Freaking out about Virtumonde.dll!
When I first discovered I had it, it had disabled all of my Services including internet, themes, everything. It even had its own theme and wallpaper which said that my computer was infected and I should download AntiVirus software. What a bold challenge.
So after I figured it out I scanned my computer with Spybot and re-enabled all my services according to the default states which I found on a website. Obviously if some things are disabled the computer won't even start, etc. So I fixed that, then I ran msconfig to see what was starting up when I logged in. Some creepy things that were attaching themselves to rundll32.exe, so I went into System32 and deleted the gibberish file names that were starting up sketchily. That seemed to help a lot.
Then I ran Spybot some more, and then it started coming up with less and less Virtumonde files every time I ran it, which is also a good thing. However, my computer is still running REALLY sluggish and there are a lot of executable file errors that are happening. For some examples...
- when I put in my password after startup to log into my computer, an error appears:
userinit.exe - Application Error
The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click on OK to terminate the application.
I click OK, but then when my wallpaper loads and everything...
- Nothing else shows up! No icons, no start bar... NOTHING. So I have to bring up the Task Manager and run explorer.exe, and only after I do that will it load. BUT THEN...
- A command prompt pops up labeled
but the box remains empty. Then another executable error box pops up with, instead of userinit.exe it says Rundll32.exe. And then a couple more empty command boxes and then some more error boxes. I did note that there was a separate error for Rundll32.exe and rundll32.exe. Is there any significance?C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE
The same happens when I try to change user profiles, and when I try to get into Add/Remove Programs, and whenever I try to install something new. This includes... HijackThis.exe
I can't install HijackThis so I can't give you a report. I have read the other virtumonde problems and everybody has a report to offer. I even tried to reboot in safe mode and install it but I got the same error.
I'm really freaking out, I need this computer for school! PLEASE somebody help me!!!