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18-Oct-2009, 03:39 PM #1
no user login screen
windows vista home premium
dell inspiron 1525
avast free version

i got home from running some errands to a blank screen with a working cursor....it's not a bsod

my daughter's boyfriend is real apologetic, said he downloaded a game ....then extracted it onto my desktop....tried the .exe file and nothing happened, so he tried the readme file

got a "notepad is not working" message and clicked on the "find a solution the web" link

got a "firefox is not working" message

at this point he panicked, i guess, and deleted the game folder and the zipped.rar file and shut down.

rebooted, entered the computer password (yes my daughter knows it), and everything seemed fine, 'cept he never got to the windows icon that precedes the user login prompt....it's just sittin on the dark screen with the working cursor....no harddrive activity whatsoever (near as i can tell, anyway)

so i shut down and booted into safe mode, and i see a lot of error messages in the event log surrounding this game. windows security/firewall is turned off and won't turn (i don't know if this normal for safe mode or not.....pretty much a technodope) tried a system restore to a time early this morning when i downloaded some updates, and rebooted....no difference

i logged in in safe mode again and changed to boot settings to safe mode with diagnostics (thinking that might help....remember, technodope).....booting up that was leaves me at the same screen as a normal boot.

i'm currently running a scan through avast, and plan on posting a hijack this log as soon as i can...

but i wanted to lay this out and see what sort of comments y'all got.
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18-Oct-2009, 07:44 PM #2
Change the password.
Shoot the boyfriend.
This sounds like a nasty virus.
Get hold of Malwarebytes and SuperAntispyware and run them.
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18-Oct-2009, 11:42 PM #3
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Change the password.
Shoot the boyfriend.
This sounds like a nasty virus.
Get hold of Malwarebytes and SuperAntispyware and run them.
fwiw, here's the hijackthis log from safe mode

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 12:01:59 PM, on 10/18/2009
Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6001.18294)
Boot mode: Safe mode

Running processes:
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
G:\hijackthis\HiJackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Internet Explorer provided by Dell
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: HP Print Clips - {053F9267-DC04-4294-A72C-58F732D338C0} - C:\Program Files\HP\Smart Web Printing\hpswp_framework.dll
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: RealPlayer Download and Record Plugin for Internet Explorer - {3049C3E9-B461-4BC5-8870-4C09146192CA} - C:\Users\Bob\rpbrowserrecordplugin.dll
O2 - BHO: EmailBHO - {647FD14A-C4F1-46F4-8FC3-0B40F54226F7} - C:\Program Files\jZip\WebmailPlugin.dll
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Conversion Toolbar Helper - {AE7CD045-E861-484f-8273-0445EE161910} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\5.2.4204.1700\swg.dll
O2 - BHO: Browser Address Error Redirector - {CA6319C0-31B7-401E-A518-A07C3DB8F777} - C:\Program Files\Dell\BAE\BAE.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: SmartSelect - {F4971EE7-DAA0-4053-9964-665D8EE6A077} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Adobe PDF - {47833539-D0C5-4125-9FA8-0819E2EAAC93} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User '?')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User '?')
O8 - Extra context menu item: Append Link Target to Existing PDF - res://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppendSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Append to Existing PDF - res://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert Link Target to Adobe PDF - res://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECaptureSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert to Adobe PDF - res://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O9 - Extra button: HP Clipbook - {58ECB495-38F0-49cb-A538-10282ABF65E7} - C:\Program Files\HP\Smart Web Printing\hpswp_extensions.dll
O9 - Extra button: HP Smart Select - {700259D7-1666-479a-93B1-3250410481E8} - C:\Program Files\HP\Smart Web Printing\hpswp_extensions.dll
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: C:\PROGRA~1\Google\GOOGLE~2\GOEC62~1.DLL
O20 - Winlogon Notify: GoToAssist - C:\Program Files\Citrix\GoToAssist\514\G2AWinLogon.dll

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End of file - 4002 bytes
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19-Oct-2009, 04:37 AM #4
Boot f8 menu and select
Last Known good configuration
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Boot f8 menu and select
Last Known good configuration
it's a good thought, but f8 isn't doing anything at the moment: i've restored back to a point before yesterday's updates with no difference, as well

other scans, as suggested, found nothing more than the usual adware i always collect

i think the only thing left to do is make a startup repair disk, and try that
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19-Oct-2009, 11:50 AM #6
The safe mode log doesn't tell us anything.

