Explorer Hompage And Popup Problems

Well… She has contracted one of the "more difficult" infections to remove.

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.

I hope I did this right! Sun 19 Sep 04 13:18:29 »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»***LOG!***(*updated *9/1*)»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» *System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600) *IE version: 6.0.2800.1106 SP1-Q330994-Q824145-Q832894-Q831167-Q837009 The type of the file system is NTFS. MS-DOS Version 5.00.500 *command.com test passed! __________________________________ !!*Creating backups…!! The operation completed successfully 13:18:28.51 Sun 09/19/2004 __________________________________ *Local time: Sunday, September 19, 2004 (9/19/2004) 1:18 PM, Eastern Standard Time *Uptime: 13:18:31 up 0 days, 2:28:04 *Path: C:\FINDnFIX —————————————————- »»Member of…: ("ADMIN" logon + group match required!) User is a member of group LILLIBET\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. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Group BUILTIN\Administrators matches list. Group BUILTIN\Users matches list. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! User: [LILLIBET\Karen Greene], is a member of: BUILTIN\Administrators \Everyone Running in WORKSTATION MODE. SystemDrive is C: SystemRoot is C:\WINDOWS Logon Domain is LILLIBET Administrator's Name is Karen Greene Computer Name is LILLIBET LOGON SERVER is \\LILLIBET »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»*** Note! ***»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» The list will produce a small database of files that will match certain criteria. Ex: read only files, s/h files, last modified date. size, etc. The filters provided and registry scan 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 ______________________________________________________________________________ ***YOU NEED TO DISABLE YOUR ACTIVE ANTI VIRUS PROTECTION TO AVOID CONFLICTS!*** ______________________________________________________________________________ ……Scanning for file(s)… *Note! The list(s) may include legitimate files! »»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»» »»»»» (*1*) »»»»» ……… »»Read access error(s)… C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\D3DI.DLL +++ File read error \\?\C:\WINDOWS\System32\D3DI.DLL +++ File read error »»»»» (*2*) »»»»»…….. D3DI.DLL Can't Open! »»»»» (*3*) »»»»»…….. C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ d3di.dll Wed Aug 18 2004 6:28:20p 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\D3DI.DLL SNiF 1.34 statistics Matching files : 1 Amount in bytes : 57344 Directories searched : 1 Commands executed : 0 Masks sniffed for: *.DLL »»»»»(*5*)»»»»» ¯ Access denied ® ………………… D3DI.DLL …..57344 18.08.2004 »»»»»(*6*)»»»»» fgrep: can't open input C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\D3DI.DLL »»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»» »»»»»Search by size… *List of files and specs according to 'size' : *Note: Not all files listed here are infected, but *may include* the name and spces of the offending file… ___________________________________________________________________________ Path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 Including: *.DLL 133. D3di Dll 57,344 . . R . A 8-18-04 6:28 pm ____________________________________________________________________________ *By size and date… C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ d3di.dll Wed Aug 18 2004 6:28:20p A…R 57,344 56.00 K 1 item found: 1 file, 0 directories. Total of file sizes: 57,344 bytes 56.00 K No matches found. No matches found. Power SNiF 1.34 - The Ultimate File Snifferdog. Created Mar 16 1992, 21:09:15. Sniffed -> C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\D3DI.DLL SNiF 1.34 statistics Matching files : 1 Amount in bytes : 57344 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 »»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»» BHO search and other files… **File C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CNNHCI.DLL 000020E4: 25 25 25 30 32 78 00 00 . 00 00 00 00 C0 82 05 B3 %%%02x.. ….À‚.³ fgrep: can't open input C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\D3DI.DLL No matches found. "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\" cnnhci.dll Sep 19 2004 31744 "cnnhci.dll" 1 item found: 1 file, 0 directories. Total of file sizes: 31,744 bytes 31.00 K *sp.html found in temp folder: –a– - - - - - 7,976 09-19-2004 sp.html File: CRC-32 : 93866C48 MD5 : CE5B5B5B DFD4A959 9F4A95C7 6FA46BD2 *Filter keys search… HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\PROTOCOLS\Filter\text/html CLSID = {9EF1528B-7ABD-4CB4-88A7-7A25C025EFA9} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\PROTOCOLS\Filter\text/plain CLSID = {9EF1528B-7ABD-4CB4-88A7-7A25C025EFA9} »»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»»*»»» »»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 »»Checking for AppInit_DLLs (empty) value… ________________________________ !"AppInit_DLLs"=""! Value does not match ________________________________ »»Comparing *saved* key with *original*… REGDIFF 2.1 - Freeware written by Gerson Kurz (http://www.p-nand-q.com) Comparing File #1 (Keys1\winkey.reg) with File #2 (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows). Value "AppInit_DLLs" in key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows" has different lengths (1 vs 29) »»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 »»Performing string scan…. 00001150: | v vk : f AppInit_DLLs G 00001190: C : \ W I N D O W S \ S y s t e m 3 2 \ d 3 d i . d l l K 000011D0: h vk UDeviceNotSelectedTimeout 1 5 00001210: ( 9 0 =t vk ' zGDIProcessHandle 00001250:Quota" vk x Spooler2 y e s _ h 00001290: ( X vk 5swapdisk vk 000012D0: . TransmissionRetryTimeout h ( X 00001310: vk ' b USERProcessHandleQuota3 00001350: 00001390: MS TCP Loopback inte 000013D0:rface 00001410: 00001450: 00001490: 000014D0: 00001510: s v vR v 00001550: v v v v v v v v v + v { v vL v 00001590:q vg v 000015D0: ———- WIN.TXT fùAppInit_DLLs֍æGÀÿÿÿC ————– ————– $01180: AppInit_DLLs $011EF: UDeviceNotSelectedTimeout $0123F: zGDIProcessHandleQuota $012D8: TransmissionRetryTimeout $01328: USERProcessHandleQuota3 ————– ————– C:\WINDOWS\System32\d3di.dll ————– ————– 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 58 bytes, including the 2 for string termination. [AppInitDLLs] Ansi string : "C:\WINDOWS\System32\d3di.dll" 0000 43 00 3a 00 5c 00 57 00 49 00 4e 00 44 00 4f 00 | C.:.\.W.I.N.D.O. 0010 57 00 53 00 5c 00 53 00 79 00 73 00 74 00 65 00 | W.S.\.S.y.s.t.e. 0020 6d 00 33 00 32 00 5c 00 64 00 33 00 64 00 69 00 | m.3.2.\.d.3.d.i. 0030 2e 00 64 00 6c 00 6c 00 00 00 | ..d.l.l… ———————– »»»»»»Backups list…»»»»»» 13:20:30 up 0 days, 2:30:03 ———————– Sun 19 Sep 04 13:20:30 C:\FINDNFIX\ keyback.hiv Sun Sep 19 2004 1:18:30p A…. 8,192 8.00 K 1 item found: 1 file, 0 directories. Total of file sizes: 8,192 bytes 8.00 K C:\FINDNFIX\KEYS1\ winkey.reg Sun Sep 19 2004 1:18:30p A…. 287 0.28 K 1 item found: 1 file, 0 directories. Total of file sizes: 287 bytes 0.28 K *Temp backups… "C:\Documents and Settings\Karen Greene\Local Settings\Temp\Backs2\" keyback2.hi_ Sep 19 2004 8192 "keyback2.hi_" winkey2.re_ Sep 19 2004 287 "winkey2.re_" 2 items found: 2 files, 0 directories. Total of file sizes: 8,479 bytes 8.28 K -D—- JUNKXXX 00000000 13:18.30 19/09/2004 A—– STARTIT .BAT 00000060 13:18.30 19/09/2004 ________________________________________________________________________________ ***THE FIX IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH EARLIER;UNPATCHED VERSIONS OF WIN2K'(SP3 and BELLOW)' AND/OR LAX OF SECURITY UPDATES AND SERVICE PACKS FOR ALL PLATFORMS! MINIMAL REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE: _________XP HOME/PRO; SP1; IE6/SP1 _________2K/SP4; IE6/SP1 ________________________________________________________________________________ »»»»»*** www10.brinkster.com/expl0iter/freeatlast/FNF/ ***»»»»» —–END—— Sun 19 Sep 04 13:20:32 

