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VADAR · 03-03-2005, 10:28 AM

Hi Steve, we will get there.

Download KillBox (http://www.greyknight17.com/spy/KillBox.exe). Run KillBox and check the box that says 'End Explorer Shell While Killing File'. Next click on 'Delete on Reboot'. For each of the following files below, check the box that says 'Unregister .dll Before Deleting' if it's not grayed out. Copy and paste each of the following into KillBox (hitting the X button for each file - choose NO when it asks if you want to reboot):

c:\sepinst.exe
c:\windows\cxtpls_loader.sfx.exe
c:\windows\pi1_25.exe
c:\windows\system32\msfwe1.exe
c:\windows\system32\navupdts.exe

Run cleanup again.

Run CWSchredder again and click on 'Fix' (it will automatically fix anything it finds for you). If it asks if you want to delete a certain random file, choose No and post that filename here.

Go to My Computer->Tools/View->Folder Options->View tab and make sure that 'Show hidden files and folders' (or 'Show all files') is enabled. Also make sure that Display the contents of System Folders' is checked. Windows XP's search feature is a little different. When you click on 'All files and folders' on the left pane, click on the 'More advanced options' at the bottom. Make sure that Search system folders, Search hidden files and folders, and Search subfolders are checked.

Turn off system restore by right clicking on My Computer and go to Properties->System Restore and check the box for Turn off System Restore. Click Apply and then OK. Restart your computer. After we are finished with your log file and verified that it's clean, you may turn it back on and create a new restore point.

For the options that you checked/enabled earlier, you may uncheck them after your log is clean. If we ask you to fix a program that you use or want to keep, please post back saying that (we don't know every program that exists, so we may tell you to delete a program that we think is bad to keep).

Reboot into Safe Mode (hit F8 key until menu shows up). Make sure to close any open browsers.

Run a scan in HijackThis. Check each of the following and hit 'Fix checked' (after checking them) if they still exist (make sure not to miss any):

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.searchdom.net
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = http://www.searchdom.net/?re= (obfuscated)
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch = http://www.searchdom.net/?re= (obfuscated)
O1 - Hosts: 64.91.255.87 www.dcsresearch.com
O13 - DefaultPrefix: http://%77%77%77%2E%73%65%61%72%63%...6E%65%7 4/?re=
O13 - WWW Prefix: http://%77%77%77%2E%73%65%61%72%63%...6E%65%7 4/?re=

You may fix that dcsresearch.com host entry if you want. It's added by the TDS-3 program and is not harmful.

Run cleanup again

Reboot into Normal Mode and run new HijackThis scan. If there were some entries that didn't show up in Safe Mode, you may check and fix those that appear now in normal mode (if you do that, make sure to run a new scan again). Save the log file and run KRC HijackThis Analyzer in the same folder to get the result.txt log. Just post the contents of the result.txt file in the forum.

03-03-2005, 10:28 AM	#10 (permalink)
VADAR Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bristol,uk Posts: 154 OS: win xp pro	Hi Steve, we will get there. Download KillBox (http://www.greyknight17.com/spy/KillBox.exe). Run KillBox and check the box that says 'End Explorer Shell While Killing File'. Next click on 'Delete on Reboot'. For each of the following files below, check the box that says 'Unregister .dll Before Deleting' if it's not grayed out. Copy and paste each of the following into KillBox (hitting the X button for each file - choose NO when it asks if you want to reboot): c:\sepinst.exe c:\windows\cxtpls_loader.sfx.exe c:\windows\pi1_25.exe c:\windows\system32\msfwe1.exe c:\windows\system32\navupdts.exe Run cleanup again. Run CWSchredder again and click on 'Fix' (it will automatically fix anything it finds for you). If it asks if you want to delete a certain random file, choose No and post that filename here. Go to My Computer->Tools/View->Folder Options->View tab and make sure that 'Show hidden files and folders' (or 'Show all files') is enabled. Also make sure that Display the contents of System Folders' is checked. Windows XP's search feature is a little different. When you click on 'All files and folders' on the left pane, click on the 'More advanced options' at the bottom. Make sure that Search system folders, Search hidden files and folders, and Search subfolders are checked. Turn off system restore by right clicking on My Computer and go to Properties->System Restore and check the box for Turn off System Restore. Click Apply and then OK. Restart your computer. After we are finished with your log file and verified that it's clean, you may turn it back on and create a new restore point. For the options that you checked/enabled earlier, you may uncheck them after your log is clean. If we ask you to fix a program that you use or want to keep, please post back saying that (we don't know every program that exists, so we may tell you to delete a program that we think is bad to keep). Reboot into Safe Mode (hit F8 key until menu shows up). Make sure to close any open browsers. Run a scan in HijackThis. Check each of the following and hit 'Fix checked' (after checking them) if they still exist (make sure not to miss any): R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.searchdom.net R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = http://www.searchdom.net/?re= (obfuscated) R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch = http://www.searchdom.net/?re= (obfuscated) O1 - Hosts: 64.91.255.87 www.dcsresearch.com O13 - DefaultPrefix: http://%77%77%77%2E%73%65%61%72%63%...6E%65%7 4/?re= O13 - WWW Prefix: http://%77%77%77%2E%73%65%61%72%63%...6E%65%7 4/?re= You may fix that dcsresearch.com host entry if you want. It's added by the TDS-3 program and is not harmful. Run cleanup again Reboot into Normal Mode and run new HijackThis scan. If there were some entries that didn't show up in Safe Mode, you may check and fix those that appear now in normal mode (if you do that, make sure to run a new scan again). Save the log file and run KRC HijackThis Analyzer in the same folder to get the result.txt log. Just post the contents of the result.txt file in the forum.