Are the deleted files still in the recycle bin? I'd like to know the name of that game's executable.

Can you post those error messages please?

Can you boot to safe mode with networking and get on-line?
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i think the only thing left to do is make a startup repair disk, and try that
The windows dvd that came with your dell 1525 already has the files..boot the dvd.......you will see the options.
To boot that dvd you need to start tapping f12 after powering up then select boot the dvd....this is a one time boot option thus preventing you from having to change bios settings

For whats its worth..the memory that came out in these units are junk.Mine failed twice...and friend of mine has one of these units his also failed...you can have some very strange symptoms with failing ram...If you can boot to f12 and select diagnostics,,it will check the ram
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The safe mode log doesn't tell us anything.
i thought as much

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Are the deleted files still in the recycle bin?
nope

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Can you boot to safe mode with networking and get on-line?
yes....i'm posting that way at the moment

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I'd like to know the name of that game's executable.
Can you post those error messages please?
sure....in the interests of being thorough, here's the whole timeline....there are two about the game (in red)

1. this is an error that occured downloading the upgrades yesterday morning around 6:00am (10/18)
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-WMI
[ Guid] {1edeee53-0afe-4609-b846-d8c0b2075b1f}
[ EventSourceName] WinMgmt

- EventID 10

[ Qualifiers] 49152

Version 0

Level 2

Task 0

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-18T13:08:14.000Z

EventRecordID 13339

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 0
[ ThreadID] 0

Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

Security


- EventData

//./root/CIMV2
SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99
0x80041003
2. this is the error from the game that was downloaded
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Application Error

- EventID 1000

[ Qualifiers] 0

Level 2

Task 100

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-18T16:09:06.000Z

EventRecordID 13380

Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

Security


- EventData

pinupstrippoker.exe
2.0.0.24
41c29fc0
tdlwsp.dll
0.0.0.0
4ad8180e
c0000005
000013a2
a98
01ca500d50e70401
3. here is notepad's failure to open
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Application Error

- EventID 1000

[ Qualifiers] 0

Level 2

Task 100

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-18T16:09:14.000Z

EventRecordID 13381

Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

Security


- EventData

NOTEPAD.EXE
6.0.6001.18000
47918ea2
tdlwsp.dll
0.0.0.0
4ad8180e
c0000005
000013a2
14b8
01ca500d563fbaa1
4. another error message from the game (a few minutes later)
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Application Error

- EventID 1000

[ Qualifiers] 0

Level 2

Task 100

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-18T16:09:31.000Z

EventRecordID 13382

Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

Security


- EventData

pinupstrippoker.exe
2.0.0.24
41c29fc0
tdlwsp.dll
0.0.0.0
4ad8180e
c0000005
000013a2
1444
01ca500d6041ae01
5. another notepad error
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Application Error

- EventID 1000

[ Qualifiers] 0

Level 2

Task 100

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-18T16:11:15.000Z

EventRecordID 13384

Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

Security


- EventData

notepad.exe
6.0.6001.18000
47918ea2
tdlwsp.dll
0.0.0.0
4ad8180e
c0000005
000013a2
12ac
01ca500d9de03741
6.and another one, a few seconds later
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Application Error

- EventID 1000

[ Qualifiers] 0

Level 2

Task 100

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-18T16:11:24.000Z

EventRecordID 13385

Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

Security


- EventData

notepad.exe
6.0.6001.18000
47918ea2
tdlwsp.dll
0.0.0.0
4ad8180e
c0000005
000013a2
1778
01ca500da374e571
7. then a firefox error
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Application Error

- EventID 1000

[ Qualifiers] 0

Level 2

Task 100

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-18T16:13:14.000Z

EventRecordID 13388

Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

Security


- EventData

firefox.exe
1.9.0.3399
49f1091d
tdlwsp.dll
0.0.0.0
4ad8180e
c0000005
000013a2
544
01ca500de5337e41
8. another error, 45 seconds later...i've no idea what this is
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-EventSystem
[ Guid] {899daace-4868-4295-afcd-9eb8fb497561}
[ EventSourceName] EventSystem

