(Win XP) AntiVirus 2012/Malware removal

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by XNeurotica, Jan 3, 2012.

  1. XNeurotica

    XNeurotica Private E-2

    Hello everyone!

    I was originally infected with the Win XP AntiVirus 2012 malware a few weeks ago. It shut down my internet, changed settings, and reeked general havoc. I thought I had gotten rid of it until my virus scanner (Avast!) started going haywire last night and settings were being changed again.

    So, I'm seeking some professional help since I apparently didn't get it all last time. Hopefully I've included all the logs you need, and thanks in advance for any help

    -Alyssa
     

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  2. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Still need to see the MGlogs.zip from running MGTools.exe. Thanks.
     
  3. XNeurotica

    XNeurotica Private E-2

    Whoops, hopefully this is it.
     

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  4. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Your Malware Bytes log shows "No action taken" on the items it hit on. Did you indeed fix them afterwards? If not please rescan and do so now, and attach the new log.

    Uninstall the below software:
    • Java(TM) 6 Update 24 <--- Outdated
    • Ask Toolbar <--- Junk
    • Viewpoint Media Player <--- Junk


    Please disable all anti-virus and anti-spyware programs while we do the following (re-enable when you 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:

    R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - - (no file)
    O2 - BHO: (no name) - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - (no file)
    O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)

    After clicking Fix exit HJT.



    I want you to run TDSSKiller so refer to the below for how to do so.

    TDSSkiller - How to run


    Please also download MBRCheck to your desktop
    • Double click MBRCheck.exe to run (vista and Win 7 right click and select Run as Administrator)
    • It will show a Black screen with some information that will contain either the below line if no problem is found:
      • Done! Press ENTER to exit...
    • Or you will see more information like below if a problem is found:
      • Found non-standard or infected MBR.
      • Enter 'Y' and hit ENTER for more options, or 'N' to exit:
    • Either way, just choose to exit the program at this point since we want to see only the scan results to begin with.
    • MBRCheck will create a log named similar to MBRCheck_07.16.10_00.32.33.txt which is random based on date and time.

    Tell me how the machine is behaving now.
     
  5. XNeurotica

    XNeurotica Private E-2

    Rescanned MBAM(2 logs because I missed one)

    TDSSKiller and MBRCheck logs are attached.

    So far so good. It let me turn on Automatic Updates, so that's a good sign.
     

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  6. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Are you ready to follow final steps or are there outstanding malware issues?
     
  7. XNeurotica

    XNeurotica Private E-2

    I think I'm ready to move on. I did another scan and all I'm finding is Adware.tracking cookie.
     
  8. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:
    1. We recommend 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.
    2. 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 (If we renamed it please rename it back to Combofix.exe.
      • "%userprofile%\Desktop\combofix" /uninstall
        • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /uninstall, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
    3. Go back to step 6 of the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
    4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    5. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
    6. 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.
    7. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    8. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click on this file to run this cleanup program that will remove files and folders
      related to MGtools and some other items from our cleaning procedures.
    9. If you are running Win 7, Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
      • Refer to the cleaning procedures pointed to by step 7 of the READ ME
        for your Window version and see the instructions to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
      • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
    10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
     

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