Some help would be very much appreciated. I cannot access my Hotmail account as I keep being diverted to popup ads. I followed some advice and have pasted my hijack this log below. Thanks for your help.
Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2
Scan saved at 16:36:19, on 24/10/04
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Hi, yes help is still desperately needed. I'd be grateful for anything you can do to sort this out!!! Thanks for your time and effort.
Here's a new log:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2
Scan saved at 20:10:13, on 01/11/04
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Download StartDreck from here. Unzip to its own folder and start the program:
Press 'Config'
Press 'Unmark All'
Check the following boxes only:
Registry -> Run Keys
System/drivers> Running processes
Press 'Ok'. Press 'Save' and select the location to save the log file (default is the same folder as the application). Post the log in this thread.
Click here to download DllCompare. Start the Program with and click the Run Locate.com - be sure the \Windows\System directory is in the box and wait until the the blue text says it has 'completed the scan'.
Click the Compare button to start the next process. The results appear in two panes - files in the upper pane have been verified to 'exist', files in the lower pane were 'not able to be accessed'. Very few files should be listed in the lower pane when the Compare scan is complete. Click on each of the listed entries in the lower pane to select them. Right-click on the file and use the option Rescan. This will cause Windows Find to see if the file does exist, and then if so it will be removed from the list to reduce the number of identified files.
Click the Make a Log of what was found button and post the log here in this thread and wait for further instructions.
OK, I've done this and posted both logs below. You will see that nothing came up in the lower panel of Dllcompare. Hope this is good news!!!
Thanks again, I await your next message.
StartDreck (build 2.1.7 public stable) - 2004-11-03 @ 20:13:01 (GMT +00:00)
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win 4.10.2222 A)
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106
Logged in as Philpots at PHILPOTS
»Registry
»Run Keys
»Current User
»Run
*Jessops Insert Detect=C:\My Documents\Picture Suite\InsDetect.exe
»RunOnce
»Default User
»Run
*Jessops Insert Detect=C:\My Documents\Picture Suite\InsDetect.exe
»RunOnce
»Local Machine
»Run
*ScanRegistry=C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun
*TaskMonitor=C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe
*SystemTray=SysTray.Exe
*LoadPowerProfile=Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
*EnsoniqMixer=starter.exe
*WinampAgent="C:\Program Files\Winamp3\winampa.exe"
*DyFuCA Active Alert="C:\Program Files\DyFuCA\actalert.exe"
*AVG_CC=C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG6\avgcc32.exe /STARTUP
*Ad Muncher=C:\Program Files\Ad Muncher\AdMunch.exe /bt
*CreateCD=C:\PROGRA~1\ADAPTEC\EASYCD~1\CREATECD\CREATECD.EXE -r
*msnappau="c:\program files\MSN Apps\Updater\01.02.3000.1001\en-gb\msnappau.exe"
+OptionalComponents
+IMAIL
*Installed=1
+MAPI
*NoChange=1
*Installed=1
+MAPI
*NoChange=1
*Installed=1
»RunOnce
»RunServices
*LoadPowerProfile=Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
*SchedulingAgent=mstask.exe
*TrueVector=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.EXE -service
*Avgserv9.exe=C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG6\Avgserv9.exe
»RunServicesOnce
»RunOnceEx
»RunServicesOnceEx
»Files
»System/Drivers
»Running Processes
+FFEFFEED=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
+FFFFCA75=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
+FFF03DC5=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
+FFF01619=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
+FFF04B99=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE
+FFF040C9=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.EXE
+FFF09949=C:\PROGRAM FILES\GRISOFT\AVG6\AVGSERV9.EXE
+FFF0EBB5=C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
+FFF15AA9=C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE
+FFF15001=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
+FFF1F215=C:\PROGRAM FILES\WINAMP3\WINAMPA.EXE
+FFF1DAD1=C:\PROGRAM FILES\GRISOFT\AVG6\AVGCC32.EXE
+FFF1C801=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE
+FFF23945=C:\PROGRAM FILES\AD MUNCHER\ADMUNCH.EXE
+FFF22A8D=C:\PROGRAM FILES\ADAPTEC\EASY CD CREATOR 4\CREATECD\CREATECD.EXE
+FFF27F59=C:\MY DOCUMENTS\PICTURE SUITE\INSDETECT.EXE
+FFF2A7B5=C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZONE LABS\ZONEALARM\ZONEALARM.EXE
+FFF2DD01=C:\PROGRAM FILES\GO!ZILLA\GOZILLA.EXE
+FFF3A5DD=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TAPISRV.EXE
+FFF63A21=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\PSTORES.EXE
+FFF5DD05=C:\PROGRAM FILES\MSN APPS\UPDATER\01.02.3000.1001\EN-GB\MSNAPPAU.EXE
+FFF6ECA9=C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\IEXPLORE.EXE
+FFF727F5=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNAAPP.EXE
+FFE8344D=C:\UNZIPPED\STARTDRECK\STARTDRECK.EXE
»Application specific
* DLLCompare Log version(1.0.0.125)
Files Found that Windows does not See or cannot Access
*Not everything listed here means you are infected!
________________________________________________
O^E says: "There were no files found "
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680 items found: 680 files, 0 directories.
Total of file sizes: 116,595,078 bytes 111.19 M
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Yes it is. Click here to download CWShredder by Merijn Bellekom and run it, hit 'fix' as opposed to 'scan only'. Reboot when done.
Click here to download Spybot Search & Destroy - install, update, scan and fix all RED items it finds. Reboot when done.
Click here to download Ad-Aware SE and install. Before scanning click on "check for updates now" to make sure you have the latest reference file. Click "Start", select "Perform Full System scan" and "Next" to start the scan. 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 so that any remnants can be removed manually.
Hi, took me a while to get all that done but here's my new HJT log below.
Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2
Scan saved at 10:28:57, on 06/11/04
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Brilliant!!! Hotmail is working again and about:blank has returned to normal. So grateful not to be plagued by rubbish!!!!
Thanks for your help, very much appreciated.
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680 items found: 680 files, 0 directories.
Total of file sizes: 116,595,078 bytes 111.19 M
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