Thank you

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by bvdb, Dec 22, 2008.

  1. bvdb

    bvdb Private E-2

    Thanks for the advice, links to tools etc. We had a virtumonde, trojan.alert ... infection that McAfee did not see, and spyware doctor pointed to, tried to delete, but could not get to the root of.

    I spent yesterday running your procedures:
    • CCleaner
    • SuperAntiSpyware
    • Spybot S&D
    • Malwarebytes AntiMalware
    • ---- did not run ComboFix, flagged by McAfee, and followed advice on this site ---
    • MGTools

    The computer runs normally, :) and a browse through the registry for rundll only shows a few references to virtumonde DLLs that are no longer on the system (mostly linked to our broadcom ethernet card). Let me know if you want to see the logfiles.

    Thanks again for the very useable, and useful tools and advice.
     
  2. Corporal Punishment

    Corporal Punishment Head of Software Shenanigans Staff Member

    you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:
    1. We recommed you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no 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" /u
        • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /u, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
      • Delete the C:\combofix folder from combofix (if it exists)
    3. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    4. 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.
    5. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    6. You can delete the C:\MGtools folder and the C:\MGtools.exe file. You can also delete the C:\MGlogs.zip
    7. If you are running Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
      • Refer to the cleaning steps in the READ ME for your Window version and see the steps to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
      • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
    8. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
     

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