- EventID 4621

[ Qualifiers] 49152

Version 0

Level 2

Task 16

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-18T16:14:01.000Z

EventRecordID 13389

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 0
[ ThreadID] 0

Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

Security


- EventData

param1 80070005
param2 EventSystem.EventSubscription
param3 {AA44355E-6911-4447-BA5D-6720480579AF}-{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}-{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
9. there's two of these, back to back, after firefox refused to open
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service
[ Guid] {89B1E9F0-5AFF-44A6-9B44-0A07A7CE5845}
[ EventSourceName] profsvc

- EventID 1530

[ Qualifiers] 32768

Version 0

Level 3

Task 0

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-18T16:14:03.000Z

EventRecordID 13392

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 0
[ ThreadID] 0

Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

- Security

[ UserID] S-1-5-18


- EventData

Detail 1 user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-308377154-4036065607-1672078067-1000: Process 2020 (\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308377154-4036065607-1672078067-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service
[ Guid] {89B1E9F0-5AFF-44A6-9B44-0A07A7CE5845}
[ EventSourceName] profsvc

- EventID 1530

[ Qualifiers] 32768

Version 0

Level 3

Task 0

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-18T16:14:04.000Z

EventRecordID 13393

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 0
[ ThreadID] 0

Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

- Security

[ UserID] S-1-5-18


- EventData

Detail 1 user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-308377154-4036065607-1672078067-1000_Classes: Process 2020 (\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308377154-4036065607-1672078067-1000_CLASSES\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache
10. then, about 9 minutes later, there this...i'm just guessing this is about the time the boyfriend tried to reboot
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-EventSystem
[ Guid] {899daace-4868-4295-afcd-9eb8fb497561}
[ EventSourceName] EventSystem

- EventID 4609

[ Qualifiers] 49152

Version 0

Level 2

Task 16

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-18T16:23:30.000Z

EventRecordID 13402

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 0
[ ThreadID] 0

Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

Security


- EventData

param1 d:\vistasp1_gdr\com\complus\src\events\tier1\eventsystemobj.cpp
param2 45
param3 8007043c
then this, seconds later
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-EventSystem
[ Guid] {899daace-4868-4295-afcd-9eb8fb497561}
[ EventSourceName] EventSystem

- EventID 4609

[ Qualifiers] 49152

Version 0

Level 2

Task 16

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-18T16:23:30.000Z

EventRecordID 13402

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 0
[ ThreadID] 0

Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

Security


- EventData

param1 d:\vistasp1_gdr\com\complus\src\events\tier1\eventsystemobj.cpp
param2 45
param3 8007043c
11. then this, a few hours later....pretty sure this is from the first time i tried a normal boot.
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-EventSystem
[ Guid] {899daace-4868-4295-afcd-9eb8fb497561}
[ EventSourceName] EventSystem

- EventID 4609

[ Qualifiers] 49152

Version 0

Level 2

Task 16

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-18T19:35:56.000Z

EventRecordID 13457

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 0
[ ThreadID] 0

Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

Security


- EventData

param1 d:\vistasp1_gdr\com\complus\src\events\tier1\eventsystemobj.cpp
param2 45
param3 8007043c
12. and for reference, here's the error from a try at a normal boot this morning.
Quote:
+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-EventSystem
[ Guid] {899daace-4868-4295-afcd-9eb8fb497561}
[ EventSourceName] EventSystem

- EventID 4609

[ Qualifiers] 49152

Version 0

Level 2

Task 16

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2009-10-19T13:07:03.000Z

EventRecordID 13602

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 0
[ ThreadID] 0
Channel Application

Computer Bob-PC

Security


- EventData

param1 d:\vistasp1_gdr\com\complus\src\events\tier1\eventsystemobj.cpp
param2 45
param3 8007043c
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19-Oct-2009, 01:35 PM #9
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The windows dvd that came with your dell 1525 already has the files..boot the dvd.......you will see the options.
bingo!!!....right you are

Quote:
For whats its worth..the memory that came out in these units are junk.Mine failed twice...and friend of mine has one of these units his also failed...you can have some very strange symptoms with failing ram...If you can boot to f12 and select diagnostics,,it will check the ram
NOW you tell me
that might explain why CS3 started acting odd last week, tho
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19-Oct-2009, 02:34 PM #11
You have a TDSS rootkit infection.

