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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.

Here is what it gave me… »»»»»»»»»*** www10.brinkster.com/expl0iter/freeatlast/FNF/ ***»»»»»»»»» »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] »»»IE build and last SP(s) 6.0.2800.1106 SP1-Q867801-Q823353 The type of the file system is NTFS. C: is not dirty. Sun 01 Aug 04 12:25:20 12:25am up 0 days, 0:04 »»»»»»'Dos devices'… Location Type Name/Units Attributes ====================================================== XXXX:XXXX CHAR NUL 1000000000000100 02D9:0000 CHAR XMSXXXX0 1010000000000000 0070:0024 CHAR CON 1000000000010011 0070:0036 CHAR AUX 1000000000000000 0070:0048 CHAR PRN 1010100011000000 0070:005A CHAR CLOCK$ 1000000000001000 0070:006C CHAR COM1 1000000000000000 0070:007E CHAR LPT1 1010100011000000 0070:0090 CHAR LPT2 1010100011000000 0070:00A2 CHAR LPT3 1010100011000000 0070:00B4 CHAR COM2 1000000000000000 0070:00C6 CHAR COM3 1000000000000000 0070:00D8 CHAR COM4 1000000000000000 ====================================================== »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»*** 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 7/30)»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» »»»*»»»*Use at your own risk!»»»*»»»* Scanning for file(s)… »»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»» »»»»» (*1*) »»»»» ……… »»Locked or 'Suspect' file(s) found… »»»»» (*2*) »»»»»…….. »»»»» (*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. SNiF 1.34 statistics Matching files : 0 Amount in bytes : 0 Directories searched : 1 Commands executed : 0 Masks sniffed for: *.DLL »»»»»(*5*)»»»»» »»»»»(*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. SNiF 1.34 statistics Matching files : 0 Amount in bytes : 0 Directories searched : 1 Commands executed : 0 Masks sniffed for: *.DLL Power SNiF 1.34 - The Ultimate File Snifferdog. Created Mar 16 1992, 21:09:15. SNiF 1.34 statistics Matching files : 0 Amount in bytes : 0 Directories searched : 1 Commands executed : 0 Masks sniffed for: *.DLL Power SNiF 1.34 - The Ultimate File Snifferdog. Created Mar 16 1992, 21:09:15. SNiF 1.34 statistics Matching files : 0 Amount in bytes : 0 Directories searched : 1 Commands executed : 0 Masks sniffed for: *.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: 450 »»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 = 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: (NI) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users (IO) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users (NI) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Power Users (IO) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Power Users (NI) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators (IO) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators (NI) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM (IO) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM (NI) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators (IO) ALLOW Full access CREATOR OWNER Effective permissions for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows: Read BUILTIN\Users Read BUILTIN\Power Users Full access BUILTIN\Administrators Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM »»Member of…: (Admin logon required!) User is a member of group INSPIRONLAPTOP\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…»»»»»» 12:26am up 0 days, 0:06 Sun 01 Aug 04 12:26:48 A C:\FINDnFIX\keyback.hiv –a– - - - - - 8,192 08-01-2004 keyback.hiv A C:\FINDnFIX\keys1\winkey.reg –a– - - - - - 287 08-01-2004 winkey.reg *Temp backups… . .. keyback2.hi_ winkey2.re_ C:\FINDNFIX\ JUNKXXX Sun Aug 1 2004 12:25:18p .D… 1 item found: 0 files, 1 directory. »»Performing string scan…. 00001150: ? 00001190: vk f AppInit_ 000011D0:DLLs G vk UDeviceNotSelectedTimeout 00001210: 1 5 @ 9 0 | vk ' zGDIProce 00001250:ssHandleQuota" vk Spooler2 y e s n 00001290: 0 ` vk =pswapdisk vk 000012D0: R TransmissionRetryTimeout 0 ` 00001310: vk ' i USERProcessHandleQuotai 00001350: 00001390: 000013D0: 00001410: 00001450: 00001490: 000014D0: 00001510: 00001550: 00001590: 000015D0: ———- WIN.TXT fùAppInit_DLLs֍æG ————– ————– $011C8: AppInit_DLLs $011F7: UDeviceNotSelectedTimeout $01247: zGDIProcessHandleQuota $012E0: TransmissionRetryTimeout $01330: USERProcessHandleQuotai ————– ————– No strings found. ————– ————– 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 A handle was successfully obtained for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows key. This key has 0 subkeys. The AppInitDLLs value exists and reports as 2 bytes, including the 2 for string termination. [AppInitDLLs] Ansi string : "" 0000 00 00 | .. ———— Dos mem debug… Segment Size Owner Type Vectors ======================================================= 0209 02030 IO SYSTEM DATA 040D 00A20 COMMAND PROGRAM 22 23 24 2E 04B0 00070 MSDOS FREE 04B8 00420 COMMAND ENVIRONMENT 04FB 087A0 DOSX PROGRAM 2F F5 FF 0D76 00360 MSDOS FREE 0DAD 00840 LMEM PROGRAM 0E32 91CD0 MSDOS FREE ======================================================= 

