About:blank Problem On Win Xp

Click here to download and install Registrar Lite. Install, run, copy and paste this line to reglite's address bar:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\\AppInit_DLLs

and hit the "go" tab. Find: "Appinit_Dlls" value on the right side panel, DoubleClick, copy and post here the information in the 'Value' field.

Click here or here to download FindnFix.exe (2K/XP only!) by freeatlast. Double-click on the FINDnFIX.exe and it will install a folder called FINDnFIX on your system. Go to that folder and double-click on !LOG!.bat. The program takes a few minutes to collect the necessary information. When done post the contents of Log.txt in this thread.

Thanks for the quick response! Here is the Appinit_Dlls value field: AppInit_DLLs Here is the log from FindNFix. Note FindNFix complained it could not find notepad.exe to open the log. This is a copy and paste from the file log.txt in the FindNFix directory »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»*** freeatlast100.100free.com ***»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] The type of the file system is NTFS. C: is not dirty. 29/06/2004 8:41pm up 0 days, 0:42 »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»***LOG!***»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» Scanning for file(s)… »»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»» »»»»» (*1*) »»»»» ……… »»Locked or 'Suspect' file(s) found… C:\WINDOWS\System32\SQL.DLL +++ File read error \\?\C:\WINDOWS\System32\SQL.DLL +++ File read error »»»»» (*2*) »»»»»…….. **File C:\FINDnFIX\LIST.TXT SQL.DLL Can't Open! »»»»» (*3*) »»»»»…….. C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ sql.dll Sun Jun 27 2004 6:21:14a A…R 57,344 56.00 K 1 item found: 1 file, 0 directories. Total of file sizes: 57,344 bytes 56.00 K unknown/hidden files… No matches found. »»»»» (*4*) »»»»»……… Sniffing………. Power SNiF 1.34 - The Ultimate File Snifferdog. Created Mar 16 1992, 21:09:15. Sniffed -> C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SQL.DLL »»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»» »»Size of Windows key: (*Default-450 *No AppInit-398 *fake(infected)-448,504,512…) Size of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows: 448 »»Dumping Values…….. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\AppInit_DLLs SZ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\DeviceNotSelectedTimeout SZ 15 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\GDIProcessHandleQuota DWORD 00002710 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Spooler SZ yes HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\swapdisk SZ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\TransmissionRetryTimeout SZ 90 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\USERProcessHandleQuota DWORD 00002710 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows AppInit_DLLs = (*** MISSING TRAILING NULL CHARACTER ***) DeviceNotSelectedTimeout = 15 GDIProcessHandleQuota = REG_DWORD 0x00002710 Spooler = yes swapdisk = TransmissionRetryTimeout = 90 USERProcessHandleQuota = REG_DWORD 0x00002710 »»Security settings for 'Windows' key: RegDACL 5.1 - Permissions Manager for Registry keys for Windows NT 4 and above Copyright © 1999-2001 Frank Heyne Software (http://www.heysoft.de) This program is Freeware, use it on your own risk! Access Control List for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows: (ID-NI) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users (ID-IO) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users (ID-NI) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators (ID-IO) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators (ID-NI) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM (ID-IO) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM (ID-IO) ALLOW Full access CREATOR OWNER Effective permissions for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows: Read BUILTIN\Users Full access BUILTIN\Administrators Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM »»Member of…: (Admin logon required!) User is a member of group ANDREW\None. User is a member of group \Everyone. User is a member of group BUILTIN\Administrators. User is a member of group BUILTIN\Users. User is a member of group \LOCAL. User is a member of group NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE. User is a member of group NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users. »» Service search:(different variant) '"Network Security Service","__NS_Service_3"… [SC] GetServiceKeyName FAILED 1060: The specified service does not exist as an installed service. [SC] GetServiceDisplayName FAILED 1060: The specified service does not exist as an installed service. »»Dir 'junkxxx' was created with the following permissions… (FAT32=NA) Directory "C:\junkxxx" Permissions: Type Flags Inh. Mask Gen. Std. File Group or User ======= ======== ==== ======== ==== ==== ==== ================ Allow 00000010 t— 001F01FF —- DSPO rw+x BUILTIN\Administrators Allow 0000001B -co- 10000000 —A —- —- BUILTIN\Administrators Allow 00000010 t— 001F01FF —- DSPO rw+x NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Allow 0000001B -co- 10000000 —A —- —- NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Allow 00000010 t— 001F01FF —- DSPO rw+x ANDREW\Andrew Allow 0000001B -co- 10000000 —A —- —- \CREATOR OWNER Allow 00000010 t— 001200A9 —- -S– r–x BUILTIN\Users Allow 0000001B -co- A0000000 R-X- —- —- BUILTIN\Users Allow 00000012 tc– 00000004 —- —- –+- BUILTIN\Users Allow 00000012 tc– 00000002 —- —- -w– BUILTIN\Users Owner: ANDREW\Andrew Primary Group: ANDREW\None »»»»»»Backups created…»»»»»» 8:43pm up 0 days, 0:44 29/06/2004 A C:\FINDnFIX\winBack.hiv –a– - - - - - 8,192 06-29-2004 winback.hiv A C:\FINDnFIX\keys1\winkey.reg –a– - - - - - 287 06-29-2004 winkey.reg »»Performing 16bit string scan…. ———- WIN.TXT fùAppInit_DLLs֍æGÀÿÿÿC REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows] "AppInit_DLLs"="" "DeviceNotSelectedTimeout"="15" "GDIProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710 "Spooler"="yes" "swapdisk"="" "TransmissionRetryTimeout"="90" "USERProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710 Windows AppInit UDeviceNotSelectedTimeout zGDIProcessHandleQuota" Spooler2 5swapdisk TransmissionRetryTimeout USERProcessHandleQuotaE **File C:\FINDnFIX\WIN.TXT regf