I trust you have backed up any important documents, photos, etc. If not, I suggest you do so now as the machine is unstable.

Please visit Combofix Guide & Instructions for instructions for installing the recovery console and downloading and running ComboFix.

The only thing different from the instructions there is that when downloading and saving the ComboFix.exe I would like you to rename it to puppy.exe please.

Post the log from ComboFix when you've accomplished that along with a new HijackThis log.

Important notes regarding ComboFix:

ComboFix may reset a number of Internet Explorer's settings, including making it the default browser. This can easily be changed once we're finished.

ComboFix also prevents autorun of ALL CDs, floppies and USB devices to assist with malware removal & increase security. If this is an issue or makes it difficult for you, please let me know. This can be undone manually when we're finished. Read HERE for an article written by dvk01 on why we disable autoruns.
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You have a TDSS rootkit infection.

I trust you have backed up any important documents, photos, etc. If not, I suggest you do so now as the machne is unstable.

Please visit Combofix Guide & Instructions for instructions for installing the recovery console and downloading and running ComboFix.

The only thing different from the instructions there is that when downloading and saving the ComboFix.exe I would like you to rename it to puppy.exe please.

Post the log from ComboFix when you've accomplished that along with a new HijackThis log.

Important notes regarding ComboFix:

ComboFix may reset a number of Internet Explorer's settings, including making it the default browser. This can easily be changed once we're finished.

ComboFix also prevents autorun of ALL CDs, floppies and USB devices to assist with malware removal & increase security. If this is an issue or makes it difficult for you, please let me know. This can be undone manually when we're finished. Read HERE for an article written by dvk01 on why we disable autoruns.
yuck ....
ok....security's off, and puppy is on the desktop
one quick question....should i leave normal boot on (for the puppy.exe reboots), or set it to one of the safe mode options?
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yuck ....
ok....security's off, and puppy is on the desktop
one quick question....should i leave normal boot on (for the puppy.exe reboots), or set it to one of the safe mode options?
Leave it on normal boot. After puppy runs, it may be able to boot normally. You should never use the forced safe boot as that can backfire and result in an infinite reboot loop.
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Leave it on normal boot. After puppy runs, it may be able to boot normally. You should never use the forced safe boot as that can backfire and result in an infinite reboot loop.
got'cha
thanks....
here's hoping
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that didn't take very long
still in safe mode, tho.....so we're not done yet

here's the puppy log and a new hjt log
btw...combo fix tells me i've got super anti-spyware running....and it's not on my computer (i ran it remotely yesterday)

anyway....combo fix log here....hjt, next post.
ComboFix 09-10-18.06 - Bob 10/19/2009 12:33.1.2 - NTFSx86 NETWORK
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium 6.0.6001.1.1252.1.1033.18.3573.3004 [GMT -7:00]
Running from: c:\users\Bob\Desktop\puppy.exe
SP: SUPERAntiSpyware *enabled* (Updated) {222A897C-5018-402e-943F-7E7AC8560DA7}
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((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( Other Deletions )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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c:\$recycle.bin\S-1-5-21-2773397201-2855733099-4214572315-500
c:\$recycle.bin\S-1-5-21-308377154-4036065607-1672078067-1001
c:\$recycle.bin\S-1-5-21-308377154-4036065607-1672078067-1002
c:\$recycle.bin\S-1-5-21-308377154-4036065607-1672078067-1003
c:\$recycle.bin\S-1-5-21-308377154-4036065607-1672078067-500
C:\install.exe
c:\windows\system32\AutoRun.inf
c:\windows\system32\oem8.inf

