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[AJ-BrooklynNY]

My computer is affected by a trojan horse named above. Tryed a number of programs to detect and remove, however it keeps coming back.

A yellow (sometimes red) triangle with an exclamation point inside, brings up a Malware Alert stated the following: Warning! Trojan Adware.W32.ExpDwnldr spyware detected. This trojan allows attacker to access your computer from remote locations, stealing passwords, Internet banking and personal data. This also prompts advertising popups. This process is a security risk and should be removed from your system/ Type: Trojan Horse. System Affected: Windows 98, 2000, NT, NE, XP. Security Risk(0-5): 4. Recommendations: Click Yes to get all available antispyware software.

My homepage keeps changing, and my desktop background changed with a red virus warning.

I ran hijackthis and the log appears below

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 4:13:42 PM, on 7/1/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473)

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:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AOL\ACS\AOLacsd.exe
C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\ALUSchedulerSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\cisvc.exe
C:\Program Files\COMPAQ\Compaq Advisor\bin\compaq-

rba.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\Common\Google

Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\msCMTSrvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\tcpsvcs.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\snmp.exe
C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMAgent.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Security

Center\SymWSC.exe
C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cidaemon.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program

Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier

.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Hijackthis\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet

Explorer\Main,Search Bar =

http://red.clientapp.../ycomp/defaults

/sb/*http://www.yahoo.com/search/ie.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet

Explorer\Main,Search Page =

http://red.clientapp.../ycomp/defaults

/sp/*http://www.yahoo.com
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet

Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://music.yahoo.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet

Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =

http://go.microsoft....k/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet

Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =

http://go.microsoft....k/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet

Explorer\Main,Search Page =

http://go.microsoft....k/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet

Explorer\Main,Start Page =

http://go.microsoft....k/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet

Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) =

http://red.clientapp.../ycomp/defaults

/su/*http://www.yahoo.com
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet

Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer

provided by Compaq
R1 -

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings,ProxyOverride =

127.0.0.1;*windowsupdate*;*.local
N3 - Netscape 7: user_pref("browser.startup.homepage",

"http://home.netscape.../7_1/home.html");

(C:\Documents and Settings\Allen Jacobsen\Application

Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\ei20rvnu.slt\prefs.js)
N3 - Netscape 7: user_pref

("browser.search.defaultengine", "engine://C%3A%

5CProgram%20Files%5CNetscape%5CNetscape%206%

5Csearchplugins%5CSBWeb_01.src"); (C:\Documents and

Settings\Allen Jacobsen\Application

Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\ei20rvnu.slt\prefs.js)
O2 - BHO: Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - {02478D38-C3F9-4EFB-

9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!

\Companion\Installs\cpn6\yt.dll
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7

-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program

Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: MSVPS System - {49CF52D7-8D58-4E22-A874-

AAD721F5B523} - C:\WINDOWS\ddesupport.dll
O2 - BHO: SpywareGuard Download Protection - {4A368E80-

174F-4872-96B5-0B27DDD11DB2} - C:\Program

Files\SpywareGuard\dlprotect.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-

206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-

8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program

files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-

4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:\Program

Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\2.0.301.5672\swg.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-

8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - C:\Program Files\Norton

AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: AIM Search - {40D41A8B-D79B-43d7-99A7-

9EE0F344C385} - C:\Program Files\AIM Toolbar\AIMBar.dll
O3 - Toolbar: AOL Toolbar - {4982D40A-C53B-4615-B15B-

B5B5E98D167C} - C:\Program Files\AOL Toolbar\toolbar.dll

(file missing)
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F

-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!