You did just right!

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 D3DI.DLL file (it should be visible now). Highlight the file and using top menu, click Edit>Move to folder…

Select C:\Findnfix\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 Log2.txt - post it's contents in your next reply.

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.

This is the link to your thread:

http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?showtopic=17529

Reboot when done, then delete the entire FINDnFIX folder. Then download CWShredder (from here) CLOSE ALL BROWSER WINDOWS, 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 the latest version. Reboot when done. Rescan with Hijack This! and copy/paste a new log in your next reply.

Please download the latest version of Hijack This! to replace your out-dated version.

Links to Hijack This! v 1.98.2:

http://tools.radiosplace.com/HijackThis.exe
http://spywarewarrior.com/files/HijackThis.exe
http://tomcoyote.org/hjt/HijackThis.exe

CLOSE ALL WINDOWS (even this one) AND PROGRAMS!!!!

Run Hijack This!
Click "Scan".
Then "check" the box to the left of these item(s):

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =

R3 - Default URLSearchHook is missing

O16 - DPF: {AB29A544-D6B4-4E36-A1F8-D3E34FC7B00A} (WTHoster Class) - http://install.wildtangent.com/bgn/partner…lim/install.cab

O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwa…ash/swflash.cab

Fix this item:

O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present

If you did not intentionally put this restriction in place.

Then click "Fix checked".

Reboot, and "copy/paste" a new log file into this thread.

OPTIONAL FIX

Go to:

Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs, and remove:

"Viewpoint Manager" - It is considered "spyware.

Reboot after the uninstall to complete the process.

I'm going to give my "farewell speech" now.

I think this infection was cause by a malicious web site dropping this infection because of incorrect browser settings. I would do the "browser check" and fix the settings it finds "faulty".

The other fixes I recommend as well.

Items you may wish to consider to harden your defenses against future infections:

Read "How did I get infected in the first place?" here:

http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957

Download IE-Spyad here:

https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm

IE-Spyad puts over 4000 known malicious web sites into IE's "restricted zone" to help prevent you from getting infected.

Check your browser settings here:

http://browsercheck.qualys.com/index.php

A series of "tests" (and suggested fixes) to help tweak IE's settings to help prevent infections when surfing the web.

Follow safe Internet practices:

1. Keep your virus definitions up to date, and scan your system regularly.

2. Don't open email, or download attachments from unrecognized email addresses.

3. Be careful when downloading email attachments, EVEN FROM PEOPLE YOU KNOW! Many virii, worms, and trojans infect a persons system then immeadiately spread themselves to the people in the infected persons addressbook via email attachments.

4. Be careful downloading files from the Internet. Scan all downloaded files with a reliable UP-TO-DATE antivirus program. Scan "zip" files BEFORE unzipping, and scan all unzipped files BEFORE USING THEM.

5. Keep your Windows and IE current with all the latest patches and updates.
(Personally, I'm NOT recommending SP2 for XP at this time)

Log is clean!!!! GOD bless!!!! M68

Thankyou again.

Glad we could help



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