Trojan:DOS/Alureon.e and svchost viruses

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Monolungo, Jan 9, 2012.

  1. Monolungo

    Monolungo Private E-2

    Hello
    I have contracted the Trojan:DOS/Alureon.e and svchost viruses.

    it started with the system checker virus.
    I booted in safe and used the rkill, then MBAM, then i used the unhide from bleeping computer

    After that things still did not seem right and MSE found the Trojan:DOS/Alureon.e

    I then found your guides and started with the read and run.

    I am using win 7 64bit
    Thanks for your help
     

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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Based on logs from MGtools, it looks like you have an infected partition on your hard disk which has made itself the active partition.
    Code:
    FALSE     Disk #0, Partition #0  250048479744   Installable File System  
    [B][COLOR=red]TRUE      Disk #0, Partition #1  10829824       Unknown[/COLOR][/B]                  

    Do you have your Win 7 Boot DVD?

    We will need to remove this infected partition.


    [EDIT] After further review, I see this drive ( Disk # 0 ) is not your Windows 7 boot drive. What is it used for and was there an older version of Windows on it? It says old master drive for a volume label.
     
    Last edited: Jan 10, 2012
  3. Monolungo

    Monolungo Private E-2

    Yes i have the disk.

    the old master drive is a drive from my old computer and it did have windows xp on it. I did not reformat it as it had lots of other stuff on it when i got my new setup.


    Thanks again for your help.
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Can you unplug this drive for now and then tell me how things are working? Like is the infection still being detected when this drive is disconnected.

    Also get a new log from MGtools while this drive is disconnected and attach this log.
     
  5. Monolungo

    Monolungo Private E-2

    Ok I unplugged the old master drive and MSE did not find the alureon.e.

    Malwarebites did still find the scvhost and so i had it try to remove it. Then I ran it again and its still there.

    One other strange thing is that now in the c:\ dir the config.msi, documents and settings, msocache, and recovery folders all have locks on them and gives a access is denied warning. ( this started before i unplugged the other drive) I can get to the files by going through the libraries.

    i have attached the logs.
     

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  6. Monolungo

    Monolungo Private E-2

    sorry i missed the splash saying the most may not be visible for a few min.
     
    Last edited: Jan 10, 2012
  7. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Okay then you will need to keep it unplugged for now. You will have to fix it later after making it the only drive in the system and you will need your Windows XP boot CD since it is a Win XP config.


    Some folders and files in Win 7 are not supposed to be accessible. Like Documents and Settings and the System Volume Information folder. This normal. But not everything you listed should be inaccessible.

    Are you now noticing that things are missing from your Start Menu.

    Let's see if we can repair some networking issues.

    Open Device Manager and in your Network Adapters aread of Device Manager, select your network adapter and right click on it and select Uninstall ( but do not delete the drivers/software ) and then reboot your PC. Upon reboot, it should re-detect the hardware and reinstall. Let me know how this goes. If you don't know how to open Device Manager, hold down the WIndows logo key and at the same time press the Pause/Break key. Then in the popup window select Device Manager.


    Now run the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista or Win7, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator).


    Then attach the below logs:
    • C:\MGlogs.zip
     
    Last edited: Jan 12, 2012
  8. Monolungo

    Monolungo Private E-2

    Ok I uninstalled the driver and and it reinstalled upon restart i ran the MGlogs and MBAM, and the infection seems to be gone!

    I did some looking and the folders are acting like they should. I guess i have not tried to get to those from the C:\ since going with win 7.

    As for the other drive I'm thinking of copying the programs that i want to keep and just reformatting it. As i don't use it as a bootable drive, more as a place to put games.

    Here are the logs.
    I cant say thank you enough for your help!

    as a bonus the comp is back to scorching fast!:cool
     

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  9. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome.
    Excellent. So now you know where you problem was. ;)

    Formatting it will not remove the infection. You have to delete the infected partition.


    If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:
    1. We recommend 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" /uninstall
        • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /uninstall, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
    3. Go back to step 6 oof the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
    4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    5. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
    6. If running Vista or Win 7, 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.
    7. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    8. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click on this file to run this cleanup program that will remove files and folders
      related to MGtools and some other items from our cleaning procedures.
    9. If you are running Win 7, Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
      • Refer to the cleaning procedures pointed to by step 7 of the READ ME
        for your Window version and see the instructions to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
      • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
    10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
     
  10. Monolungo

    Monolungo Private E-2

    I can't thank you guys enough!

    I went ahead and used the gparted to zap the bad partition on the old xp drive and now everything is back to normal.

    You Guys Rock!!
     
  11. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Good job!

    You're welcome. Surf safely!
     

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