Recurring Mal/scum/spy/trojan Ware Problems

First post….hopefully my last.

Just went to Windows update and downloaded and installed 23 new critical updates *rofflecopter* ( gimme a break i was busy :? ).

Having re-occuring problems with eZula, II22.exe, mydailyhoroscope.exe, wuauclt.exe, etc. I have Panda anti-virus (trial ver. testing to buy), Ad-Aware, Spybot, Spy Hunter, and Spyware Blaster all installed and updated. Spywareblaster says im safe and all "bad" sites are blocked, Panda says im clean, Spy Hunter finds nothing in a scan, ad-aware says its all good; but low and behold if i leave my comp idle for a while and then open up IE II22.exe takes over and opens and installs a bunch of crap then Panda opens up and says virus detected and deletes some "downloader.gk" trojan thing.

Done lots of research on removing eZula and its ilk but it always seems to comeback like everything else. Heard good things about this prog so i hope this will be my last stop on this nightmarish ride of what i like to call GAYware infestation.

……without further ado here is the log:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2
Scan saved at 7:04:28 PM, on 9/23/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Panda Software\PavShld\pavprsrv.exe
C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004\pavsrv51.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\snmp.exe
C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004\AVENGINE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004\APVXDWIN.EXE
C:\Program Files\Azureus\Azureus.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_04\bin\javaw.exe
C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004\WebProxy.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\taskmgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer,SearchURL = http://www.begin2search.com/googlesidesearch.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://www.begin2search.com/googlesidesearch.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://www.begin2search.com/googlesidesearch.html
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://login.passport.net/uilogin.srf?id=2
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = http://www.begin2search.com/googlesidesearch.html
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = http://www.begin2search.com/googlesidesearch.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page_bak = http://www.hotmail.com/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Verizon Online
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = 127.0.0.1
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {20EC3D2D-33C1-4C9D-BC37-C2D500688DA2} - (no file)
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 websearch.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 www.websearch.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 websearch.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 www.adwave.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 adwave.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 www.xzoomy.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 xzoomy.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 www.advnt01.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 advnt01.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 websearch.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 www.adwave.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 adwave.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 www.xzoomy.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 xzoomy.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 www.advnt01.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 advnt01.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 websearch.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 www.adwave.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 adwave.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 www.xzoomy.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 xzoomy.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 www.advnt01.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.130.185.143 advnt01.com
O2 - BHO: (no name) - SOFTWARE - (no file)
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx
O2 - BHO: ohb - {4D568F0F-8AC9-40AB-88B7-415134C78777} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winb2s32.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E87A9D4-AF49-3F2A-A654-B5B8219509C6} - C:\WINDOWS\Lidampif.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar2.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {ACB1E670-3217-45C4-A021-6B829A8A27CB} - (no file)
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar2.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Begin2Search.com Bar - {52FE5233-367C-4EFB-BDD7-0BE4D212C107} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winb2s32.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Search - {F4F9764E-FCEC-BF7C-F3F9-B7151384FF50} - C:\WINDOWS\Lidampif.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Win32 USB2 Driver] smsc.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [APVXDWIN] "C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004\APVXDWIN.EXE" /s
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Microsoft Update Time] wuam.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Microsoft Update Machine] Linux.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Microsoft Update] msconfg.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Win32 USB2 Driver] smsc.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Microsoft Services] lsrv.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [azureus] C:\Program Files\Azureus\Azureus.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MyDailyHoroscope] C:\PROGRA~1\My Daily Horoscope\MyDailyHoroscope.exe
O4 - Startup: azureus.lnk = C:\Program Files\Azureus\Azureus.exe
O4 - Startup: steam.lnk = C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe
O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Google Search - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmsearch.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Backward Links - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmbacklinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Cached Snapshot of Page - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmcache.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: Similar Pages - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmsimilar.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Translate into English - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmtrans.html
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msjava.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msjava.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: Ebates - {6685509E-B47B-4f47-8E16-9A5F3A62F683} - file://C:\Program Files\Ebates_MoeMoneyMaker\Sy350\Tp350\scri350a.htm (file missing) (HKCU)
O9 - Extra button: WeatherBug - {AF6CABAB-61F9-4f12-A198-B7D41EF1CB52} - C:\Program Files\AWS\WeatherBug\Weather.exe (HKCU)
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: ppctlcab - http://69.44.122.156/scanner/ppctlcab.cab
O16 - DPF: {2FC9A21E-2069-4E47-8235-36318989DB13} (PPSDKActiveXScanner.MainScreen) - http://69.44.122.156/scanner/axscanner.cab
O16 - DPF: {62475759-9E84-458E-A1AB-5D2C442ADFDE} - http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/200312…meInstaller.exe
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5co…b?1094430314216
O16 - DPF: {644E432F-49D3-41A1-8DD5-E099162EEEC5} (Symantec RuFSI Utility Class) - http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/SharedC…n/bin/cabsa.cab

THX for any help you guys can give <——– me

Greetings and welcome to TomCoyote.org!

I counted about 5 worms, trojans, or virii present in your log.

Let's start with some free online virus removing tools.

Please try these free online virus scans of your system:

Trend-Micro Housecall

Panda Activescan

Etrust Security Advisor

Choose "fix" or "clean".

Let them remove any infections found. Reboot after each scan.

