Trojan.FakeVir in WINDOWS\system32\vcehaeb.dll

Thorman · Dec 8, 2006

Trojan.FakeVir. in WINDOWS\system32\vcehaeb.dll

Hi,
Please help me rid my computer of the Trojan.FakeVir infection which BD scan has identified, tried to disinfect then delete but has not been successful. Computer still infected. I have done all the READ & RUN ME FIRST instructions with all six logs copied.

I'll try to attach the logs in two successive posts but if my experience yesterday is anything to go by, I may not succeed owing to the Major Geeks page freezing up after uploading the files, then it disappeared altogether. The next time I tried to up ipload the files I got an error message. Don't know whether I'm being paranoid about this but I just get the feeling that the virus ind=fection is responsible for this.

Many thanks for your help.

Thorman · Dec 8, 2006

2nd part of post - with last three attachments.

Forgot to add that the outcome of the infection are that I get a yellow triangle with an wclamationmark in middle of it - alternating with what looks like a sea mine with detonator spikes around it. Sometimes the call-outs sring out from these icons with the message :

'Critical System Errors
System detected virus activities.
They may cause sritical system failure.
Please use AntiSpyware Software to ckean
and protect your system from parasite programs. Click this baloon (spelt wrongly as shown)
to get all available software'

As i said I'd be very grateful for any help in ridding my PC of this stuff.
Thanks,
Tom.

chaslang · Dec 9, 2006

Welcome to Majorgeeks!

I'm going to post two sets of instructions below. Each will be enclosed in separate Quote boxes. Make sure to complete the first one 100% before moving on to the second one.

STEP 1: Complete this procedure completely including attaching the requested log before doing the second procedure.

Download SmitfraudFix (by S!Ri) to your Desktop.

Extract all the files to your Destop. A folder named SmitfraudFix will be created on your Desktop.

Open the SmitfraudFix folder and double-click smitfraudfix.cmd
Select option #1 - Search by typing 1 and press Enter
This program will scan large amounts of files on your computer for known patterns so please be patient while it works. When it is done, the results of the scan will be displayed and it will create a log named rapport.txt in the root of your drive, eg: Local Disk C: or partition where your operating system is installed. Please attach that log in your next reply.

Note:process.exe ( which is used my SmitFraudFIx ) is detected by some antivirus programs (AntiVir, Dr.Web, Kaspersky) as a "RiskTool"; it is not a virus, but a program used to stop system processes. Antivirus programs cannot distinguish between "good" and "malicious" use of such programs, therefore they may alert the user. The below is a link to what process.exe is.

http://www.beyondlogic.org/consulting/proc...processutil.htm

IMPORTANT: Do NOT run any other options until you are asked to do so!
Click to expand...

ATTACH THE FIRST LOG NOW BEFORE CONTINUING OR YOU WILL OVERWRITE IT!!!! And then immediately continue on to the below steps.

STEP 2: PLEASE READ ALL OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST BEFORE DOING ANYTHING. Ask any questions that you may have before starting.

Please print out or copy these instructions to Notepad as the internet will not be (while in Safe Mode) available to you at certain points of the removal process. Make sure to work through all the Steps in the exact order in which they are listed below. Again, if there's anything that you don't understand, ask your question(s) before moving on with the fixes.

Reboot your computer into Safe Mode : Starting your computer in Safe mode

Open the SmitfraudFix Folder of your Desktop, then double-click smitfraudfix.cmd file to start the tool.

Select option #2 - Clean by typing 2 and press Enter.
Wait for the tool to complete and disk cleanup to finish.
You will be prompted : "Registry cleaning - Do you want to clean the registry ?" answer Yes by typing Y and hit Enter.

The tool will also check if wininet.dll is infected. If it is infected and a clean version is found, you will be prompted to replace the infected wininet.dll with the clean file. Answer Yes to the question "Replace infected file ?" by typing Y and hit Enter.

A reboot may be needed to finish the cleaning process, if you computer does not restart automatically please do it yourself manually. BUT Reboot in Safe Mode.

The tool will create a log named rapport.txt in the root of your drive, eg: Local Disk C: or partition where your operating system is installed.

Now reboot into normal mode and attach this new rapport.txt log here.
Click to expand...

Now attach new logs from:

GetRunKey

ShowNew

HJT

How are things working now?

Thorman · Dec 10, 2006

Hi,

Many thanks for your reply. I very much appreciate your help. I've done the 1st step and attached the rapport.txt log which I generated after running the Smitfraud program. I'll post this on to you and reboot in safe mode to follow Step 2 instructions. By the way, thanks for the tip about some antivirus programs detecting process.exe (contained in SmitfraudFix) as a 'risk tool'. I didn't have that problem though this time.

Thorman · Dec 10, 2006

Step 2 now done with rapport.txt added, plus runkeys and showNew logs. One more post to follow to get the last log posted to you.

Thorman · Dec 10, 2006

Last bit of information: HJT log attached.

How are things working now? well the dreaded flashing icons have disappeared from my start up tray and I'm not getting weird ad pages and other stuff randomly appearing when I'm on the net. I'm so grateful to you guys. You're just the absolute best.

chaslang · Dec 11, 2006

You're welcome. Next time (if there is a next time) you need to remember to renamed hijackthis.exe to analyse.exe as requested. Some malware will not show up if it sees hijackthis.exe running.

You are all clean. We just have to update Sun Java and then final cleanup.

Uninstall the below old versions of software:
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 9
Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.2_03

Now install the current version of Sun Java from: Sun Java Runtime Environment

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

If we used Pocket Killbox during your cleanup, do the below

Run Pocket Killbox and select File, Cleanup, Delete All Backups

If we used ComboFix you can delete the ComboFix.exe file and associated C:\combofix.txt log that was created.

If we user SDFix you can delete all the SDFix related files and folders from your Desktop or whereever you installed it.

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.

If we had your run FixWareOut, you can delete the Fixwareout.exe file and the C:\fixwareout folder.

If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.

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

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.

After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:

How to Protect yourself from malware!

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Trojan.FakeVir in WINDOWS\system32\vcehaeb.dll

Thorman Private E-2

Attached Files:

CounterSpy.txt.doc

bdscan.txt

Activescan.txt

Thorman Private E-2

Attached Files:

newfiles.txt

runkeys.txt

hijackthis.log

chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

Thorman Private E-2

Attached Files:

rapport.txt

Thorman Private E-2

Attached Files:

rapport.txt

runkeys.txt

newfiles.txt

Thorman Private E-2

Attached Files:

hijackthis.log

chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member