Vundo Malware fixed?

Sullco · Nov 12, 2008

Hi guys, great site you have here. I seem to have gotten a vundo malware the other day. It was affecting my wireless internet and was a complete pain.

I went through all of your readme instructions and I'm not sure if I am completely cured yet so here are my logs if someone wouldn't mind letting me know. It looks to me that my computer is fine and I'm not really suffering any symptoms but I wanted to make sure.

Once again, thanks a lot for your the great step by step guides on removing these annoyances.

Regards,
Colin

Sullco · Nov 12, 2008

Here's the last log

TimW · Nov 13, 2008

It appears as though the scans took care of most of it...let's just do this:

If you haven't already, please disable the Guest account in User accounts.

Run this: Disable/Remove Windows Messenger to remove Windows Messenger. Do not confuse Windows Messenger with MSN Messenger because they are not the same. Windows Messenger is a frequent cause of popups.

Please disable all anti-virus and anti-spyware programs while we do the following ( be sure to re-enable when we are finished):

Run C:\MGtools\analyse.exe by double clicking on it. (Note: if using Vista, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator). This is really 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:

O20 - AppInit_DLLs: jwmnzu.dll
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NOTE: HJT may popup an error about the AppInit_DLLs line. Ignore it and click OK to continue.

After clicking Fix, exit HJT.

Now 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_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\windows]
"AppInit_DLLs"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\windows]
"AppInit_DLLs"=""

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Now tell me how things are running.

Sullco · Nov 14, 2008

Things seem to be working well. The reason I had the windows messenger installed is because I found that on my home network that the new version of windows live messenger seemed to be freezing a lot. I did a little bit of research and it might be something to do with the firewall on the home network but I haven't been able to figure it out. Which is why I installed the older version which didn't seem to have the same freezing problem. Any suggestions on how I might get the newer version to work bug free?

Once again, thank you very much for your help fixing my system.

TimW · Nov 14, 2008

Are we talking windows messenger or msn messenger...very different items as I stated.

The freezing problem would best be addressed in the software section.

If your not having any more malware issues, then:

We recommed 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.

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" /u

Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /u, it must be there.

This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.

Delete the C:\combofix folder from combofix (if it exists)

Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.

If running Vista, 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.

Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.

You can delete the C:\MGtools folder and the C:\MGtools.exe file. You can also delete the C:\MGlogs.zip

If you are running Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:

Refer to the cleaning steps in the READ ME for your Window version and see the steps 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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Vundo Malware fixed?

Sullco Private E-2

Attached Files:

SASlog.txt

mbam-log-2008-11-12 (21-30-32).txt

ComboFix.txt

Sullco Private E-2

Attached Files:

MGlogs.zip

TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

Sullco Private E-2

TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member