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Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 14th, 2009
Replies: 49
Views: 4,378
Posted By gerbil
Virut. Ah. You may have already taken the best option, then. A format and reinstall. Note that a format does not remove files, just loses them; the new OS will not see them. And vv.
Cheers, Nathan....
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 14th, 2009
Replies: 49
Views: 4,378
Posted By gerbil
"GMER NO LONGER DETECTS UACd.sys" -it won't , in Safe mode, if the rootkit is not active. But nothing stops you in Safe mode from going into system32/drivers and deleting every UAC*.sys file, every...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 13th, 2009
Replies: 49
Views: 4,378
Posted By gerbil
"Do you know where MBAM downloads the database updates for checking for malware? I have a working MBAM on one computer but since the infected computer cant connect to malwarebytes.org it cant get...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 13th, 2009
Replies: 49
Views: 4,378
Posted By gerbil
You could not see those values in the Services\UACD keys because a simple trick has been employed to make their values invisible to regedit. But they can be removed easily.
Nathan, as I expected.......
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 13th, 2009
Replies: 49
Views: 4,378
Posted By gerbil
Just for the time being, Nathan, I am going to ignore one of the detections..... I may get spanked for it.
Anyway.... use GMER to delete all these entries [you must run it in Normal Mode]:
Reg ...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 12th, 2009
Replies: 49
Views: 4,378
Posted By gerbil
a quick point while I get time to look at all those. I see this in the MBAM log:
Registry Keys Infected:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AGprotect (Malware.Trace) -> No action taken.

Files Infected:...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 12th, 2009
Replies: 49
Views: 4,378
Posted By gerbil
GMER takes 1 1/2 mins to scan my systemdrive. But windows is there all by itself, no data, no pgms other than those that fight to be there; the partition is tightly controlled... so... Anyway,...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 11th, 2009
Replies: 49
Views: 4,378
Posted By gerbil
What, me do it instead of you? I do tend to be chatty in my posts, but that is because I am human, and like to relate to some folks. Just some... we pick each other out...
Anyway, Nathan, I cannot...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 10th, 2009
Replies: 3
Views: 1,209
Posted By gerbil
Ah. Two active AV services. One never knows how they will interact - it seems to be often badly and unpredictably. Rule is, don't use more than one.
PC Tools use a rebadged AV service, I forget...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 9th, 2009
Replies: 3
Views: 1,209
Posted By gerbil
Try to reinstall over the top of it... that may give you the Repair installation option, in which case you can stop there. Or it may just reinstall and correct any settings, files. Then uninstall, if...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 5th, 2009
Replies: 6
Views: 408
Posted By gerbil
Not necessarily. AVG8 is fine. REsponse time of the service company to new threats, a highly ranked performance against a slew of test viruses, satisfaction with the user interface, the load placed...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 3rd, 2009
Replies: 6
Views: 408
Posted By gerbil
Avast by Alwil. Google for it. It is a free AV for home use, and good. Another is Comodo, a complete protection service, but you may not like the firewall unless you appreciate what it is doing for...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 1st, 2009
Replies: 1
Views: 296
Posted By gerbil
Nothing shows in those logs. What is imageitencrypt used for..?
I would follow up on crunchie's recommendation to scan with an online scanner [I like Panda...], especially after combofix found such...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 1st, 2009
Replies: 2
Views: 304
Posted By gerbil
Have you ever placed your email account into a public webpage, such as a site like this, or used it to fill out an application for something? If so it can be found by special bots which trawl...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 30th, 2009
Replies: 3
Views: 235
Posted By gerbil
You SHOULD uninstall DAP and use hijack this to remove all traces of it.
Nothing else is bad, there, Michael. But you use a lot of software I would not dream of employing.... google apps, yahoo...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 30th, 2009
Replies: 3
Views: 235
Posted By gerbil
And the symptoms are what, exactly... michael?
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 30th, 2009
Replies: 4
Views: 334
Posted By gerbil
K, Michelle. As long as the mouse is not actually operating anything when it wanders.... it's a wired mouse, isn't it? Clean it.. sometimes you get a bit of lag if another process is taking a lot of...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 30th, 2009
Replies: 4
Views: 334
Posted By gerbil
Nothing shows in that log, Michelle, as being out of place. You might use Hijackthis to generate a Startup log [Misc tools, check the List minor sections box]. If you see nothing that is unwelcome in...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 30th, 2009
Replies: 2
Views: 1,287
Posted By gerbil
Hello, Jess...
Uninstall these: System Search Dispatcher, Media Access Startup, Internet Saving Optimizer

