Re: Spyware, Adware & What Not!
- From: rn5a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 28 Dec 2006 17:22:07 -0800
David, of all the suggestions you have provided, I downloaded
SUPERAntiSpyware Professional, installed it & ran it in the Normal mode
(& not in the Safe Mode which is what you had adviced). After checking
the system & enlisting the threats, SUPERAntiSpyware advised me to
quarantine the threats & I did so but to my surprise, when I re-booted,
Win2K Pro refused to start after that! I could see the Win2K Pro logo
(which shows that the OS is loading using a blue dotted line) but after
that, it restarted on its own. Restarting Win2K again & again were
futile & Win2K always restarts by itself.
Fortunately, using the "Last Known Good Configuration" (pressing F8
while booting), I managed to log into Win2K but after such an aweful
experience, I am pretty apprehensive in using it again. Will running
SUPERAntiSpyware in the Safe Mode cause the same problem?
BTW, here's the details of the log file:
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SUPERAntiSpyware Scan Log
Generated 12/29/2006 at 05:52 AM
Application Version : 3.4.1000
Core Rules Database Version : 3155
Trace Rules Database Version: 1171
Scan type : Complete Scan
Total Scan Time : 01:32:41
Memory items scanned : 337
Memory threats detected : 1
Registry items scanned : 6087
Registry threats detected : 18
File items scanned : 99967
File threats detected : 8
Unclassified.Unknown Origin
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CCFGNTA.DLL
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CCFGNTA.DLL
HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{c815ace8-3dbf-4ffd-8231-ab1d21e8b7ee}
HKCR\CLSID\{C815ACE8-3DBF-4FFD-8231-AB1D21E8B7EE}
HKCR\CLSID\{C815ACE8-3DBF-4FFD-8231-AB1D21E8B7EE}
HKCR\CLSID\{C815ACE8-3DBF-4FFD-8231-AB1D21E8B7EE}\InprocServer32
HKCR\CLSID\{C815ACE8-3DBF-4FFD-8231-AB1D21E8B7EE}\InprocServer32#ThreadingModel
HKCR\CLSID\{C815ACE8-3DBF-4FFD-8231-AB1D21E8B7EE}\ProgID
HKCR\CLSID\{C815ACE8-3DBF-4FFD-8231-AB1D21E8B7EE}\Programmable
HKCR\CLSID\{C815ACE8-3DBF-4FFD-8231-AB1D21E8B7EE}\TypeLib
HKCR\CLSID\{C815ACE8-3DBF-4FFD-8231-AB1D21E8B7EE}\VersionIndependentProgID
HKCR\TypeLib\{FFBC50F3-043C-11D1-911D-006097C99383}
HKCR\TypeLib\{FFBC50F3-043C-11D1-911D-006097C99383}\1.0
HKCR\TypeLib\{FFBC50F3-043C-11D1-911D-006097C99383}\1.0\0
HKCR\TypeLib\{FFBC50F3-043C-11D1-911D-006097C99383}\1.0\0\win32
HKCR\TypeLib\{FFBC50F3-043C-11D1-911D-006097C99383}\1.0\FLAGS
HKCR\TypeLib\{FFBC50F3-043C-11D1-911D-006097C99383}\1.0\HELPDIR
%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\CCFGNTA.DLL
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper
Objects\{c815ace8-3dbf-4ffd-8231-ab1d21e8b7ee}
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CNETCFGB.DLL
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\MSCORIERS.DLL
Adware.ZToolbar
C:\WINNT\Downloaded Program Files\azesearch.inf
Browser Hijacker.Tubby
HKU\S-1-5-21-117609710-1004336348-839522115-500\Software\MTC MTC
Browser Hijacker.Internet Explorer Settings Hijack
HKU\S-1-5-21-117609710-1004336348-839522115-500\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main#Default_Page_URL [ c:\secure32.html ]
Adware.TrustInCash
C:\WINNT\ADULT.ICO
Adware.Unknown Origin
C:\WINNT\SHOPPING.ICO
Adware.Tracking Cookie
D:\Documents and Settings\RN 5A\Cookies\rn 5a@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[1].txt
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Note that 'RN 5A' is the m/c. name. I have Win2K Pro installed in the
C:\ drive & WinXP Pro installed in the D:\ drive.
Without any intention to question your credibility, I am now all the
more apprehensive to use the other softwares as well that you have
suggested me to use.
Desparately & eagerly waiting for your next advice......
David H. Lipman wrote:
From: <rn5a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| I have Win2K Pro installed in the C:\ drive & WinXP Pro installed in
| the D:\ drive of my m/c. with 512MB RAM.
| Today I carried out an online virus scan using Panda ActiveScan. The
| report listed 30 threats like Adwares, Spywares, Virus, Hacktool etc.
| Threats were also found in the Windows Registry. Of these 30 threats,
| ActiveScan could disinfect only 7 threats.
| What I would like to know is will it be safe if I permanently delete
| the rest of the 23 threats manually? Doing so, can it affect Win2K &
| WinXP in anyway?
| This is the scan report ActiveScan generated (note that 'RN 5A' is the
| machine name):
That's a badly infected computer with viruses and non-viral malware. Some baddies are in
there !
If you are using any version of Sun Java that is prior to JRE Version 6.0,
then you are strongly urged to remove any/all versions.
There are vulnerabilities in them and they are actively being exploited.
It is highly suggested that you update to the latest version which is Sun Java JRE/JSE
Version 6.0
Simple check, look under...
C:\Program Files\Java
The only folder under that folder should be the latest version.
Such as...
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
FYI:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102557-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102622-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102648-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102729-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102732-1
For non-viral malware...
Please download, install and update the following software...
* Ad-aware SE v1.06
http://www.lavasoft.de/
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
http://www.lavasoft.de/ms/index.htm
* SpyBot Search and Destroy v1.4
http://security.kolla.de/
http://www.safer-networking.org/microsoft.en.html
* SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
After the software is updated, I suggest scanning the system in Safe Mode.
I also suggest downloading, installing and updating BHODemon for any Browser Helper Objects
that may be on the PC.
* BHODemon
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadget.php?id=3550&file=11&evp=245a87539eea8ed6904332b4b8b8442d
For viral malware...
* Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe
To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close
Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }
NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.
C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.
You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.
When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm
Additional Instructions:
http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm
* * * Please report back your results * * *
--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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