trojan infection
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1) Boot into Safe Mode
2) Click on Start, Search, and choose All Files and Folders
3) In the all or part of file name box, type the following
core.sys
4) In the Look In box, choose local hard drives and click Search
5) When core.sys is found in the c:\windows\system32\drivers directory, right-click on it and choose Delete
6) Repeat steps 2-5 for the file core.cache.dsk
7) Close the Search box
8) Click on Start, Run and type REGEDIT and press Enter
9) Click on the Plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
10) Click the plus next to SYSTEM
11) Click the plus next to CurrentControlSet
12) Click the plus next to Services
13) Find the folder called CORE and right-click on it and choose Delete
*** WARNING *** If the folder CORE does not exist, dont do anything
14) Close the Registry Editor by clicking on the X in the right-hand corner of the window
15) Reboot your computer in Normal mode
16) Once the computer is rebooted, open your web browser and go to Kaspersky Online Scanner by clicking on the link below.
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
17) Scan your computer and delete any other files flagged as problems.
2) Click on Start, Search, and choose All Files and Folders
3) In the all or part of file name box, type the following
core.sys
4) In the Look In box, choose local hard drives and click Search
5) When core.sys is found in the c:\windows\system32\drivers directory, right-click on it and choose Delete
6) Repeat steps 2-5 for the file core.cache.dsk
7) Close the Search box
8) Click on Start, Run and type REGEDIT and press Enter
9) Click on the Plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
10) Click the plus next to SYSTEM
11) Click the plus next to CurrentControlSet
12) Click the plus next to Services
13) Find the folder called CORE and right-click on it and choose Delete
*** WARNING *** If the folder CORE does not exist, dont do anything
14) Close the Registry Editor by clicking on the X in the right-hand corner of the window
15) Reboot your computer in Normal mode
16) Once the computer is rebooted, open your web browser and go to Kaspersky Online Scanner by clicking on the link below.
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
17) Scan your computer and delete any other files flagged as problems.
howard_hopkinso
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Hello and welcome to Techspot.
Your system is infected with a trojan rootkit.
Very Important: Before deciding whether you should clean or reformat your system, go and read this thread HERE and decide what it is you want to do.
If after reading the above, you wish to clean your system, do the following.
Go and read the Viruses/Spyware/Malware, preliminary removal instructions. Follow all the instructions exactly.
Post fresh HJT, AVG Antispyware and Combofix logs as attachments into this thread, only after doing the above.
Also, let me know the results of the AVG Antirootkit scan.
Regards Howard :wave: :wave:
This thread is for the use of ridleyrtk only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our security and the web forum.
Your system is infected with a trojan rootkit.
Very Important: Before deciding whether you should clean or reformat your system, go and read this thread HERE and decide what it is you want to do.
If after reading the above, you wish to clean your system, do the following.
Go and read the Viruses/Spyware/Malware, preliminary removal instructions. Follow all the instructions exactly.
Post fresh HJT, AVG Antispyware and Combofix logs as attachments into this thread, only after doing the above.
Also, let me know the results of the AVG Antirootkit scan.
Regards Howard :wave: :wave:
This thread is for the use of ridleyrtk only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our security and the web forum.
howard_hopkinso
Posts: 21,238 +17
Yes, you need to follow all the instructions and post the requested log files.
Regards Howard
This thread is for the use of ridleyrtk only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our security and the web forum.
Regards Howard
This thread is for the use of ridleyrtk only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our security and the web forum.
howard_hopkinso
Posts: 21,238 +17
You might want to copy and paste these instructions into a notepad file. Then you can have the file open in safe mode, so you can follow the instructions easier.
Boot into safe mode, under your normal user name(NOT THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT). See how HERE.
In Windows Explorer, turn on "Show all files and folders, including hidden and system". See how HERE.
Go to add remove programmes in your control panel and uninstall anything to do with(if there).
AskPBar
SrchAstt
Close control panel.
Open your task manager, by holding down the ctrl and alt keys and pressing the delete key.
Click on the processes tab and end process for(if there).
launcher.exe
Close task manager.
Run HJT with no other programmes open(except notepad). Click the scan button. Have HJT fix the following, by placing a tick in the little box next to(if there).
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {0A94B116-4504-4e26-AB05-E61E474AA38B} - C:\Program Files\AskPBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\A9SRCHAS.DLL
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CCUTRAYICON] FactoryMode
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [Launcher] %WINDIR%\SMINST\launcher.exe
O20 - Winlogon Notify: winrlo32 - winrlo32.dll (file missing)
Click on the fix checked button.
Close HJT.
Locate and delete the following bold files and/or directories(if there).
%WINDIR%\SMINST\launcher.exe
C:\Program Files\AskPBar<Delete the entire folder.
C:\Qoobox<Delete the entire folder.
Reboot into normal mode and rehide your protected OS files.
Post a fresh HJT log and let me know if you`re still having problems.
Regards Howard
This thread is for the use of ridleyrtk only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our security and the web forum.
Boot into safe mode, under your normal user name(NOT THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT). See how HERE.
In Windows Explorer, turn on "Show all files and folders, including hidden and system". See how HERE.
