Congratulations chkinjoe, your log now looks CLEAN
Originally posted by chkinjoe: i would just like to know one thing were can i go to learn how to read whats legit and whats not, and be able to do this for myself and help others too?
Check out Malwareremoval.com they have a program called MRU (Malware Removal University). You can learn a lot there?.
Here are a few other things you must do once you are completely clean:
1. Time for some housekeeping
? Click START then RUN ? Now type (or Copy/Paste) Combofix /u in the runbox and click OK
2. Now Set a New Restore Point to prevent possible re-infection from an old one. Some of the malware you picked up could have been saved in System Restore. Since System Restore is a protected directory, your tools can not access it to delete these bad files which sometimes can re-infect your system. Setting a new restore point AFTER cleaning your system will help prevent this and enable your computer to "roll-back" to a clean working state.
The easiest and safest way to do this is:
? Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools and click "System Restore".
? Choose the radio button marked "Create a Restore Point" on the first screen then click "Next". Give the R.P. a name then click "Create". The new point will be stamped with the current date and time. Keep a log of this so you can find it easily should you need to use System Restore.
? Then go to Start > Run and type: Cleanmgr ? Click "OK"
Select the drive you want to clean usually C: Click OK When it completes the scan:
? Click the "More Options" Tab.
? Click "Clean Up" in the System Restore section to remove all previous restore points except the newly created one.
3. Defragment your Hard Drive
1.Open My Computer.
2.Right-click the local disk volume that you want to defragment, and then click Properties. 3.On the Tools tab, click Defragment Now. 4.Click Defragment.
And here are some tips to reduce the potential for spyware infection in the future:
Make sure you keep your Windows OS current by visiting Windows update regularly to download and install any critical updates and service packs. With out these you are leaving the backdoor open.
I strongly recommend installing the following applications:
To protect your machine, I highly recommend BOClean. It?s FREE and it works. I use it and never get one of these infections.
In order to prevent the installation of Trojans and Malware on your machine: Download and install: Comodo BOClean
Comodo BOClean protects your computer against trojans, malware and other threats. It constantly scans your system in the background and intercepts any recognized trojan activity. The program can ask the user what to do, or run in unattended mode and automatically shutdown and remove any suspected Trojan application. Comodo BOClean currently supports more than 60,000 malware items and offers automatic daily updates. Other features include updating via network share, tamper protection and stealth mode.
There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading; The few who learn by observation;
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves...
There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading; The few who learn by observation;
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves...
oh yea sry but one last thing, everytime i restart my computer it goes to the vista loading screen then it will go to the menu that lets you choose safemode,last know configuration. the only way i can boot into vista is if i select the last known configuration. whats up with that?
MSCONFIG may have gotten set wrong.
If the Safeboot got checked it will cause this action.
? Click Start, Run and type MSCONFIG in the box and click OK
? The System Configuration Utility appears, On the BOOT.INI tab, Un-Check the "/SAFEBOOT" option, and then click OK and Restart your computer when prompted
There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading; The few who learn by observation;
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves...
? Double-click on HJTInstall.
? Click on the Install button.
? It will automatically place HJT in C:\Program Files\TrendMicro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe. ? Upon install, HijackThis should open for you.
? From the desktop open Hijackthis.
? Click on the Do a system scan and save a log file button
? Hijackthis will scan and then a log will open in notepad.
? Copy and then paste the entire contents of the log in your post. ? Do not have Hijackthis fix anything yet. Most of what it finds will be harmless or even required.
Please download ATF Cleaner by Atribune & save it to your desktop. DO NOT use yet.
? Double-click SUPERAntiSypware.exe and use the default settings for installation.
? An icon will be created on your desktop. Double-click that icon to launch the program.
? If asked to update the program definitions, click "Yes". If not, update the definitions before scanning by selecting "Check for Updates". (If you encounter any problems while downloading the updates, manually download them from here and unzip into the program's folder.) ? Under the "Configuration and Preferences", click the Preferences... button.
? Click the "General and Startup" tab, and under Start-up Options, make sure "Start SUPERAntiSpyware when Windows starts" box is unchecked. ? Click the "Scanning Control" tab, and under Scanner Options, make sure the following are checked (leave all others unchecked): o Close browsers before scanning.
o Scan for tracking cookies.
o Terminate memory threats before quarantining. ? Click the "Close" button to leave the control center screen and exit the program.
? Do not run a scan just yet.
Reboot your computer in "Safe Mode" using the F8 method. To do this, restart your computer and after hearing your computer beep once during startup (but before the Windows icon appears) press the F8 key repeatedly. A menu will appear with several options. Use the arrow keys to navigate and select the option to run Windows in "Safe Mode".
Double-click ATF-Cleaner.exe to run the program.
? Under Main "Select Files to Delete" choose: Select All. ? Click the Empty Selected button.
? If you use Firefox browser click Firefox at the top and choose: Select All ? Click the Empty Selected button.
If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.
? If you use Opera browser click Opera at the top and choose: Select All ? Click the Empty Selected button.
If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.
? Click Exit on the Main menu to close the program.
Note: On Vista, "Windows Temp" is disabled. To empty "Windows Temp" ATF-Cleaner must be "Run as an Administrator".
Scan with SUPERAntiSpyware as follows:
? Launch the program and back on the main screen, under "Scan for Harmful Software" click Scan your computer. ? On the left, make sure you check C:\Fixed Drive. ? On the right, under "Complete Scan", choose Perform Complete Scan and click "Next".
? After the scan is complete, a Scan Summary box will appear with potentially harmful items that were detected. Click "OK".
? Make sure everything has a checkmark next to it and click "Next".
? A notification will appear that "Quarantine and Removal is Complete". Click "OK" and then click the "Finish" button to return to the main menu.
? If asked if you want to reboot, click "Yes" and reboot normally.
? To retrieve the removal information after reboot, launch SUPERAntispyware again.
o Click Preferences, then click the Statistics/Logs tab.
o Under Scanner Logs, double-click SUPERAntiSpyware Scan Log.
o If there are several logs, click the current dated log and press View log. A text file will open in your default text editor.
o Please copy and paste the Scan Log results in your next reply. ? Click Close to exit the program.
Reboot to Normal Mode
Please post the HijackThis log and SUPERAntiSpyware Log in your next reply.
There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading; The few who learn by observation;
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves...