Please make a PERMANANT folder for Hijack This!

Important: Create a folder on the C: drive called C:\HJT.
You can do this by going to My Computer (Windows key+e) then double click on C: then right click and select New then Folder and name it HJT.
MOVE HijackThis into this folder, and off the desktop.

If required a tutorial is here = Hijackthis Folder Tutorial

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

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

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer,SearchURL = http://www.begin2search.com/googlesidesearch.html

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://www.begin2search.com/googlesidesearch.html

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://www.begin2search.com/googlesidesearch.html

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = http://www.begin2search.com/googlesidesearch.html

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = http://www.begin2search.com/googlesidesearch.html

R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {20EC3D2D-33C1-4C9D-BC37-C2D500688DA2} - (no file)

Check ALL the lines that start with:

O1 - Hosts:

Check these as well:

O2 - BHO: (no name) - SOFTWARE - (no file)

O2 - BHO: ohb - {4D568F0F-8AC9-40AB-88B7-415134C78777} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winb2s32.dll

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E87A9D4-AF49-3F2A-A654-B5B8219509C6} - C:\WINDOWS\Lidampif.dll

O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {ACB1E670-3217-45C4-A021-6B829A8A27CB} - (no file)

O3 - Toolbar: Begin2Search.com Bar - {52FE5233-367C-4EFB-BDD7-0BE4D212C107} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winb2s32.dll

O3 - Toolbar: Search - {F4F9764E-FCEC-BF7C-F3F9-B7151384FF50} - C:\WINDOWS\Lidampif.dll

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Win32 USB2 Driver] smsc.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Microsoft Update Time] wuam.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Microsoft Update Machine] Linux.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Microsoft Update] msconfg.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Win32 USB2 Driver] smsc.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Microsoft Services] lsrv.exe

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MyDailyHoroscope] C:\PROGRA~1\My Daily Horoscope\MyDailyHoroscope.exe

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

O9 - Extra button: Ebates - {6685509E-B47B-4f47-8E16-9A5F3A62F683} - file://C:\Program Files\Ebates_MoeMoneyMaker\Sy350\Tp350\scri350a.htm (file missing) (HKCU)


Then click "Fix checked".

Reboot in "safe" mode.

Find and delete:

C:\Program Files\Ebates_MoeMoneyMaker <— FOLDER

c:\program files\my daily horoscope <— FOLDER

c:\windows\lidampif.dll <— file

c:\windows\system32\winb2s32.dll <— file

linux.exe <— file

lsrv.exe <— file

msconfg.exe <— file

smsc.exe <— file

wuam.exe <— file

Use windows explorer to find the last 5 files. They're the virii or trojans I spoke of earlier.

WHEN LOOKING FOR THESE FILES, BE SURE THE FILE YOU DELETE MATCHES THE NAME GIVEN EXACTLY!!!!

Some of these malware file names resemble VALID windows file names. If they show up in more than one folder, please post back before deleting, and I will advise which one(s) to remove.

Some malware files may be "hidden".
Be sure to show hidden files when looking for these file(s) and/or folder(s).

Reboot in normal mode and "copy/paste" a new log file into this thread.

Scan Results: Scan Completed. 41144 files scanned. No viruses found. gg

…… I think this is all finally over. Sorry it took me so long to reply to your help post christian but im really busy, it did really help me though and i think i have figured out how to use the hijackthis log by myself in the future if necessary.

I have checked out my new log myself and everything looks copasetic, i can account for everything that is being pointed to, but let me know if you see any that look suspicious.

Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2
Scan saved at 10:30:18 AM, on 9/30/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Panda Software\PavShld\pavprsrv.exe
C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004\pavsrv51.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\snmp.exe
C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004\AVENGINE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\HJT\HijackThis.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://login.passport.net/uilogin.srf?id=2
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page_bak = http://www.hotmail.com/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Verizon Online
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = 127.0.0.1
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [APVXDWIN] "C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004\APVXDWIN.EXE" /s
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [azureus] C:\Program Files\Azureus\Azureus.exe
O4 - Startup: azureus.lnk = C:\Program Files\Azureus\Azureus.exe
O4 - Startup: steam.lnk = C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msjava.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msjava.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: ppctlcab - http://69.44.122.156/scanner/ppctlcab.cab
O16 - DPF: {2FC9A21E-2069-4E47-8235-36318989DB13} (PPSDKActiveXScanner.MainScreen) - http://69.44.122.156/scanner/axscanner.cab
O16 - DPF: {62475759-9E84-458E-A1AB-5D2C442ADFDE} - http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/200312…meInstaller.exe
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5co…b?1094430314216
O16 - DPF: {644E432F-49D3-41A1-8DD5-E099162EEEC5} (Symantec RuFSI Utility Class) - http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/SharedC…n/bin/cabsa.cab
O16 - DPF: {74D05D43-3236-11D4-BDCD-00C04F9A3B61} (HouseCall Control) - http://a840.g.akamai.net/7/840/537/2004061…all/xscan53.cab
O16 - DPF: {7B297BFD-85E4-4092-B2AF-16A91B2EA103} (WScanCtl Class) - http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/webscan.cab
O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer Class) - http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5/asinst.cab

Now that all the GAYware is off my comp i think i will move on to SP2…… anyone think that is a bad idea?

<——————– me, later guys