Go to add remove programmes in your control panel and uninstall anything to do with(if there).
AskPBar
SrchAstt
Close control panel.
Open your task manager, by holding down the ctrl and alt keys and pressing the delete key.
Click on the processes tab and end process for(if there).
launcher.exe
Close task manager.
Run HJT with no other programmes open(except notepad). Click the scan button. Have HJT fix the following, by placing a tick in the little box next to(if there).
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {0A94B116-4504-4e26-AB05-E61E474AA38B} - C:\Program Files\AskPBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\A9SRCHAS.DLL
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CCUTRAYICON] FactoryMode
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [Launcher] %WINDIR%\SMINST\launcher.exe
O20 - Winlogon Notify: winrlo32 - winrlo32.dll (file missing)
Click on the fix checked button.
Close HJT.
Locate and delete the following bold files and/or directories(if there).
%WINDIR%\SMINST\launcher.exe
C:\Program Files\AskPBar<Delete the entire folder.
C:\Qoobox<Delete the entire folder.
Reboot into normal mode and rehide your protected OS files.
Post a fresh HJT log and let me know if you`re still having problems.
Regards Howard
This thread is for the use of ridleyrtk only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our security and the web forum.
howard_hopkinso
Posts: 21,238 +17
Download the Pocket Killbox programme from HERE. Extract it but don`t run it yet.
You might want to copy and paste these instructions into a notepad file. Then you can have the file open in safe mode, so you can follow the instructions easier.
Boot into safe mode, under your normal user name(NOT THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT). See how HERE.
In Windows Explorer, turn on "Show all files and folders, including hidden and system". See how HERE.
Open your task manager, by holding down the ctrl and alt keys and pressing the delete key.
Click on the processes tab and end process for(if there).
launcher.exe
Close task manager.
Run HJT with no other programmes open(except notepad). Click the scan button. Have HJT fix the following, by placing a tick in the little box next to(if there).
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {0A94B116-4504-4e26-AB05-E61E474AA38B} - C:\Program Files\AskPBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\A9SRCHAS.DLL
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [Launcher] %WINDIR%\SMINST\launcher.exe
Click on the fix checked button.
Close HJT.
Run the killbox.exe file. When it loads type the full path to the file you would like to delete in the field and check the delete file on reboot button. press the Delete File button (looks like a red circle with a white X). It will prompt you to reboot, select no until you have finished inputting the files you want to delete, only then allow it to reboot and hopefully your files will now be deleted. If your computer doesn`t automatically restart, restart it manually.
These are the filepaths you need to enter into Killbox.
C:\Windows\SMINST\launcher.exe
C:\Program Files\AskPBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\A9SRCHAS.DLL
Once your system has rebooted, rehide your protected OS files.
Post a fresh HJT log.
Regards Howard
This thread is for the use of ridleyrtk only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our security and the web forum.
You might want to copy and paste these instructions into a notepad file. Then you can have the file open in safe mode, so you can follow the instructions easier.
Boot into safe mode, under your normal user name(NOT THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT). See how HERE.
In Windows Explorer, turn on "Show all files and folders, including hidden and system". See how HERE.
Open your task manager, by holding down the ctrl and alt keys and pressing the delete key.
Click on the processes tab and end process for(if there).
launcher.exe
Close task manager.
Run HJT with no other programmes open(except notepad). Click the scan button. Have HJT fix the following, by placing a tick in the little box next to(if there).
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {0A94B116-4504-4e26-AB05-E61E474AA38B} - C:\Program Files\AskPBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\A9SRCHAS.DLL
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [Launcher] %WINDIR%\SMINST\launcher.exe
Click on the fix checked button.
Close HJT.
Run the killbox.exe file. When it loads type the full path to the file you would like to delete in the field and check the delete file on reboot button. press the Delete File button (looks like a red circle with a white X). It will prompt you to reboot, select no until you have finished inputting the files you want to delete, only then allow it to reboot and hopefully your files will now be deleted. If your computer doesn`t automatically restart, restart it manually.
These are the filepaths you need to enter into Killbox.
C:\Windows\SMINST\launcher.exe
C:\Program Files\AskPBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\A9SRCHAS.DLL
Once your system has rebooted, rehide your protected OS files.
Post a fresh HJT log.
Regards Howard
This thread is for the use of ridleyrtk only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our security and the web forum.
howard_hopkinso
Posts: 21,238 +17
Have HJT fix this entry from normal mode, then reboot your system..
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {0A94B116-4504-4e26-AB05-E61E474AA38B} - C:\Program Files\AskPBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\A9SRCHAS.DLL
As for your blue screens problem, take a look at this thread HERE and see if it helps you to identify the culprit.
If it doesn`t, please post 5 or 6 of your latest minidumps.
Regards Howard
This thread is for the use of ridleyrtk only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our security and the web forum.
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {0A94B116-4504-4e26-AB05-E61E474AA38B} - C:\Program Files\AskPBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\A9SRCHAS.DLL
As for your blue screens problem, take a look at this thread HERE and see if it helps you to identify the culprit.
If it doesn`t, please post 5 or 6 of your latest minidumps.
Regards Howard
This thread is for the use of ridleyrtk only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our security and the web forum.
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