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kworley517 · 04-15-2005, 04:56 PM

Hello Thomasjmparks and welcome to TSF...

In order to assist you better, we recommend that you Subscribe to this thread to be notified of fixes as soon as they are posted by our Team. You can do this simply by clicking the "Thread Tools" button located in the original thread line and selecting "Subscribe to this Thread".

Please print out or copy this page to Notepad. Make sure to work through the fixes in the exact order it is mentioned below. If there's anything that you don't understand, ask your question(s) before proceeding with the fixes. You should not have any open browsers when you are following the procedures below.

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.

The Temp folders should be cleaned out periodically as installation programs and hijack programs leave a lot of junk there. Download CleanUp! (Alternate Link if main link don't work) and install it. Do not run it yet...

Download Hoster http://www.greyknight17.com/spy/Hoster.exe and run it. Choose the 'Restore Original Hosts' button and press OK.

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):

O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 www.google.co.uk
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 google.co.uk
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 www.google.ca
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 google.ca
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 www.google.es
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 google.es
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 www.google.de
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 google.de
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 www.google.fr
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 google.fr
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.12 www.go.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.12 go.com
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [b7f.exe] C:\documents and settings\tombo\local settings\temp\b7f.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [h.exe] c:\documents and settings\tombo\local settings\temp\h.exe

Delete the following Files indicated in RED and Folders indicated in BLUE if they still exist.

C:\documents and settings\tombo\local settings\temp\b7f.exe
c:\documents and settings\tombo\local settings\temp\h.exe

Run CleanUp! and click on CleanUp! button. When it asks you if you want to logoff, click on Yes.

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.

Let's use a program to scan for any trojans that may exist. Download TDS-3. Learn how to use it here. Make sure to update it after you installed it. You can get the manual updates here. When you launch the program, it will scan your memory for running processes. This will take less than 30 seconds. Next go to System Testing on the menu and choose Full System Scan. After that's finished, post the log file by selecting everything on the top pane (select from bottom to top). If any alarms are found, it will be listed in the bottom window. Please copy and paste that here also if it applies.

04-15-2005, 04:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
kworley517 Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Florida Posts: 538 OS: XP Pro	Here we go... Hello Thomasjmparks and welcome to TSF... In order to assist you better, we recommend that you Subscribe to this thread to be notified of fixes as soon as they are posted by our Team. You can do this simply by clicking the "Thread Tools" button located in the original thread line and selecting "Subscribe to this Thread". Please print out or copy this page to Notepad. Make sure to work through the fixes in the exact order it is mentioned below. If there's anything that you don't understand, ask your question(s) before proceeding with the fixes. You should not have any open browsers when you are following the procedures below. 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. The Temp folders should be cleaned out periodically as installation programs and hijack programs leave a lot of junk there. Download CleanUp! (Alternate Link if main link don't work) and install it. Do not run it yet... Download Hoster http://www.greyknight17.com/spy/Hoster.exe and run it. Choose the 'Restore Original Hosts' button and press OK. 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): O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 www.google.co.uk O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 google.co.uk O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 www.google.ca O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 google.ca O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 www.google.es O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 google.es O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 www.google.de O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 google.de O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 www.google.fr O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.11 google.fr O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.12 www.go.com O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.12 go.com O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [b7f.exe] C:\documents and settings\tombo\local settings\temp\b7f.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [h.exe] c:\documents and settings\tombo\local settings\temp\h.exe Delete the following Files indicated in RED and Folders indicated in BLUE if they still exist. C:\documents and settings\tombo\local settings\temp\b7f.exe c:\documents and settings\tombo\local settings\temp\h.exe Run CleanUp! and click on CleanUp! button. When it asks you if you want to logoff, click on Yes. 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. Let's use a program to scan for any trojans that may exist. Download TDS-3. Learn how to use it here. Make sure to update it after you installed it. You can get the manual updates here. When you launch the program, it will scan your memory for running processes. This will take less than 30 seconds. Next go to System Testing on the menu and choose Full System Scan. After that's finished, post the log file by selecting everything on the top pane (select from bottom to top). If any alarms are found, it will be listed in the bottom window. Please copy and paste that here also if it applies.