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((((((((((((((((((((((((( Files Created from 2009-09-19 to 2009-10-19 )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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2009-10-19 03:49 . 2009-10-19 03:49 -------- d-----w- c:\users\Bob\AppData\Roaming\Malwarebytes
2009-10-19 03:49 . 2009-09-10 21:54 38224 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sys
2009-10-19 03:49 . 2009-10-19 03:49 -------- d-----w- c:\programdata\Malwarebytes
2009-10-19 03:49 . 2009-10-19 03:49 -------- d-----w- c:\program files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
2009-10-19 03:49 . 2009-09-10 21:53 19160 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\drivers\mbam.sys
2009-10-19 03:04 . 2009-10-19 03:04 -------- d-----w- c:\users\Bob\AppData\Roaming\SUPERAntiSpyware.com
2009-10-19 03:04 . 2009-10-19 03:04 -------- d-----w- c:\programdata\SUPERAntiSpyware.com
2009-10-18 23:37 . 2009-10-19 13:40 -------- d-----w- c:\windows\system32\wbem\repository
2009-10-15 13:26 . 2009-09-14 09:44 144896 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\drivers\srv2.sys
2009-10-15 13:26 . 2009-09-10 17:30 213504 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\msv1_0.dll
2009-10-15 13:26 . 2009-08-05 14:22 3597896 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe
2009-10-15 13:26 . 2009-08-05 14:22 3546184 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
2009-10-15 13:26 . 2009-09-04 12:24 61440 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\msasn1.dll
2009-10-15 13:26 . 2009-04-02 12:37 604672 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\WMSPDMOD.DLL
2009-10-03 12:00 . 2009-10-01 17:29 195440 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\MpSigStub.exe

