I got my laptop infected sometime last week. Usually I use Firefox (2.0.0.18) with NoScript but I foolishly used IE -- for the first time in years -- to visit what I thought would be a trustworthy site (OkCupid) to look at a quiz. Soon I was being plagued with popups, though at least they defaulted into Firefox where I had some protection.
Unfortunately I've spent most of this week trying to fix it myself. I ran an AVG scan Sunday night / Monday morning and thought that had fixed it. The popups laid low for awhile, then started up again with a vengeance Monday evening, so I checked CNet's recs and downloaded HijackThis. I checked everything it found against reliable-site search results to figure out what was malware, and thought *that* had fixed it.
When it became obvious I was still infected with something causing popups and HJT wasn't finding it, I went back to CNet and gave Spybot Search and Destroy a try. Unlike HJT, Spybot found Virtumonde files and registry keys, along with some other malware probably allowed in by Vundo.
Over the last 2 days I've run I don't know how many Spybot scans, clicked 'fix', and rebooted only to find the virtumonde traces (or new copies) still there. I tried rebooting into safe mode, scanning and rebooting from safe mode, etc. I also looked at some of the Spybot 'tools' though I left most of what came up there alone.
It wasn't until I'd run Spybot scans and 'fixes' multiple times that I looked for more information about why I was still infected and found out I shouldn't have done it at all. Oops. I did save the very first HijackThis log under a unique filename, and the last one I did yesterday, too. I'm going to paste today's log in this post, but I can easily post the previous ones if they'd be useful.
HJT is now crashing whenever I run a scan, but the logfile does get saved and appears complete.
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 12:16:17 PM, on 11/21/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Boot mode: Normal
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\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgwdsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgrsx.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgemc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
C:\Program Files\Digital Media Reader\shwicon2k.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgtray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehmsas.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllhost.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SpybotSD.exe
C:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar3.dll (file missing)
O3 - Toolbar: AVG Security Toolbar - {A057A204-BACC-4D26-9990-79A187E2698E} - C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\AVGTOO~1.DLL__BHODemonDisabled (file missing)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ehTray] C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATIPTA] C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPLpr] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunKist] C:\Program Files\Digital Media Reader\shwicon2k.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Recguard] %WINDIR%\SMINST\RECGUARD.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSConfig] C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe /auto
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSKDetectorExe] C:\Program Files\McAfee\SpamKiller\MSKDetct.exe /uninstall
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG8_TRAY] C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KernelFaultCheck] %systemroot%\system32\dumprep 0 -k
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [swg] C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [updateMgr] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AdobeUpdateManager.exe" AcRdB7_0_9 -reboot 1
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SpybotSD TeaTimer] C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Real.com - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Shdocvw.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe (file missing)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe (file missing)
O18 - Protocol: linkscanner - {F274614C-63F8-47D5-A4D1-FBDDE494F8D1} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgpp.dll
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: wbsys.dll,avgrsstx.dll urvwcg.dll
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: AVG8 E-mail Scanner (avg8emc) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgemc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG8 WatchDog (avg8wd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgwdsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Google Updater Service (gusvc) - Google - C:\Program Files\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: NMIndexingService - Nero AG - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMIndexingService.exe
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End of file - 4658 bytes
And since I still have it open from this morning's scan, here's what Search & Destroy found...
Virtumonde: [SBI $779C9C0D] Settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RemoveRP
Virtumonde: [SBI $FD08B4B7] Configuration file (File, nothing done)
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wyyyyGgh.ini2
Virtumonde: [SBI $2A2DCEAC] Configuration file (File, nothing done)
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wyyyyGgh.ini
--- Spybot - Search & Destroy version: 1.6.0 (build: 20080707) ---
2008-07-07 blindman.exe (1.0.0.8)
2008-07-07 SDFiles.exe (1.6.0.4)
2008-07-07 SDMain.exe (1.0.0.6)
2008-07-07 SDShred.exe (1.0.2.3)
2008-07-07 SDUpdate.exe (1.6.0.8)
2008-07-07 SDWinSec.exe (1.0.0.12)
2008-07-07 SpybotSD.exe (1.6.0.30)
2008-09-16 TeaTimer.exe (1.6.3.25)
2008-11-20 unins000.exe (51.49.0.0)
2008-07-07 Update.exe (1.6.0.7)
2008-10-22 advcheck.dll (1.6.2.13)
2007-04-02 aports.dll (2.1.0.0)
2008-06-14 DelZip179.dll (1.79.11.1)
2008-09-15 SDHelper.dll (1.6.2.14)
2008-06-19 sqlite3.dll
2008-10-22 Tools.dll (2.1.6.8)
2008-11-04 Includes\Adware.sbi (*)
2008-11-18 Includes\AdwareC.sbi (*)
2008-06-03 Includes\Cookies.sbi (*)
2008-09-02 Includes\Dialer.sbi (*)
2008-09-09 Includes\DialerC.sbi (*)
2008-07-23 Includes\HeavyDuty.sbi (*)
2008-11-18 Includes\Hijackers.sbi (*)
2008-11-18 Includes\HijackersC.sbi (*)
2008-09-09 Includes\Keyloggers.sbi (*)
2008-11-18 Includes\KeyloggersC.sbi (*)
2004-11-29 Includes\LSP.sbi (*)
2008-11-18 Includes\Malware.sbi (*)
2008-11-18 Includes\MalwareC.sbi (*)
2008-11-03 Includes\PUPS.sbi (*)
2008-11-11 Includes\PUPSC.sbi (*)
2007-11-07 Includes\Revision.sbi (*)
2008-06-18 Includes\Security.sbi (*)
2008-10-23 Includes\SecurityC.sbi (*)
2008-06-03 Includes\Spybots.sbi (*)
2008-06-03 Includes\SpybotsC.sbi (*)
2008-11-04 Includes\Spyware.sbi (*)
2008-11-11 Includes\SpywareC.sbi (*)
2008-06-03 Includes\Tracks.uti
2008-11-04 Includes\Trojans.sbi (*)
2008-11-18 Includes\TrojansC.sbi (*)
2008-03-04 Plugins\Chai.dll
2008-03-05 Plugins\Fennel.dll
2008-02-26 Plugins\Mate.dll
2007-12-24 Plugins\TCPIPAddress.dll
I know I'll have to disable TeaTimer, but I'd rather wait until I have specific instructions. (I rather like the idea that suspect processes will get stopped in the meantime!) I'm actually pretty worried about more malware getting onto my laptop while I'm online. I'm quite ready to uninstall or at least disable IE. I only use webmail but installed Thunderbird just so Outlook wasn't the default email program. If anyone knows whether Virtumonde / Vundo can possibly exploit a Trillian (chat) connection, I'd like to know whether that's safe or should stay off until I'm done 'cleaning house.' If there's any particular steps I can take to protect the desktop computer (so far unaffected) which serves as local network server, I'd appreciate instructions for that, too.
For now I seem to have found a way to prevent popups from connecting: even though NoScript was blocking most or all of the pages' contents, I used 'Force the following sites to use secure (HTPPS) connections' in NoScript's Options | Advanced | HTTPS tab and entered the addresses the Vundo popups were trying to load to (70-dot-38-dot-98-dot-32 and 85-dot-12-dot-43-dot-70) which has had the effect of the site refusing the connection whenever a popup hits me. If doing that was more dangerous than letting the popups connect, obviously, please let me know.
Thanks in advance. Sorry this is long, but I figured more info should make it easier for someone to help me. (: