Unable to change homepage

stefansk · Aug 14, 2007

Hi,

So, I am having trouble with my internet explorer. Somehow, whenver I open it, it automatically directs me to some weird chinese page. I try to go and change the home page but, the whole change home page section is ghosted out and cannot be changed. I have performed all the items required in you sticky thread (thanks for all that!!) . counterspy found nothing, but both bitdefende, and panda scan did... but could not delete the problem... Please help and thanks!!:wave

stefansk · Aug 14, 2007

Here is the hjt and shownew logs.

THanks!

chaslang · Aug 14, 2007

Welcome to Major Geeks!

You have a bunch of problems!

Click on Start, then Run ... type services.msc into the box that opens up, and press 'OK'.

On the page that opens, scroll down to Porformance services

then right click the entry, select Properties and press Stop Service.

When it shows that it is stopped, next please set the Start-up Type to 'Disabled'.

Now repeat the above to Stop and Disable the below two Services (if you do not find them or get any errors, just continue):

·þÎñÃû

Microsoft windows updata

Click OK until you get back to Windows.

Next, run HJT, but instead of scanning, click on the None of the above, just start the program button at the bottom of the choices.

At the lower right, click on the Config button

Then click the Misc tools button

Select Delete an NT Service

Copy/paste Peoformance Logs into the box that opens, and press OK

If you receive any error messages just ignore them and continue.

Now repeat the above to delete the below two Services (if you do not find them or get any errors, just continue):

svcname

Windows updata

Now exit HJT but do not reboot when it tells you it needs to. We will do that further down after running HJT again to fix some other items.

Uninstall the CounterSpy trial program now since we are finished with it.

Also Uninstall the below old versions of Sun Java:
Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.0_03

Are the below two lines things you setup and recognize. If not, add them to the list of things to fix with HijackThis.
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.851733.cn/htm/goldip.htm?045
R3 - URLSearchHook: Search Class - {08C06D61-F1F3-4799-86F8-BE1A89362C85} - C:\PROGRA~1\NEOSTR~1\SEARCH~1.DLL

Now 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:

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present
O9 - Extra button: Related - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WINNT\web\related.htm
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WINNT\web\related.htm
Note: Some of the below may no longer show! Just fix any that do show.
O23 - Service: ComputeeBrowser - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSINFO\system23.exe
O23 - Service: EvenSystem - Unknown owner - c:\Recycler\svchost.exe
O23 - Service: Porformance services (Peoformance Logs) - Unknown owner - C:\WINNT\system32\aa.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: QCONSVC - Unknown owner - C:\WINNT\System32\QCONSVC.EXE
O23 - Service: ·þÎñÃû (svcname) - Unknown owner - C:\WINNT\system32\aa.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Microsoft windows updata (Windows updata) - Unknown owner - C:\WINNT\wupdmgr.exe (file missing)

After clicking Fix, exit HJT.

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.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer]
"CDRAutoRun"=-
"StartMenuLogOff"=-
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel]
"HomePage"=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Hidden"=dword:00000001
"SuperHidden"=dword:00000001
"ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001
"HideFileExt"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Microsoft\windows\currentversion\Explorer\ShellExecuteHooks]
"{1DD7CBED-2F05-11D3-A521-00400514C916}"=-
"{A47BE134-9ACE-2457-ABD0-3AE14579BDE1}"=-
Click to expand...

Now download The Avenger by Swandog46, 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:

Files to delete:
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(0).bat
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(1).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(2).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(3).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(4).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(5).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(6).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(7).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(8).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(9).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(10).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(11).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(12).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(13).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(14).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(0).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(42).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(43).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(44).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(45).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(46).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(47).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(48).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(49).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(50).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(51).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(52).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(53).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(54).exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Down(55).exe
C:\zh.exe
C:\svchost.exe.exe
c:\Recycler\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\wupdmgr.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\aa.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\QCONSVC.EXE
C:\WINNT\system32\_system23.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\system23.exe
c:\winnt\LAUNCHER.EXE

Folders to delete:
c:\winnt\system32\SBUtils
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Sunbelt Software
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Sunbelt Software
C:\Program Files\Sunbelt Software
Click to expand...

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

After reboot, now install the current version of Sun Java from: Sun Java Runtime Environment

Now run Ccleaner!

Now attach the below new logs and tell me how the above steps went.

Avenger

GetRunKey

ShowNew

HJT

Make sure you tell me how things are working now!

Reminder Note: Once we have determined you are malware free you will need to disable System Restore, reboot, and re-enable system restore per step 8 of the READ & RUN ME. This only applies to if using WinXP or WinMe.

stefansk · Aug 15, 2007

Thanks I will do this as soon as possible (i am off for vacation today)

Thank you so much for your help!!!!!:wave

chaslang · Aug 15, 2007

Have a nice vacation! I'll be gone after tomorrow too for about 8 days!

I do recommend that you run this fix ASAP before using the PC too much or the problems could change and get much worse.

stefansk · Aug 23, 2007

Hey!

Hope you had a great vacation - I just got back yesterday night myself - wish i had some more:cry

Anyway, I ran everything you said, at first avenger couldn't find the files, but then i rebooted again, and i think it worked just fine.

Also, I can change my homepage just fine now - thanks so much!!!!!

Here are the log files for the programs you asked for

stefansk · Aug 23, 2007

Here iis the HJT log...

Thanks!

chaslang · Aug 24, 2007

stefansk said: ↑

Hope you had a great vacation - I just got back yesterday night myself quote]
Yes it was great thanks! Hope yours was good too.

Delete the below file if it still exists:
C:\Program Files\axaunbmm.txt

Other than the above, your logs are clean. You now need to get properly protected since you are not currently protected. The below steps will cover this.

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, C:\ComboFix folder, C:\QooBox folder, C:\WINDOWS\nircmd.exe, and the 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 SmitFraudFix, you can delete all files and folders related to it now including the c:\rapport.txt log.

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 run Avenger, you can delete all files related to Avenger now.

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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Unable to change homepage

stefansk Private E-2

Attached Files:

bdscan.txt

Activescan.txt

runkeys.txt

stefansk Private E-2

Attached Files:

hijackthis.log

newfiles.txt

chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

stefansk Private E-2

chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

stefansk Private E-2

Attached Files:

avenger.txt

newfiles.txt

runkeys.txt

stefansk Private E-2

Attached Files:

hijackthis.log

chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member