Oops! The value of AppInit_DLLs is C:\WINDOWS\System32\sql.dll

Open the FINDnFIX folder and then open the keys1 folder. Right-click on the MOVEit.bat file and select 'edit'. That will open the file as an empty text file - copy and paste this line into the blank file:

move %WinDir%\System32\SQL.DLL %SystemDrive%\junkxxx\SQL.DLL

Save the file and close. The next step will cause a restart. Still in the keys1 folder, double click on FIX.bat. You will get an alert of about 15 seconds before reboot - allow it to reboot.

On restart, open the FINDnFIX folder again and double-click on RESTORE.bat. When it is finished, in FINDnFIX folder, there will be a file called Log1.txt - post it's contents in your next reply.



Occasionally when trying to edit the MOVEit.bat file the following error occurs: "Windows cannot find "C:FINDnFIX\keys1\MOVEit.bat. Make sure you typed the name correctly then try again."

If that happens, skip that step and proceed this way instead. In the keys1 folder, double click on FIX.bat. You will get an alert of about 15 seconds before reboot - allow it to reboot. On restart, open Explorer and navigate to C:\Windows\System32 folder, find the SQL.DLL file (it should be visible now). Highlight the file and using top menu, click Edit>Move to folder…

Select C:\junkxxx as destination. Move the file.

Open the FINDnFIX folder again and double-click on RESTORE.bat. When it is finished, in FINDnFIX folder, there will be a file called Log1.txt - post it's contents in your next reply.