\Companion\Installs\cpn6\yt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-

009027A5CD4F} - c:\program

files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NAV Agent] C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1

\navapw32.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WorksFUD] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft

Works\wkfud.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Microsoft Works Portfolio]

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WksSb.exe" /AllUsers
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KBD] C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Zone Labs Client] "C:\Program

Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PS2] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ps2.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CARPService] carpserv.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPAIO_PrintFolderMgr]

C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\hpoopm07.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] "RUNDLL32.EXE"

NvQTwk,NvCplDaemon initialize
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common

Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Google Desktop Search] "C:\Program

Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe"

/startup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ZoneAlarm Client] "C:\Program

Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SpySweeper] C:\Program

Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeperUI.exe /startintray
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SpyHunter] C:\Program Files\Enigma

Software Group\SpyHunter\SpyHunter.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32

\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [swg] C:\Program

Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier

.exe
O4 - Startup: SpywareGuard.lnk = C:\Program

Files\SpywareGuard\sgmain.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk =

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Google Updater.lnk = C:\Program

Files\Google\Google Updater\GoogleUpdater.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Works Calendar

Reminders.lnk = ?
O8 - Extra context menu item: &AOL Toolbar search -

res://C:\Program Files\AOL

Toolbar\toolbar.dll/SEARCH.HTML
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search -

http://bar.mywebsear...html?p=ZSzeb029
O8 - Extra context menu item: Add to Google Photos

Screensa&ver - res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\GPhotos.scr/200
O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Login - {2499216C-4BA5-11D5-

BD9C-000103C116D5} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!

\Common\ylogin.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Login - {2499216C-

4BA5-11D5-BD9C-000103C116D5} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!

\Common\ylogin.dll
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55

-00010333D0AD} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!

\Messenger\yhexbmes.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger -

{4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55-00010333D0AD} - C:\Program

Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\yhexbmes.dll
O9 - Extra button: Bonjour - {7F9DB11C-E358-4ca6-A83D-

ACC663939424} - C:\Program

Files\Bonjour\ExplorerPlugin.dll
O9 - Extra button: AIM - {AC9E2541-2814-11d5-BC6D-

00B0D0A1DE45} - C:\PROGRA~1\AIM95\aim.exe
O9 - Extra button: Real.com - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-

00C0F0318AFE} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\Shdocvw.dll
O9 - Extra button: MoneySide - {E023F504-0C5A-4750-A1E7

-A9046DEA8A21} - c:\Program Files\Microsoft

Money\System\mnyviewer.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7

-f2ba38496583} - %windir%\Network

Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe (file missing)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 -

{e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - %windir%

\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe (file missing)
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E

-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger -

{FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program

Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program

files\bonjour\mdnsnsp.dll
O11 - Options group: [INTERNATIONAL] International*
O16 - DPF: symsupportutil - https://www-

secure.symantec.com/techsupp/activedata/symsupportutil.C

AB
O16 - DPF: {1F2F4C9E-6F09-47BC-970D-3C54734667FE}

(LSSupCtl Class) -

http://www.symantec....rl/LSSupCtl.cab
O16 - DPF: {30528230-99F7-4BB4-88D8-FA1D4F56A2AB}

(YInstStarter Class) -

http://us.dl1.yimg.c.../dl/installs/yi

nst20040510.cab
O16 - DPF: {3451DEDE-631F-421C-8127-FD793AFC6CC8}

(ActiveDataInfo Class) -

http://www.symantec....rl/SymAData.cab
O16 - DPF: {44990200-3C9D-426D-81DF-AAB636FA4345}

(Symantec SmartIssue) -

http://www.symantec....trl/tgctlsi.cab
O16 - DPF: {44990301-3C9D-426D-81DF-AAB636FA4345}

(Symantec Script Runner Class) -

http://www.symantec....trl/tgctlsr.cab
O16 - DPF: {4B1A4A31-8845-11D5-9769-00B0D071D434} (Avaya

ICM Client) -

http://iowacniceweb0.../icm/caller.cab
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3}

(MUWebControl Class) -

http://update.micros...te/v6/V5Control

s/en/x86/client/muweb_site.cab?1124157070031
O16 - DPF: {7F8C8173-AD80-4807-AA75-5672F22B4582}

(ICSScanner Class) -

http://download.zone...ns/spywaredetec

tor/ICSScanner37380.cab
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}

(Shockwave Flash Object) -

http://fpdownload2.m...ckwave/cabs/fla

sh/swflash.cab
O16 - DPF: {E7DBFB6C-113A-47CF-B278-F5C6AF4DE1BD} -

http://download.abac...es/abasetup.cab
O16 - DPF: {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88}

(Yahoo! Toolbar) -

http://us.dl1.yimg.c.../dl/toolbar/my/

yiebio5_0_2_6.cab
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{2D9EF6AA-814F-

