Hijacked Again

Click 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.

»»»»»»»»»*** www10.brinkster.com/expl0iter/freeatlast/FNF/ ***»»»»»»»»» »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] »»»IE build and last SP(s) 6.0.2800.1106 SP1-Q324929 The type of the file system is NTFS. C: is not dirty. Sun 25 Jul 04 10:50:44 10:50am up 0 days, 0:08 »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»*** Note! ***»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» The list will produce a small database of files that will match certain criteria. You must know how to ID the file based on the filters provided in the scan, as not all the files flagged are bad. Ex: read only files, s/h files, last modified date. size, etc. The filters provided should help narrow down the list, and hopefully pinpoint the culprit. Along with that,registry scan logged at the end should match the corresponding file(s) listed. »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» Unless the file match the entire criteria, it should not be pointed to remove without attempting to confirm it's nature! »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» At times there could be several (legit) files flagged, and/or duplicate culprit file(s)! If in doubt, always search the file(s) and properties according to criteria! The file(s) found should be moved to \FINDnFIX\"junkxxx" Subfolder »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»***LOG!***(*updated 7/25)»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» »»»*»»»*Use at your own risk!»»»*»»»* Scanning for file(s)… »»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»» »»»»» (*1*) »»»»» ……… »»Locked or 'Suspect' file(s) found… »»»»» (*2*) »»»»»…….. **File C:\FINDnFIX\LIST.TXT »»»»» (*3*) »»»»»…….. No matches found. unknown/hidden files… No matches found. »»»»» (*4*) »»»»»……… Sniffing………. Power SNiF 1.34 - The Ultimate File Snifferdog. Created Mar 16 1992, 21:09:15. »»»»»(*5*)»»»»» **File C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DLLXXX.TXT »»»»»(*6*)»»»»» »»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»» »»»»»Search by size… No matches found. No matches found. No matches found. Power SNiF 1.34 - The Ultimate File Snifferdog. Created Mar 16 1992, 21:09:15. Power SNiF 1.34 - The Ultimate File Snifferdog. Created Mar 16 1992, 21:09:15. Power SNiF 1.34 - The Ultimate File Snifferdog. Created Mar 16 1992, 21:09:15. »»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: 398 »»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 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 OWNER-WAM9O2STK\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. »»»»»»Backups created…»»»»»» 10:52am up 0 days, 0:09 Sun 25 Jul 04 10:52:10 A C:\FINDnFIX\keyback.hiv –a– - - - - - 8,192 07-25-2004 keyback.hiv A C:\FINDnFIX\keys1\winkey.reg –a– - - - - - 268 07-25-2004 winkey.reg *Temp backups… . .. keyback2.hi_ winkey2.re_ C:\FINDNFIX\ JUNKXXX Sun Jul 25 2004 10:50:42a .D… 1 item found: 0 files, 1 directory. »»Performing string scan…. 00001150: vk UDeviceNotSelecte 00001190:dTimeout 1 5 ( h vk ' zGDIProce 000011D0:ssHandleQuota" 9 0 =t vk Spooler2 00001210: y e s _ vk 5swapdisk h 00001250: X vk . TransmissionRetryTimeout vk 00001290: ' , USERProcessHandleQuota" h X 000012D0: ( 00001310: 00001350: 00001390: 000013D0: 00001410: 00001450: 00001490: 000014D0: 00001510: 00001550: 00001590: 000015D0: ———- WIN.TXT ————– ————– $0117F: UDeviceNotSelectedTimeout $011C7: zGDIProcessHandleQuota $01270: TransmissionRetryTimeout $012A0: USERProcessHandleQuota ————– ————– No strings found. ————– ————– REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows] "DeviceNotSelectedTimeout"="15" "GDIProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710 "Spooler"="yes" "swapdisk"="" "TransmissionRetryTimeout"="90" "USERProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710 

Have you run any other fixes? The security permissions look like they have been altered.

There's no sign of the hidden hijacker anyway. Could you 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.

Create a new folder called C:\HijackThis, move the HijackThis.exe file into the new folder and run it from there. This is necessary to ensure you have backups should anything go wrong.

Rescan with HJT and post a new log here for a final check over.

Hi, I played around with my computer until I had to do a system restore (not reconfig) to undo changes. I restored my computer to several days ago and VOILA, the hijacker is gone. This really surprised me given that this usually doesn't work. Thanks for your help. Does anyone know any ways to prevent hijackers? They seem to really like my computer!

Glad we could help


To help keep you clean follow the recommendations in Tony's article here:

So how did I get infected in the first place?



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