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(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( Find3M Report ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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2009-10-19 19:35 . 2009-05-05 14:25 6648 ----a-w- c:\users\Bob\AppData\Local\d3d9caps.dat
2009-10-18 23:59 . 2009-08-12 17:55 -------- d-----w- c:\program files\Common Files\Wise Installation Wizard
2009-10-18 23:32 . 2009-03-05 16:51 -------- d-----w- c:\programdata\HP Product Assistant
2009-09-10 16:48 . 2009-09-10 16:48 118784 ----a-w- C:\J3rhaO9w.exe
2009-09-10 16:48 . 2009-09-10 16:48 -------- d-----w- c:\program files\Company
2009-09-10 16:48 . 2009-09-10 16:48 7984187 ----a-w- C:\ErosAdv03Full.exe
2009-09-04 21:09 . 2008-06-06 15:55 -------- d-----w- c:\program files\Google
2009-09-04 21:08 . 2009-09-04 21:08 -------- d-----w- c:\programdata\Google Updater
2009-09-04 21:08 . 2009-09-04 21:08 1246328 ----a-w- c:\program files\Google Updater.exe
2009-09-03 18:00 . 2009-09-03 18:00 -------- d-----w- c:\program files\Microsoft Silverlight
2009-08-29 15:15 . 2009-03-05 14:13 -------- d-----w- c:\program files\Java
2009-08-28 12:39 . 2009-09-02 13:38 28672 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\Apphlpdm.dll
2009-08-28 10:15 . 2009-09-02 13:38 4240384 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\GameUXLegacyGDFs.dll
2009-08-23 21:30 . 2008-08-25 18:20 60376 ----a-w- c:\users\Bob\AppData\Local\GDIPFONTCACHEV1.DAT
2009-08-21 16:52 . 2008-09-01 22:51 -------- d-----w- c:\program files\Mozilla Thunderbird
2009-08-17 16:10 . 2008-08-26 01:28 1279456 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\aswBoot.exe
2009-08-17 16:05 . 2008-08-26 01:28 114768 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\drivers\aswSP.sys
2009-08-17 16:05 . 2008-08-26 01:28 20560 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\drivers\aswFsBlk.sys
2009-08-17 16:05 . 2008-08-26 01:28 53328 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\drivers\aswMonFlt.sys
2009-08-17 16:04 . 2008-08-26 01:28 51376 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\drivers\aswTdi.sys
2009-08-17 16:04 . 2008-08-26 01:28 23152 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\drivers\aswRdr.sys
2009-08-17 16:02 . 2008-08-26 01:28 97480 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\AvastSS.scr
2009-08-14 17:07 . 2009-09-12 14:41 897608 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\drivers\tcpip.sys
2009-08-14 16:29 . 2009-09-12 14:41 104960 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\netiohlp.dll
2009-08-14 16:29 . 2009-09-12 14:41 17920 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\netevent.dll
2009-08-14 14:16 . 2009-09-12 14:41 9728 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\TCPSVCS.EXE
2009-08-14 14:16 . 2009-09-12 14:41 17920 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\ROUTE.EXE
2009-08-14 14:16 . 2009-09-12 14:41 11264 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\MRINFO.EXE
2009-08-14 14:16 . 2009-09-12 14:41 27136 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\NETSTAT.EXE
2009-08-14 14:16 . 2009-09-12 14:41 19968 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\ARP.EXE
2009-08-14 14:16 . 2009-09-12 14:41 8704 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\HOSTNAME.EXE
2009-08-14 14:16 . 2009-09-12 14:41 10240 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\finger.exe
2009-07-25 12:23 . 2008-12-14 16:42 411368 ----a-w- c:\windows\system32\deploytk.dll
2008-06-06 15:49 . 2008-06-06 15:49 76 --sh--r- c:\windows\CT4CET.bin
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((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( Reg Loading Points ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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*Note* empty entries & legit default entries are not shown
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"ehTray.exe"="c:\windows\ehome\ehTray.exe" [2008-01-21 125952]
"WMPNSCFG"="c:\program files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe" [2008-01-21 202240]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"avast!"="c:\progra~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe" [2009-08-17 81000]
"Windows Defender"="c:\program files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe" [2008-01-21 1008184]
"TkBellExe"="c:\program files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" [2008-11-23 185872]
"SigmatelSysTrayApp"="c:\program files\SigmaTel\C-Major Audio\WDM\sttray.exe" [2007-11-12 405504]
"QuickTime Task"="c:\program files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" [2009-01-05 413696]
"Persistence"="c:\windows\system32\igfxpers.exe" [2008-03-06 133656]
"OEM02Mon.exe"="c:\windows\OEM02Mon.exe" [2008-03-04 36864]
"IgfxTray"="c:\windows\system32\igfxtray.exe" [2008-03-06 141848]
"IAAnotif"="c:\program files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\Iaanotif.exe" [2007-03-21 174872]
"HP Software Update"="c:\program files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe" [2007-03-12 49152]
"HotKeysCmds"="c:\windows\system32\hkcmd.exe" [2008-03-06 166424]
"Google Desktop Search"="c:\program files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe" [2008-06-06 29744]
"dscactivate"="c:\program files\Dell Support Center\gs_agent\custom\dsca.exe" [2008-03-11 16384]
"DellSupportCenter"="c:\program files\Dell Support Center\bin\sprtcmd.exe" [2009-05-21 206064]
"DELL Webcam Manager"="c:\program files\Dell\Dell Webcam Manager\DellWMgr.exe" [2007-07-27 118784]
"Broadcom Wireless Manager UI"="c:\windows\system32\WLTRAY.exe" [2007-12-12 3444736]
"Apoint"="c:\program files\DellTPad\Apoint.exe" [2007-09-07 159744]
"Adobe Acrobat Speed Launcher"="c:\program files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrobat_sl.exe" [2009-02-27 38768]
"Acrobat Assistant 8.0"="c:\program files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe" [2009-02-27 640376]
"SunJavaUpdateSched"="c:\program files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe" [2009-07-25 149280]
"Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (reboot)"="c:\program files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exe" [2009-09-10 1312080]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"GrpConv"="grpconv -o" [X]
"Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware"="c:\program files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe" [2009-09-10 420176]

c:\programdata\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
Digital Line Detect.lnk - c:\program files\Digital Line Detect\DLG.exe [2008-6-6 50688]
HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk - c:\program files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe [2007-3-11 210520]
QuickSet.lnk - c:\program files\Dell\QuickSet\quickset.exe [2007-9-7 1180952]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\syste m]
"EnableUIADesktopToggle"= 0 (0x0)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\winlogon\notify\GoToAssist]
2008-06-06 16:02 10536 ----a-w- c:\program files\Citrix\GoToAssist\514\g2awinlogon.dll

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\windows]
"AppInit_DLLs"=c:\progra~1\Google\GOOGLE~2\GOEC62~1.DLL

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\Wdf010 00.sys]
@="Driver"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\WinDef end]
@="Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\security center\Svc]
"AntiVirusOverride"=dword:00000001

