete, close Sophos Anti-Rootkit by closing the scan window and clicking Exit in the main window

DO NOT CLICK 'CLEAN UP CHECKED ITEMS' OR ATTEMPT TO HAVE SOPHOS ANTI-ROOTKIT FIX ANYTHING UNLESS SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED TO IN THE THREAD YOU ARE WORKING ON​

Finding the logsClick on Start --> Run

Type in %TEMP%\sarscan.log and press enter

The log file will open in the default editor (probably Notepad)

Click File --> Save As and save the file to your desktop or other location for easy retrieval.


Attach logs for:
HJT
Sarscan (Sophos)

 

Please uninstall BitComet 0.81
Then run CCleaner and remove all the temp files!

Run 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.

Please copy the bold text below to notepad. 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.

How are things running now?

 

Did you set it to manual?

Otherwise your clean ...You may uninstall any programs we had you download (including CounterSpy, etc).

If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:

1. If we used Pocket Killbox during your cleanup, do the below
* Run Pocket Killbox and select File, Cleanup, Delete All Backups
2. If we used ComboFix you can delete the ComboFix.exe file and associated C:\combofix.txt log that was created.
3. If we user SDFix you can delete all the SDFix related files and folders from your Desktop or whereever you installed it.
4. If we used VundoFix, you can delete the VundoFix.exe file and the C:\VundoFix Backups folder and C:\vundofix.txt log that was created.
5. If we had your run FixWareOut, you can delete the Fixwareout.exe file and the C:\fixwareout folder.
6. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
7. You can delete the ShowNew.Zip and GetRunkey.Zip files and the files that you extracted from the ZIP files. You can also delete the C:\newfiles.txt and C:\runkeys.txt logs that were created
8. If you are running Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
* go back to step 8 of the READ & RUN ME to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
* Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
9. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
* How to Protect yourself from malware!

 

Go to start / run / and type "services.msc" without quotes ...it will open a window...scroll down the right side until you find "BITS" (Background Intell....etc.) ...right click it and choose properties ...set the startup type to manual. If it is disabled (stopped) windows update service will be grayed out.