Thanks again for the quick response. Client work is getting behind schedule so this is appreciated! Before the last reply I had noticed C:/junkxxx and deleted it out of suspicion. I recreated it manually for this step. Hope this is ok Here is the log1.txt »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»*** freeatlast100.100free.com ***»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» 30/06/2004 5:04am up 0 days, 0:01 Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] The type of the file system is NTFS. C: is not dirty. »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»***LOG1!***»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» Scanning for file(s)… »»»»»»» (1) »»»»»»» * result\\?\C:\junkxxx\SQL.222 »»»»»»» (2) »»»»»»» **File C:\FINDnFIX\LIST.TXT »»»»»»» (3) »»»»»»» No matches found. No matches found. »»»»»»» (4) »»»»»»» Power SNiF 1.34 - The Ultimate File Snifferdog. Created Mar 16 1992, 21:09:15. »»»*»»» Scanning for moved file… »»»*»»» C:\JUNKXXX\ sql.222 Sun Jun 27 2004 6:21:14a A…. 57,344 56.00 K 1 item found: 1 file, 0 directories. Total of file sizes: 57,344 bytes 56.00 K Power SNiF 1.34 - The Ultimate File Snifferdog. Created Mar 16 1992, 21:09:15. **File C:\JUNKXXX\SQL.222 0000DEBE: 67 44 65 76 69 63 65 00 . 00 53 74 72 65 61 6D 69 gDevice. .Streami 0000DED3: 63 65 53 65 74 75 70 00 . 32 00 00 00 00 00 E0 01 ceSetup. 2…..à. **File C:\FINDnFIX\LIST.TXT move %WinDir%\System32\SQL.DLL %SystemDrive%\junkxxx\SQL.DLL –a– W32i - - - - 57,344 06-27-2004 sql.222 A C:\junkxxx\SQL.222 File: CRC-32 : D5C9FB2E MD5 : C185B36F 9969D3A6 D2122BA7 CBC02249 »»Permissions: C:\junkxxx\SQL.222 Everyone:(special access:) SYNCHRONIZE FILE_EXECUTE NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:F BUILTIN\Administrators:F Directory "C:\junkxxx\." Permissions: Type Flags Inh. Mask Gen. Std. File Group or User ======= ======== ==== ======== ==== ==== ==== ================ Allow 00000010 t— 001F01FF —- DSPO rw+x BUILTIN\Administrators Allow 0000001B -co- 101F01FF —A DSPO rw+x BUILTIN\Administrators Allow 00000010 t— 001F01FF —- DSPO rw+x NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Allow 0000001B -co- 101F01FF —A DSPO rw+x NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Allow 00000010 t— 001F01FF —- DSPO rw+x ANDREW\Andrew Allow 0000001B -co- 10000000 —A —- —- \CREATOR OWNER Allow 00000010 t— 001200A9 —- -S– r–x BUILTIN\Users Allow 0000001B -co- A0000000 R-X- —- —- BUILTIN\Users Allow 00000012 tc– 00000004 —- —- –+- BUILTIN\Users Allow 00000012 tc– 00000002 —- —- -w– BUILTIN\Users Owner: ANDREW\Andrew Primary Group: ANDREW\None Directory "C:\junkxxx\.." Permissions: Type Flags Inh. Mask Gen. Std. File Group or User ======= ======== ==== ======== ==== ==== ==== ================ Allow 00000000 t— 001F01FF —- DSPO rw+x BUILTIN\Administrators Allow 0000000B -co- 10000000 —A —- —- BUILTIN\Administrators Allow 00000000 t— 001F01FF —- DSPO rw+x NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Allow 0000000B -co- 10000000 —A —- —- NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Allow 0000000B -co- 10000000 —A —- —- \CREATOR OWNER Allow 00000000 t— 001200A9 —- -S– r–x BUILTIN\Users Allow 0000000B -co- A0000000 R-X- —- —- BUILTIN\Users Allow 00000002 tc– 00000004 —- —- –+- BUILTIN\Users Allow 0000000A -c– 00000002 —- —- -w– BUILTIN\Users Allow 00000000 t— 001200A9 —- -S– r–x \Everyone Owner: BUILTIN\Administrators Primary Group: BUILTIN\Administrators File "C:\junkxxx\SQL.222" Permissions: Type Flags Inh. Mask Gen. Std. File Group or User ======= ======== ==== ======== ==== ==== ==== ================ Allow 00000000 t— 00100020 —- —- —x \Everyone Allow 00000000 t— 001F01FF —- DSPO rw+x NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Allow 00000000 t— 001F01FF —- DSPO rw+x BUILTIN\Administrators Owner: ANDREW\Andrew Primary Group: ANDREW\None »»Size of Windows key: (*Default-450 *No AppInit-398 *fake(infected)-448,504,512…) Size of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows: 450 »»Dumping Values: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\DeviceNotSelectedTimeout SZ 15 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\GDIProcessHandleQuota DWORD 00002710 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Spooler SZ yes HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\swapdisk SZ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\TransmissionRetryTimeout SZ 90 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\USERProcessHandleQuota DWORD 00002710 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\AppInit_DLLs SZ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows DeviceNotSelectedTimeout = 15 GDIProcessHandleQuota = REG_DWORD 0x00002710 Spooler = yes swapdisk = TransmissionRetryTimeout = 90 USERProcessHandleQuota = REG_DWORD 0x00002710 AppInit_DLLs = »»Security settings for 'Windows' key: RegDACL 5.1 - Permissions Manager for Registry keys for Windows NT 4 and above Copyright © 1999-2001 Frank Heyne Software (http://www.heysoft.de) This program is Freeware, use it on your own risk! Access Control List for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows: (ID-NI) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users (ID-IO) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users (ID-NI) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators (ID-IO) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators (ID-NI) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM (ID-IO) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM (ID-IO) ALLOW Full access CREATOR OWNER Effective permissions for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows: Read BUILTIN\Users Full access BUILTIN\Administrators Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM ———- WIN.TXT fùAppInit_DLLs֍æGÀÿÿÿC ———- NEWWIN.TXT TAppInit_DLLsoutQ **File C:\FINDnFIX\NEWWIN.TXT **File C:\FINDnFIX\NEWWIN.TXT 000012F0: 01 00 00 00 01 00 0F 54 . 5F 44 4C 4C 73 6F 75 74 …….T _DLLsout **File C:\FINDnFIX\NEWWIN.TXT Ñ_åàÿÿÿvk

