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Re: HijackThisLog Analysis - MarkM

Date: Tuesday, 07 September, 2004 7:11 PM

Message: I believe I have a number of spyware infections. I have run Spybot but I still get some sort of premium rate, dial up service everytime I start up my machine. My computer also runs very slowly and I always get Virtual memory low message displayed! I have a spywareguard installed an it constantly says there has been an attempt to change Internet settings!

Auto startup is found in the following keys.  You may want to review them and remove if not in used:
O4 - Startup: SpywareGuard.lnk = C:\Program Files\SpywareGuard\sgmain.exe
O4 - Global Startup: broadband medic.lnk = C:\Program Files\ntl\broadband medic\bin\matcli.exe

Remember DO NOT run hijackthis.exe inside the zip file.  Unzip (extract) it to your desktop then double click on "HijackThis.exe" icon in this way a backup for the removed key will be created (useful if you removed them wrongly).

Here is what you should do.

End the below suspicious process :

C:\WINDOWS\System32\ms32.exe
C:\apps\ActivSurf\4448364\Program\backweb-4448364.exe

Remove these search keys:

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = file:??C:\DOCUME~1\MARKMI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\sp.html
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = file:??C:\DOCUME~1\MARKMI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\sp.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page_bak = about:blank
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,HomeOldSP = about:blank
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,HomeOldSP = about:blank

Remove these additional browser plug-in keys (O2...O4):

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7B55BB05-0B4D-44fd-81A6-B136188F5DEB} - C:\WINDOWS\questmod.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ActivSurf] C:\apps\ActivSurf\4448364\Program\backweb-4448364.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [System Backup] ms32.exe

Remove these ActiveX Objects (aka Downloaded Program Files) if you are not using them:

O18 - Filter: text/html - {D6D35F00-79D9-4F45-A6C5-49248E473929} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\ikp.dll
O18 - Filter: text/plain - {D6D35F00-79D9-4F45-A6C5-49248E473929} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\ikp.dll

Reboot the computer and put it to safe mode.  Then delete these files from your C: drive.

C:\WINDOWS\System32\ms32.exe
C:\apps\ActivSurf\4448364\Program\backweb-4448364.exe

Original log but with private information removed.


Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2
Scan saved at 11:43:33, on 07/09/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\NISUM.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\htpatch.exe
C:\Apps\ActivBoard\MMKeybd.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\Program Files\Virtual CD v4 SDK\system\vcsplay.exe
C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\RealPlay.exe
C:\Program Files\BroadJump\Client Foundation\CFD.exe
C:\Apps\ActivBoard\TrayMon.exe
C:\Apps\ActivBoard\nhksrv.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\ntl\BROADB~1\SMARTB~1\MotiveSB.exe
C:\Apps\ActivBoard\OSD.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\ms32.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\ccPxySvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\slserv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Virtual CD v4 SDK\system\vcssecs.exe
C:\Program Files\SpywareGuard\sgmain.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\Program Files\ntl\broadband medic\bin\mpbtn.exe
C:\Program Files\SpywareGuard\sgbhp.exe
C:\apps\ActivSurf\4448364\Program\backweb-4448364.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\WINWORD.EXE
C:\Documents and Settings\Mark Millard\Local Settings\Temp\Temporary Directory 1 for hijackthis.zip\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http:??www.ntlworld.com/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = file:??C:\DOCUME~1\MARKMI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\sp.html
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = file:??C:\DOCUME~1\MARKMI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\sp.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page_bak = about:blank
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,HomeOldSP = about:blank
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,HomeOldSP = about:blank
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = http:??www.ntlworld.com/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = 127.0.0.1
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - _{00D6A7E7-4A97-456f-848A-3B75BF7554D7} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\apps\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx
O2 - BHO: SpywareGuard Download Protection - {4A368E80-174F-4872-96B5-0B27DDD11DB2} - C:\Program Files\SpywareGuard\dlprotect.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7B55BB05-0B4D-44fd-81A6-B136188F5DEB} - C:\WINDOWS\questmod.dll
O2 - BHO: NAV Helper - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HTpatch] C:\WINDOWS\htpatch.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ACTIVBOARD] C:\Apps\ActivBoard\MMKeybd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ActivSurf] C:\apps\ActivSurf\4448364\Program\backweb-4448364.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccRegVfy] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccRegVfy.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VCSPlayer] "C:\Program Files\Virtual CD v4 SDK\system\vcsplay.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CleanEasyImg] c:\apps\easydvd\cleanall.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RealTray] C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\RealPlay.exe SYSTEMBOOTHIDEPLAYER
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BJCFD] C:\Program Files\BroadJump\Client Foundation\CFD.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Motive SmartBridge] C:\PROGRA~1\ntl\BROADB~1\SMARTB~1\MotiveSB.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [System Backup] ms32.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /installquiet
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Spyware Begone] c:\freescan\freescan.exe -FastScan
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Symantec NetDriver Monitor] C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\LIVEUP~1\SNDMon.EXE
O4 - Startup: SpywareGuard.lnk = C:\Program Files\SpywareGuard\sgmain.exe
O4 - Global Startup: broadband medic.lnk = C:\Program Files\ntl\broadband medic\bin\matcli.exe
O9 - Extra button: Real.com - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\Shdocvw.dll
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: {C2FCEF52-ACE9-11D3-BEBD-00105AA9B6AE} (Symantec RuFSI Registry Information Class) - http:??security.symantec.com/sscv6/SharedContent/common/bin/cabsa.cab
O16 - DPF: {E862C832-3A5F-4CEB-BFAA-167B22010A71} (InfosFinder2.InfosFinder) - http:??support.packardbell.com/files/activex/InfosFinder2.CAB
O18 - Filter: text/html - {D6D35F00-79D9-4F45-A6C5-49248E473929} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\ikp.dll
O18 - Filter: text/plain - {D6D35F00-79D9-4F45-A6C5-49248E473929} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\ikp.dll

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