oldman960
Hi Boweevil,
I can't find any malware in the log. It does show several hardware/software errors in the Event logs. I think your issues would be best dealt with in our Hardware or Windows forums.
Also disabling the Telnet service added another error, so it would seem this computer is configured to use it.
After you are finished here, I suggest you start a new thread in one of the above forum. Include a link back to this thread so they can see what we have done.
Click your Start button, click run
Now we will remove our tools
From your desktop, please delete
In windows explorer, please delete this folder
c:\Rooter$
Click the Start button, click Run. Copy and paste the following line into the run box and click OK
Combofix /u
Open OTListIt2 then click the Clean Up button. You may get prompted by your firewall that OTListIt wants to contact the internet - allow this. A cleanup.txt will be downloaded, a message dialog will ask you if you want to proceed with the cleanup process, click Yes. This will do some clean up tasks and delete some of the tools you have downloaded plus itself.
I suggest you keep ATF and MBAM. Keep MBAM updated and use it regularly.
Updates and upgrades
* If you are running Microsoft Office, or any portion thereof, go to the Microsoft's Office Update site and make sure you have at least all the cirtical updates installed (Free) Microsoft Office Update
Some Recommendations and prevention tips
Basic security consists of 1 antivirus program, 1 resident antispyware program, 1 on demand antispyware program and a firewall. You have those all ready.
You should also use Spyware Blaster to help immunize your computer.
- SpywareBlaster will add a large list of programs and sites into your Internet Explorer
settings that will protect you from running and downloading known malicious programs.
OR
A guide to understanding and using the hosts file.
Learn how your Hosts file can protect you and how you can protect it.
Besides the Hosts file information, there are links to a very good updated hosts file, a host file manager. and some programs that can protect your hosts file.
HOSTS
Please read the info on disabling the DNS Client before installing a custom hosts file.
-Secure your Internet Explorer
From within Internet Explorer click on the Tools menu and then click on Options.
- Ensure that Automatic Update is turned on so you get all the latest patches.
Click start, control panel, click Security Center.
- Keep your antivirus program updated, as well as any other security programs you have.
- You may also want to read this article By Tony Klein
http://www.freedomlist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22879
We will keep this thread open for a couple of days. Please post back if you have any problems or questions. Please post back when you have finished so this thread can be marked "Resolved".
Take care
I can't find any malware in the log. It does show several hardware/software errors in the Event logs. I think your issues would be best dealt with in our Hardware or Windows forums.
Also disabling the Telnet service added another error, so it would seem this computer is configured to use it.
After you are finished here, I suggest you start a new thread in one of the above forum. Include a link back to this thread so they can see what we have done.
Click your Start button, click run
- copy and paste services.msc into the run box and click OK
- When the Services window opens, please locate this service Telnet
- right click it and select properties
- in the Startup type box use the dropdown menu to set it to Automatic
- click apply, click OK
- Close the Services window.
Now we will remove our tools
From your desktop, please delete
- any notepads/logs that we created
- Rooter.exe
- SystemLook.exe
- DDS.scr
In windows explorer, please delete this folder
c:\Rooter$
Click the Start button, click Run. Copy and paste the following line into the run box and click OK
Combofix /u
Open OTListIt2 then click the Clean Up button. You may get prompted by your firewall that OTListIt wants to contact the internet - allow this. A cleanup.txt will be downloaded, a message dialog will ask you if you want to proceed with the cleanup process, click Yes. This will do some clean up tasks and delete some of the tools you have downloaded plus itself.
I suggest you keep ATF and MBAM. Keep MBAM updated and use it regularly.
Updates and upgrades
* If you are running Microsoft Office, or any portion thereof, go to the Microsoft's Office Update site and make sure you have at least all the cirtical updates installed (Free) Microsoft Office Update
Some Recommendations and prevention tips
Basic security consists of 1 antivirus program, 1 resident antispyware program, 1 on demand antispyware program and a firewall. You have those all ready.
You should also use Spyware Blaster to help immunize your computer.
- SpywareBlaster will add a large list of programs and sites into your Internet Explorer
settings that will protect you from running and downloading known malicious programs.
OR
A guide to understanding and using the hosts file.
Learn how your Hosts file can protect you and how you can protect it.
Besides the Hosts file information, there are links to a very good updated hosts file, a host file manager. and some programs that can protect your hosts file.
HOSTS
Please read the info on disabling the DNS Client before installing a custom hosts file.
-Secure your Internet Explorer
From within Internet Explorer click on the Tools menu and then click on Options.
- Click once on the Security tab
- Click once on the Internet icon so it becomes highlighted.
- Click once on the Custom Level button.
- Change the Download signed ActiveX controls to Prompt
- Change the Download unsigned ActiveX controls to Disable
- Change the Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe to Disable
- Change the Installation of desktop items to Prompt
- Change the Launching programs and files in an IFRAME to Prompt
- Change the Navigate sub-frames across different domains to Prompt
- When all these settings have been made, click on the OK button.
- If it prompts you as to whether or not you want to save the settings, press the Yes button.
- Ensure that Automatic Update is turned on so you get all the latest patches.
Click start, control panel, click Security Center.
- Keep your antivirus program updated, as well as any other security programs you have.
- You may also want to read this article By Tony Klein
http://www.freedomlist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22879
We will keep this thread open for a couple of days. Please post back if you have any problems or questions. Please post back when you have finished so this thread can be marked "Resolved".
Take care