4D19-A9E9-F38E5EFE2B9F}: NameServer = 170.215.255.114
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: C:\PROGRA~1\Google\GOOGLE~1

\GOEC62~1.DLL
O20 - Winlogon Notify: pmkhi - C:\WINDOWS\system32

\pmkhi.dll (file missing)
O20 - Winlogon Notify: WgaLogon - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32

\WgaLogon.dll
O20 - Winlogon Notify: WRNotifier - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32

\WRLogonNTF.dll
O21 - SSODL: msole - {E00B0440-2D44-45B7-A41B-

9C4D16F1EF72} - C:\WINDOWS\msole.dll
O21 - SSODL: msdde - {95019D4D-C96C-49CB-8B68-

ED2050B45B56} - C:\WINDOWS\msdde.dll
O23 - Service: AOL Connectivity Service (AOL ACS) -

America Online, Inc. - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1

\AOL\ACS\AOLacsd.exe
O23 - Service: Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler - Symantec

Corporation - C:\Program

Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\ALUSchedulerSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Computer, Inc. -

C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: Compaq Advisor (Compaq_RBA) - NeoPlanet -

C:\Program Files\COMPAQ\Compaq Advisor\bin\compaq-

rba.exe
O23 - Service: GoogleDesktopManager - Google -

C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop

Search\GoogleDesktop.exe
O23 - Service: Google Updater Service (gusvc) - Google -

C:\Program Files\Google\Common\Google

Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) -

Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common

Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: LiveUpdate - Symantec Corporation -

C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\LIVEUP~1\LUCOMS~1.EXE
O23 - Service: Content Monitoring Tool (msCMTSrvc) -

Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\msCMTSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: Norton AntiVirus Auto Protect Service

(navapsvc) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program

Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) -

NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
O23 - Service: ScriptBlocking Service (SBService) -

Symantec Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1

\SCRIPT~1\SBServ.exe
O23 - Service: Service 8 (Service Filter) - Unknown

owner - C:\WINDOWS\smncs.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Network Drivers Service

(SNDSrvc) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program

Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SNDSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: SoundMAX Agent Service (SoundMAX Agent

Service (default)) - Analog Devices, Inc. - C:\Program

Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMAgent.exe
O23 - Service: SymWMI Service (SymWSC) - Symantec

Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec

Shared\Security Center\SymWSC.exe
O23 - Service: VideoAcceleratorEngine - Speedbit Ltd. -

C:\PROGRA~1\SPEEDB~1\VideoAcceleratorEngine.exe
O23 - Service: TrueVector Internet Monitor (vsmon) -

Zone Labs, LLC - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe
O23 - Service: Webroot Spy Sweeper Engine

(WebrootSpySweeperService) - Webroot Software, Inc. -

C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe


Please advise as to how I can remove this menace once and for all.

I very much appreciate your help in this matter

AJ-BrooklynNY

[Jintan]

Howdy AJ-BrooklynNY,


Welcome to Tom Coyote.

Infection in some form is showing here, though with Word Wrap enabled in yuor Notepad program this log is very difficult to review all broken like it is. But I also see you have Norton AntiVirus, Spy Sweeper, ZoneAlarm and Enigma's SpyHunter showing as loaded/startups in some fashion here. You do need a current antivirus software, which Norton would cover just fine. It would have many overlapping areas of protection with SpySweeper, so this combination may cause some issues. If Zone Alarm is only for it's firewall, AND Norton's and Window's firewalls are disabled this is a good idea, though if this is also the ZA AV software either it or Norton will need to be uninstalled. SpyHunter has the dubious honor of being listed here in the past, and given current reports I see in many web info locations may soon regain a berth there. Given the past and current controversy and with all the other protective software you have you might consider uninstalling this one.


Why not make decisions based on this information and do some needed uninstalls, being sure to reboot after. Then Go Here and download Silent Runners to your desktop. Run it, and post back here the log it creates. If your AV queries the script, allow it to run. It's not malicious. It will create a file named Startup Programs, and will notify when the scan is complete. Copy the log from the Startup Programs file back here.

Post that along with a new HijackThis log please. Be sure first though in Notepad under Format to uncheck Word Wrap.