Virus ATTACK - Programs will not run!!

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by kris32, Nov 29, 2008.

  1. kris32

    kris32 Private E-2

    Hi everyone! Hope you can help. Last night i was bugged by something terrible. I had been adding programs all day, so im not really sure what i got but here's the symptoms and scenario. Im running XP home service pack 3..

    I had spybot search and destroy running.. it started picking up registry changes, and was alerting me. I denied the changes, bu they went thru anyway. The computer rebooted itself and heres what my problems are.

    My Malwarebyts and spybot search and destroy will not run.

    My avg antivirus does run, but picked up nothing in the scan only stating there was a ntoskrnl.exe change.

    It connects to the internet, but if you do a search on google the font comes up very odd looking in international code, not western european.. If you click a link or try to go to a website that can do an online scan the page freezes and you cannot connect.

    like i said i tried running the malware and spyware programs but they will not run.. the malywarebytes shows up i the process, but wont start.. any wayz i ran hijackthis.. hope there is a pro around that can solve my problem .. its 215 am and i dont wont to make any stupid decisions, hope i get some replies soon.. here is the log and good luck

    Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
    Scan saved at 2:05:32 AM, on 11/29/2008
    Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
    MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16735)

    Edit by chaslang: Inline HJT log removed. READ & RUN ME sticky not followed.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 29, 2008
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Please follow the instructions in the below link and attach the requested logs when you finish these instructions. Make sure you try renaming mbam.exe to mb.exe as suggested just to see if that will allow it to run. Also make sure you disable Spybot's Teatimer as requested.



    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide
    • If something does not run, write down the info to explain to us later but keep on going.
    • Do not assume that because one step does not work that they all will not.
    Notes:

    1. If you run into problems trying to run the READ & RUN ME or any of the scans in normal boot mode. You can run steps in safe boot mode but make sure you tell us what you did later when you post logs. See the below if you do not know how to boot in safe mode:
    2. If you have problems downloading on the problem PC, download the tools on another PC and burn to a CD. Then copy them to the problem PC. You will have to skip getting updates if (and only if) your internet connection does not work. Yes you could use a flash drive too but flash drives are writeable and infections can spread to them.
     
  3. kris32

    kris32 Private E-2

    Ok. I did the read and run me first. malware removal guide.

    no programs to remove from add/remove programs
    changed to normal startup
    downloaded cc cleaner and ran as instructed
    changed hidden files

    whats next boss?
     
  4. kris32

    kris32 Private E-2

    I fixed it.. I believe I saw on another post to change the malwarebytes .exe file to mb.exe, aparently the trojan changed the names or something. but anyway, i was able to run it after changing the name and it found the trojan and removed 12 bad files. Thx !!!
     
  5. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    There was a lot more than that. You need to run all the scans and attach the requested logs which I still recommend that you do even though you believe your problem is fixed.
     

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