That worked. Nearly there, open the FINDnFIX folder again and open the Files2 folder. Double-click on the ZIPZAP.bat. It will quickly clean the rest and will make a copy of the bad file(s) in the same folder (junkxxx.zip) and open your email client with instructions. Simply drag and drop the junkxxx.zip file from the folder into the mail message and submit to the specified addresses.

Please be sure to include a link to this thread in the body of your email. Reboot when done, then delete the entire FINDnFIX folder. Rescan with HJT and post a new log in your next reply.

Do this to finish up and let me know how it's working afterwards - click here to download CWShredder by Merijn Bellekom and run it, hit 'fix' as opposed to 'scan only'. If you already have CWShredder, click 'Check for update' and make sure you are running version 1.59.1 Reboot when done.

Click here to download Ad-Aware and install. Before scanning click on "check for updates now" to make sure you have the latest reference file. Then click the gear wheel at the top and check these options:

General> activate these: "Automatically save log-file" and "Automatically quarantine objects prior to removal"

Scanning > activate these: "Scan within archives", "Scan active processes", "Scan registry", "Deep scan registry", "Scan my IE Favorites for banned sites" and "Scan my Hosts file"

Tweaks > Scanning Engine> activate this: "Unload recognized processes during scanning."

Tweaks > Cleaning Engine: activate these: "Automatically try to unregister objects prior to deletion" and "Let Windows remove files in use after reboot."

Click "Proceed" to save your settings, then click "Start", make sure "Activate in-depth scan" is ticked green then scan your system. When the scan is finished, the screen will tell you if anything has been found, click "Next". The bad files will be listed, right click the pane and click "Select all objects" - this will put a check mark in the box at the side, click "Next" again and click "OK" at the prompt "# objects will be removed. Continue?".

Reboot when done.

Thanks again CWShredder found a delete a few things Ad-Aware found and quarantined one item The machine seems back to normal (yeah!) The 'Security' tab has returned on my IT Tools menu so I also followed these instructions posted elsewhere in this forum; "In the ActiveX section, set the first two options ("Download signed and unsigned ActiveX controls) to 'prompt', and 'Initialize and Script ActiveX controls not marked as safe" to 'disable'. " Hopefully this will prevent a re-occurance!

You're welcome - glad to help

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