url/dns redirect malware

Hello,

I am new to this forum, any help would be greatly appreciated! I have been experiencing issues with my browsers, every link i try to access randomly succeeds or is redirected to some spamming sites. Also Sites such as windows update either give 404 or redirects to msn.com; the files i had to download to carry out the TUTORIAL from this forum also resulted in similar issues (i couldnt dwl most of them from this laptop actually since they urls all gave 404 or were redirected)

I started having this issue a couple of days ago, and Norton Internet Security or MBAM both gave me 0 threat issues. Since using these software failed to resolve my problem, i went back to my classic way of dealing with malware which is reverting to a previous safe image of my 'VISTA' partition. But the latter failed also, and now i am clueless how to get rid of this infection. FYI, i think i also spread this malware to my backup computer via a USB drive!!!! This issue is really being a pain for me now cause if it is also spreading via usb devices, i might have to clean up all the external hdd i had connected too

Any help is welcome, hope my description wasnot too lengthy but resourceful!
Btw, i also verified my DNS Server everytime using ipconfig/all, it was always 192.168.0.1. And finally, i use 90% of the time Chrome as browser but also firefox3 and rarely ie7

Attached are the requested logs as mentioned in the FAQ. As you have guessed, the steps from the FAQ, failed to resolve my issue.



Thanks in advance,

 

following up on my initial post, attached is the 4th log file.

i attached another text file, im not sure if i did something wrong during the MGLog step since i got an app that crashed so windows told me. The info is in the other text file i attached.

Once again, thanks a lot for any help. I would really appreciate if you guys can help me completely wipe this malware from my computers.




Cheers,

 

letme thank you first for helping me out !!! greatly appreciated!!!


Have you tried multiple browsers and do they all redirect?
>> yes, tested with chrome,firefox3 and ie7. all shows similar symptoms

Do you have router? If yes, try bypassing it temporarily and directly connect your PC to the Cable or DSL modem...etc and see if it still happens.
>> wooow, i had no clue why doing this would achieve anything but i'm surprised. I tried reproducing the url redirects, no issue so far. I can access windows update website, and i can dwl all the malware help programs without any problems. I';m guessing the url redirect is redirecting via my router? I would appreciate any info how this is possible :S
Btw, i hardwired connection directly from modem to laptop now instead of using wireless feed from router as suggested(no router connected on this test run)

Does it happen in safe boot mode.
>> same behaviour, still url redirected, i.e with the wireless connection from router

Uninstall the below old versions of software:
Java(TM) 6 Update 4
Java(TM) 6 Update 7
Java(TM) SE Development Kit 6 Update 7
>> Done


One of the infections you had infects ALL drives including removable drives like USB flash drives. So any that you have may be infected. And if you plugged the removable media into any other PCs, those PCs may now be infected. Look for files with names exactly like below on all drives and delete them if found
Autorun.inf
resycled <--- this is a folder
resycled\boot.com
>> Would you have any suggestions for me as how i could clean up my external hdds? I have two ext hdds to clean up, any special software or ways to clean them without both the pc and ext device reinfecting each other?

Make sure you tell me how things are working now!
>> ATtached are the requested logs.



If i may add some more, I really don't care about my windows partition i.e Drive C:
But as we both confirmed, i had a malware that has probably spread on my
3 other partitions on this laptop + on my two extarnal harddrives.

What i need most now is a complete cleanup of my secondary partitions and external drives!! I can delete the c: partition anytime without worries. I welcome any suggestion you can give me later on after this first cleaning up phase. Maybe i can boot windows live from cd and clean up from this OS since the malware won;t be able to infect anything anymore???



Once again, thanks for the help!