Start hijackthis, select Scan Only, place checkmarks against all the entries listed below...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 29th, 2009
Replies: 18
Views: 1,573
Posted By gerbil
Hari, have you tried uninstalling [not just stopping] your firewall [if third party] and AV service, then reinstalling them?
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 26th, 2009
Replies: 1
Views: 990
Posted By gerbil
For a start...
==download hijackthis: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5554.html
-copy it to a new FOLDER placed either alongside your program files or on your desktop and then... rename ...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 24th, 2009
Replies: 15
Views: 1,081
Posted By gerbil
You are going to have to wipe your flashdrive and format it. Remove it. Then try this:
==Download this file to your DESKTOP: http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe
.....or this...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 24th, 2009
Replies: 6
Views: 960
Posted By gerbil
You are in Chennai, I take it, aamdevan? Could you post the SAS and MBAM logs, please? They would be interesting for us. Your HJT log is clean,although I note that you could update IE to IE6 with...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 24th, 2009
Replies: 6
Views: 960
Posted By gerbil
The entries in your first log beginning with this time stamp give me a problem... 6/18/2009 3:05:17 PM -ok, give YOU a problem. We cannot be seen to be helping folks who circumvent legitimate...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 23rd, 2009
Replies: 6
Views: 960
Posted By gerbil
you most likely have some malware causing this issue.. but I cannot ell what it is from your post. Why not run a hijackthis log and post it as a next step?
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 23rd, 2009
Replies: 15
Views: 1,081
Posted By gerbil
So these files, autorun.inf and backupuser.exe, are not being recreated now? That's fine then, Neitz.
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 22nd, 2009
Replies: 21
Views: 1,459
Posted By gerbil
Cool. Well, that seems to be all taken care of.
Cheers, Geoff. Good luck out there.
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 22nd, 2009
Replies: 21
Views: 1,459
Posted By gerbil
The name of its creator? Obviously you have checked for that, and one is not there. It did not delete, which is interesting.... so rename it and see what complains, if anything, ever - it has not...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 21st, 2009
Replies: 15
Views: 23,506
Posted By gerbil
Reading.. it is possibly just PS and fan. But I can only guess.
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 21st, 2009
Replies: 21
Views: 1,459
Posted By gerbil
That looks better, illahae. Just one thing, what does this file relate to : c:\windows\NV32643396.TMP ?
If it is benign [check its properties] then remove a few of those specialist tools you have...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 21st, 2009
Replies: 21
Views: 1,459
Posted By gerbil
Skynet. A rootkit. So that is what was hiding msiebbar.dll
This should not take long, but because there are still two drivers to delete we will use Combofix to delete them, in case they are...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 21st, 2009
Replies: 21
Views: 1,459
Posted By gerbil
Get CCleaner [see below].
Right. This method kinda ramps up... stop when you win. When you do, fix the O18 entry with hijackthis, and then run CCLeaner.
For a start, in an Explorer window, go...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 20th, 2009
Replies: 13
Views: 1,435
Posted By gerbil
Try del /f /a ahrs ...

cd c:\windows\system32
del /f /a ahrs uacinit.dll
If that does not work, and assuming that it is not hidden [in an Explorer window, go Tools, Folder options, View and...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 19th, 2009
Replies: 15
Views: 1,081
Posted By gerbil
I did tell you that some malware inserted those autorun.inf files; just deleting them may not cure the problem. And that you should run MBAM as a next step.
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 19th, 2009
Replies: 9
Views: 546
Posted By gerbil
The hijackthis log is clean. An important instruction for MBAM:
Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
And restart the machine if requested.
The Vista tool rquires that you...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 19th, 2009
Replies: 9
Views: 546
Posted By gerbil
Ah.. you just beat me to it, crunchie.
In general....that is a legitimate winsock file in the hijackthis report - it is Windows Parental Control service, and in any event Hijackthis should NOT be...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 18th, 2009
Replies: 1
Views: 304
Posted By gerbil
Most likely, if this is a repetitive event, you have some badly coded malware on board. Or it could be due to not being up-to-date with Windows Updates... help us by using the Click Here link in the...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 18th, 2009
Replies: 15
Views: 1,081
Posted By gerbil
That's good, neitz, so now we know the problem. But something put that file there, and it is likely still in your machine. I do strongly suggest yur run MBAM as above. Post the log.
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 18th, 2009
Replies: 21
Views: 1,459
Posted By gerbil
Ah, okay, illahae.. It is gone, so you are pretty clear to go too. Ignore my post re SAS and Registry Editor - not required.
Cheers.
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jun 18th, 2009
Replies: 15
Views: 1,081
Posted By gerbil
An example would be C:\ autorun.inf
Just use Explorer, expand each drive [partition] if it exists. If not, just run MBAM. These files are usually found in software cds to automatically start the...
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