S1 aswSP;avast! Self Protection;c:\windows\System32\drivers\aswSP.sys [8/25/2008 6:28 PM 114768]
S2 AESTFilters;Andrea ST Filters Service;c:\windows\System32\AEstSrv.exe [6/6/2008 3:34 AM 73728]
S2 aswFsBlk;aswFsBlk;c:\windows\System32\drivers\aswFsBlk.sys [8/25/2008 6:28 PM 20560]
S2 aswMonFlt;aswMonFlt;c:\windows\System32\drivers\aswMonFlt.sys [8/25/2008 6:28 PM 53328]
S2 gupdate1ca2da3ff288ddd;Google Update Service (gupdate1ca2da3ff288ddd);c:\program files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe [9/4/2009 2:09 PM 133104]
S3 IntcHdmiAddService;Intel(R) High Definition Audio HDMI Service;c:\windows\System32\drivers\IntcHdmi.sys [6/6/2008 11:31 AM 111616]
S3 OEM02Dev;Creative Camera OEM002 Driver;c:\windows\System32\drivers\OEM02Dev.sys [6/6/2008 11:30 AM 235648]
S3 OEM02Vfx;Creative Camera OEM002 Video VFX Driver;c:\windows\System32\drivers\OEM02Vfx.sys [6/6/2008 11:30 AM 7424]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\svchost]
HPZ12 REG_MULTI_SZ Pml Driver HPZ12 Net Driver HPZ12
hpdevmgmt REG_MULTI_SZ hpqcxs08 hpqddsvc
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Contents of the 'Scheduled Tasks' folder

2009-10-17 c:\windows\Tasks\Google Software Updater.job
- c:\program files\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe [2009-09-04 21:08]

2009-10-17 c:\windows\Tasks\GoogleUpdateTaskMachineCore.job
- c:\program files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe [2009-09-04 21:09]

2009-10-17 c:\windows\Tasks\GoogleUpdateTaskMachineUA.job
- c:\program files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe [2009-09-04 21:09]
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------- Supplementary Scan -------
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uStart Page = hxxp://www.google.com/
uInternet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
IE: Append Link Target to Existing PDF - c:\program files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppendSelLinks.html
IE: Append to Existing PDF - c:\program files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
IE: Convert Link Target to Adobe PDF - c:\program files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECaptureSelLinks.html
IE: Convert to Adobe PDF - c:\program files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
FF - ProfilePath - c:\users\Bob\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\l0d4t1gv.default\
FF - prefs.js: browser.startup.homepage - hxxp://www.google.com
FF - plugin: c:\program files\Google\Google Updater\2.4.1698.5652\npCIDetect13.dll
FF - plugin: c:\program files\Google\Update\1.2.183.7\npGoogleOneClick8.dll
FF - plugin: c:\program files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins\np-mswmp.dll
FF - plugin: c:\users\Bob\Netscape6\nppl3260.dll
FF - plugin: c:\users\Bob\Netscape6\nprjplug.dll
FF - plugin: c:\users\Bob\Netscape6\nprpjplug.dll
FF - HiddenExtension: Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant: {20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b} - c:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\Windows Presentation Foundation\DotNetAssistantExtension\
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- - - - ORPHANS REMOVED - - - -

HKCU-Run-SUPERAntiSpyware - g:\superantispyware\SUPERAntiSpyware.exe
HKLM-RunOnce-<NO NAME> - (no file)



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catchme 0.3.1398 W2K/XP/Vista - rootkit/stealth malware detector by Gmer, http://www.gmer.net
Rootkit scan 2009-10-19 12:41
Windows 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 NTFS

scanning hidden processes ...

scanning hidden autostart entries ...

scanning hidden files ...

scan completed successfully
hidden files: 0

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--------------------- LOCKED REGISTRY KEYS ---------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\AllUserSettings]
@Denied: (A) (Users)
@Denied: (A) (Everyone)
@Allowed: (B 1 2 3 4 5) (S-1-5-20)
"BlindDial"=dword:00000000
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Completion time: 2009-10-19 12:44
ComboFix-quarantined-files.txt 2009-10-19 19:44

Pre-Run: 171,291,848,704 bytes free
Post-Run: 173,635,080,192 bytes free

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