Smitfraud.c, Virtumonde.generic, Virtumonde infection

[NathanSF]

I appear to be another victim. I'm running Windows XP, two operating systems on different hard drives (C, D). The D drive is the one with the infection, C has some spyware, but spybot was able to remove all. I ran spybot with internet disconnected, as advised for virtumonde removal - but no luck.

I also ran Smitfraudfix before I found this site. Unfortunately, I turned off system restore before running the fix so I've lost all restore points.

Luckly, I've been able to back up my files to an external drive. Is it possible that my pictures are infected and could infect another computer?

Explorer is running in the processes, even though the program wasn't started. My computer went to blue screen when I tried to stop this process from task manager. Thanks for any assistance!


Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 15:30:27, on 12/16/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16762)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
D:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
D:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
D:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
D:\Program Files\Common Files\BitDefender\BitDefender Communicator\xcommsvr.exe
D:\Program Files\Common Files\BitDefender\BitDefender Update Service\livesrv.exe
D:\Program Files\BitDefender\BitDefender 2008\vsserv.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
D:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
D:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
D:\WINDOWS\system32\wscntfy.exe
D:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Works Shared\WkUFind.exe
D:\Program Files\BitDefender\BitDefender 2008\bdagent.exe
D:\WINDOWS\System32\DeltaIITray.exe
D:\Program Files\PowerISO\PWRISOVM.EXE
D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Distillr\Acrotray.exe
D:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
D:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Works Shared\wkcalrem.exe
D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
D:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = http=127.0.0.1:9090
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local;<local>
O3 - Toolbar: BitDefender Toolbar - {381FFDE8-2394-4f90-B10D-FC6124A40F8C} - D:\Program Files\BitDefender\BitDefender 2008\IEToolbar.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Adobe PDF - {47833539-D0C5-4125-9FA8-0819E2EAAC93} - D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WorksFUD] D:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\wkfud.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Microsoft Works Portfolio] D:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WksSb.exe /AllUsers
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Microsoft Works Update Detection] D:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Works Shared\WkUFind.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BitDefender Antiphishing Helper] "D:\Program Files\BitDefender\BitDefender 2008\IEShow.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BDAgent] "D:\Program Files\BitDefender\BitDefender 2008\bdagent.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [M-Audio Taskbar Icon] D:\WINDOWS\System32\DeltaIITray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DeltaIITaskbarApp] D:\WINDOWS\system32\DeltaIITray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "D:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PWRISOVM.EXE] D:\Program Files\PowerISO\PWRISOVM.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "D:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Acrobat Assistant 7.0] "D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Distillr\Acrotray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "D:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] D:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - Startup: Adobe Gamma.lnk = D:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Acrobat Speed Launcher.lnk = ?
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk = D:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Global Startup: AutoCAD Startup Accelerator.lnk = D:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\acstart16.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Works Calendar Reminders.lnk = ?
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to Adobe PDF - res://D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to existing PDF - res://D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to Adobe PDF - res://D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECaptureSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to existing PDF - res://D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppendSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to Adobe PDF - res://D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to existing PDF - res://D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert to Adobe PDF - res://D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert to existing PDF - res://D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {3B8FB116-D358-48A3-A5C7-DB84F15CBB04} - http://www.servicemenutool.com/redirect.php (file missing)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Explorer Security - {3B8FB116-D358-48A3-A5C7-DB84F15CBB04} - http://www.servicemenutool.com/redirect.php (file missing)
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - D:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - D:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - D:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - D:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - D:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - D:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1205821056014
O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: NameServer = 85.255.116.152;85.255.112.8
O17 - HKLM\System\CS2\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: NameServer = 85.255.116.152;85.255.112.8
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: NameServer = 85.255.116.152;85.255.112.8
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: yabypo.dll
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - D:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Autodesk Licensing Service - Autodesk, Inc. - D:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\Service\AdskScSrv.exe
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - D:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - D:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: BitDefender Desktop Update Service (LIVESRV) - BitDefender SRL - D:\Program Files\Common Files\BitDefender\BitDefender Update Service\livesrv.exe
O23 - Service: BitDefender Virus Shield (VSSERV) - BitDefender S.R.L. - D:\Program Files\BitDefender\BitDefender 2008\vsserv.exe
O23 - Service: BitDefender Communicator (XCOMM) - BitDefender - D:\Program Files\Common Files\BitDefender\BitDefender Communicator\xcommsvr.exe

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[shelf life]

hi,

Do you have a router? we will start with malwarebytes or MBAM. link and directions below:


Before MBAM runs be sure to select both your HD's (C and D) for scanning

Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM) to your desktop:

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* Be sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
* If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform FULL SCAN, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad. Please save it to a convenient location. The log can also be opened by going to Start > All Programs > Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware > Logs > log-date.txt

please post the MBAM log in reply
after you use MBAM rescan with hjt and post its new log also.


Is it possible that my pictures are infected and could infect another computer?
with a virus, yes. with some other types of malware like trojans or scareware, no.

[NathanSF]

Thanks for the advice. After all the trials and tribulations, I decided to wipe the hard drive and start over.

I'm sorry to waste your time. I went here to post that I have reinstalled Windows, by the time I got back to the site you had posted. My apologies. I will install Malware Bytes, sounds like a great tool.

Best,

Nathan

[shelf life]

hi,

no problem. you didn't waste my time. Yes install malwarebytes and always check for updates before scanning with it. Some info for you:

Reducing Your Risk:
The Short Version

1) Keep your OS (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us),(Windows) browser (IE, FireFox) and other Software (http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/) up to date to "patch" vulnerabilities.
2) Know what you are installing to your computer. Alot of software can come bundled with unwanted add-ons.
3) Install and keep them all updated: one antivirus and two or three anti-malware applications. If not updated they will soon be worthless.
4) Refrain from clicking on links or attachments you receive via E-Mail, IM, Chat Rooms or Social Sites, no matter how tempting or legitimate the message.
5) Don't click on ads/pop ups or offers from websites requesting that you install software to your computer.
6) Don't click on offers to "scan" your computer.
7) Set up and use limited accounts for everyday use, rather than administrator accounts.
8) Install a third party software firewall.
9) Consider using an alternate browser and E-mail client.
10) If your habits include: warez, cracks etc or p2p (http://www.virusvault.us/p2p.html) file sharing then you are much more likely to encounter malicious code. Do you trust the source?

longer version in link below.

happy safe surfing out there

[NathanSF]

Thanks for the advice! It's good to know that having 2 or 3 spyware/malware programs is not overkill. I'll have 3, along with BitDefender - which seems to work well.

How important is a third party firewall? I was running Sunbelt Kerio, but was thinking about just using the Windows firewall. Thanks for the info, advice on why third party firewall is better than standard Windows.

[shelf life]

hi NathanSF,

The standard reply about Windows firewall is that it only block incoming traffic. it does not prompt you about traffic leaving your computer which could be a malware processes looking for internet access, which a good third party software firewall would alert you to.

The downside is that software firewalls can often flood the user with all kinds of prompts you have to make a decision about. Malware can also disable or use a exsisting connection on your computer. One thing you should remember is that a prompt that is a malicious process asking for access means the malware is already present on your computer.

If you are malware free, patched and updated and have good computing habits then the Windows firewall should be ok for you.
If not then using a third party software firewall like Sunbelt Kerio will certainly help, but it doesn't guarantee security for your computer.