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Alright, I always scan for adware/spyware and virus more then 5 times a week using Ad-Aware SE Personal v1.05, Spybot: Search & Destroy v1.3, & Norton Antivirus 2004 Professional which I keep updated EVERY time I run the programs.
A few days ago I came home from school and decided to check on my downloads. I turned my monitor on to find about 20 IE windows open and various "psuedo-alert" messages. I proceeded to close them all, however in haste I accidently clicked "No" to a "trick" message (One in which pressing YES means you dont want it and NO meaning you do) so something ended up getting installed on my comp, but I figured "No sweat".
After closing all the windows and message pop-ups I ran Ad-Aware and Spybot. Not surprisingly they detected a lot of crap and removed it...or so I thought. After rebooting my comp everything seemed normal, but after a few minutes a internet window popped up advertising registry cleaner. Anoyed, I ran Ad-Aware and Spybot again and they found a few things again, but not as many. I removed the crap and rebooted again...same thing happend.
Next, I ran Norton Antivirus 2004 Pro. It detected some viruses but couldn't delete 3/5 of them. So I rebooted in SAFE MODE and did it manually. However the problem was not eliminated. So I began to search the web for an answer. I found out about and downloaded AboutBuster, CWShredder, and Hijack This but none of them detected anything.
Also, I went into regedit and did a pretty thorough search for adware and spyware type entries and deleted all that I found but the problem still exists. I've also been through msconfig several times.
Now I'm very frustrated. The only thing I've managed to do is increase the time in which the pop-ups occur. Also, not long after rebooting, my CPU usage will shoot up to 100% >_<.
Here Is My LOGFILE From HIJACK THIS
A few days ago I came home from school and decided to check on my downloads. I turned my monitor on to find about 20 IE windows open and various "psuedo-alert" messages. I proceeded to close them all, however in haste I accidently clicked "No" to a "trick" message (One in which pressing YES means you dont want it and NO meaning you do) so something ended up getting installed on my comp, but I figured "No sweat".
After closing all the windows and message pop-ups I ran Ad-Aware and Spybot. Not surprisingly they detected a lot of crap and removed it...or so I thought. After rebooting my comp everything seemed normal, but after a few minutes a internet window popped up advertising registry cleaner. Anoyed, I ran Ad-Aware and Spybot again and they found a few things again, but not as many. I removed the crap and rebooted again...same thing happend.
Next, I ran Norton Antivirus 2004 Pro. It detected some viruses but couldn't delete 3/5 of them. So I rebooted in SAFE MODE and did it manually. However the problem was not eliminated. So I began to search the web for an answer. I found out about and downloaded AboutBuster, CWShredder, and Hijack This but none of them detected anything.
Also, I went into regedit and did a pretty thorough search for adware and spyware type entries and deleted all that I found but the problem still exists. I've also been through msconfig several times.
Now I'm very frustrated. The only thing I've managed to do is increase the time in which the pop-ups occur. Also, not long after rebooting, my CPU usage will shoot up to 100% >_<.
Here Is My LOGFILE From HIJACK THIS
Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2
Scan saved at 4:49:30 PM, on 9/29/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
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:\Program Files\Common Files\Stardock\SDMCP.exe
C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowBlinds\wbload.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\AdvTools\NPROTECT.EXE
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\SAVScan.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\MsPMSPSv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Security Center\SymWSC.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wscntfy.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
No matter how many times I end the "iexplore.exe" tasks, they slowly return | They seem to be the cause of the 100% CPU usage.
C:\Documents and Settings\Sean Kiles\Desktop\Hijack This\HijackThis.exe
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page_bak = about:blank
O1 - Hosts: 69.20.16.183 auto.search.msn.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.20.16.183 search.netscape.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.20.16.183 ieautosearch
O3 - Toolbar: Pop-Up Stopper &Companion - {8F05B1A8-9D77-4B8F-AF54-6B2202066F95} - C:\Program Files\Panicware\Pop-Up Stopper Companion\popupus.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Advanced Tools Check] C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\AdvTools\ADVCHK.EXE
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
O4 - Global User Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions present
O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present
O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbars\Restrictions present
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Download with &DAP - C:\PROGRA~1\DAP\dapextie.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download &all with DAP - C:\PROGRA~1\DAP\dapextie2.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Yahoo! &Dictionary - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycdict.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Yahoo! &Maps - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycdict.htm
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: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\YPager.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\YPager.exe
O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=http://www.emachines.com
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.c...ls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1093147655015
O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer Class) - http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5/asinst.cab
O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) - http://messenger.msn.com/download/MsnMessengerSetupDownloader.cab