No hidden file. 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. Rescan with HJT and post a new log here for a final check over.

Just a little bit more to do. Click here to download TheKillbox by Option^Explicit. Extract it from the zip file then double-click on Killbox.exe to run it. In the 'Paste Full Path of File to Delete' box, copy and paste this entry:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\vdmname.exe

Don't click any of the buttons though, instead please click on the Action menu and choose "Delete on Reboot". In the window that opens up, click on the File menu and choose "Add File". The C:\WINDOWS\System32\vdmname.exe listing should show up in the window. Then repeat the process, this time adding:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\nw1tprio.exe

If that's successful you should have the two files listed. Then repeat so that all these files appear in the list as well:

C:\documents and settings\ethan jordan\local settings\temp\p1T.exe
C:\documents and settings\ethan jordan\local settings\temp\cWigo3iy.exe

When they are all there, in the same window choose the Action menu and select "Process and Reboot". You'll be prompted to reboot, do so.

With only HijackThis running, scan and when complete, remove the following entries (if still there) by checking the box to the left and clicking 'fixed checked':

R3 - Default URLSearchHook is missing
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {C5183ABC-EB6E-4E05-B8C9-500A16B6CF94} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [p1T.exe] C:\documents and settings\ethan jordan\local settings\temp\p1T.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [cWigo3iy.exe] C:\documents and settings\ethan jordan\local settings\temp\cWigo3iy.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [376j35i] nw1tprio.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [IwptRRG5h] vdmname.exe

Reboot when done. Rescan with HJT and post a new log.

With only HJT running, have it fix:

O2 - BHO: WinPage Affiliate - {E8EAEB34-F7B5-4C55-87FF-720FAF53D841} - C:\Documents and Settings\Ethan Jordan\Local Settings\Temp\XdHNiC.dll (file missing)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AutoLoader30pN1PXVWZPN] "C:\WINDOWS\System32\nw1tprio.exe"

Reboot when done and you should be good to go. How is it running now?

It looks OK. Go here and run online scans (all), allow them to delete whatever they find:

TrendMicro HouseCall
eTrust AntiVirus Web Scanner
Panda ActiveScan
Bitdefender
Command on Demand

Reboot when done. Click here to download System Security Suite. Extract it from the zip file into a folder and doubleclick on sss.exe. Check the boxes under the 'Items to Clear' tab and click 'Clear Selected Items'. You will be prompted to reboot, do so. Repeat for all log-in accounts on your computer.

Let me know.

Don't worry about the DSO thing - it's a bug in the program. That looks OK now - how is it running?

I think everything is good to go. Seems speedy again and pop-ups. Can't tell you how much i appreciate it. Thanks.

You're welcome - glad to help

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

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