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I got hit hard. Help greatly appreciated.
I'm at my wit's end on this one. Somewhere in the past 24 hours I got slammed with a major virus and/or spyware bomb and it has absolutely crippled my browsing and incapacitated most of my anti-spyware programs.
HijackThis closes immediately upon opening. Renaming the exe does not work and CoolWWWShredder says that particular virus is not present. Also, and this may sound crazy, but if I go to google and google hijackthis (anything else works fine) the webpage immediately closes.
Ad-Aware says my definitions are 1000+ days old (which they aren't) but when I try to connect to lavasoft it says there are not components available.
I've found multiple files and keys on my own, some I've successfully deleted, others come back immediately, others come back only if I open my browser, and at least three I cannot delete at all (drivime.dll, lcygnmwaoiar.dll, and powvtroesoos.dll).
My hosts file was replaced with a bunch of spam sites, but I've recovered that (or at least I had, it may have been replaced again).
My Mcafee isn't working right now, but all their online scan pulled up was a bunch of stuff in my temp folder and nothing else really conclusive.
RootkitRevealer pulled up a couple things, but I removed the successfully.
Any advice on where to manually look or programs to d/l would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
HijackThis closes immediately upon opening. Renaming the exe does not work and CoolWWWShredder says that particular virus is not present. Also, and this may sound crazy, but if I go to google and google hijackthis (anything else works fine) the webpage immediately closes.
Ad-Aware says my definitions are 1000+ days old (which they aren't) but when I try to connect to lavasoft it says there are not components available.
I've found multiple files and keys on my own, some I've successfully deleted, others come back immediately, others come back only if I open my browser, and at least three I cannot delete at all (drivime.dll, lcygnmwaoiar.dll, and powvtroesoos.dll).
My hosts file was replaced with a bunch of spam sites, but I've recovered that (or at least I had, it may have been replaced again).
My Mcafee isn't working right now, but all their online scan pulled up was a bunch of stuff in my temp folder and nothing else really conclusive.
RootkitRevealer pulled up a couple things, but I removed the successfully.
Any advice on where to manually look or programs to d/l would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
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Let's try AVG Anti-Spyware..
Please do the following...
1. Download ATF (Atribune Temp File) Cleaner© by Atribune to your desktop.
This program is for XP and Windows 2000 only!
Double-click ATF Cleaner.exe to open it.
Under Main select the following:
- Windows Temp
- Current User Temp
- All Users Temp
- Temporary Internet Files
- Prefetch
- Java Cache
*The other boxes are optional*Then click the Empty Selected button.
Click Exit on the Main menu to close the program.
Please download AVG Anti-Spyware to your Desktop or to your usual Download Folder.
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
- Install AVG Anti-Spyware by double clicking the installer.
- Follow the prompts. Make sure that Launch AVG Anti-Spyware is checked.
- On the main screen under Your Computer's security.
- Click on Change state next to Resident shield. It should now change to inactive.
- Click on Change state next to Automatic updates. It should now change to inactive.
- Next to Last Update, click on Update now. (You will need an active internet connection to perform this)
- Wait until you see the Update succesfull message.
- Right-click the AVG Anti-Spyware Tray Icon and uncheck Start with Windows.
- Right-click the AVG Anti-Spyware Tray Icon and select Exit. Confirm by clicking Yes.
If you are having problems with the updater, you can use this link to manually update ewido.AVG Anti-Spyware manual updates.
Download the Full database to your Desktop or to your usual Download Folder and install it by double clicking the file. Make sure that AVG Anti-Spyware is closed before installing the update.
Reboot your computer in Safe Mode.
- If the computer is running, shut down Windows, and then turn off the power.
- Wait 30 seconds, and then turn the computer on.
- Start tapping the F8 key. The Windows Advanced Options Menu appears. If you begin tapping the F8 key too soon, some computers display a "keyboard error" message. To resolve this, restart the computer and try again.
- Ensure that the Safe Mode option is selected.
- Press Enter. The computer then begins to start in Safe mode.
- Login on your usual account.
Once in Safe Mode:Close ALL open Windows / Programs / Folders. Please start AVG Anti-Spyware and run a full scan.
- Click on Scanner on the toolbar.
- Click on the Settings tab.
- Under How to act?
- Click on Recommended Action and choose Quarantine from the popup menu.
- Under How to scan?
- All checkboxes should be ticked.
- Under Possibly unwanted software:
- All checkboxes should be ticked.
- Under Reports:
- Select Automatically generate report after every scan and uncheck Only if threats were found.
- Under What to scan?
- Select Scan every file.
- Click on the Scan tab.
- Click on Complete System Scan to start the scan process.
- Let the program scan the machine.
- When the scan has finished, follow the instructions below.
- Make sure that Set all elements to: shows Quarantine (1), if not click on the link and choose Quarantine from the popup menu. (2)
- At the bottom of the window click on the Apply all Actions button. (3)
- When done, click the Save Scan Report button. (4)
- Click the Save Report as button.
- Save the report to your Desktop.
- Right-click the AVG Anti-Spyware Tray Icon and select Exit. Confirm by clicking Yes.
Reboot back into Normal Mode, and post a new HJT log, along with the AVG Anti-Spyware log.IMPORTANT : Don't click on the "Save Scan Report" button before you did hit the "Apply all Actions" button.
Is there no way to manually find and remove whatever is in my registry that is causing at least that part?
Hi!
Do you have RootkitRevealer's log?
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Please download Combofix to your desktop.
Doubleclick combo.exe to launch the application.
Follow the prompts that will be displayed on the screen.
Don't click on the window while the fix is running, because that will cause your system to hang.
When finished, it should produce a log, combofix.txt.
Please, post Rootkit Revealer's log too, if you have it..
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