Please do not skip any of the steps I laid out. They must be carried out in the exact order.
Please download these additional files/programs :- (Do not run them unless instructed to do so)
Unplug your computer from the Internet when you have finished downloading
Ewido Security Suite - Install &
Update it's database but do not run it yet.
ETRemover_v130.zip - Unzip to a new folder on Desktop.
- From that folder, click on ETRemover_v130.exe
- Click About >> check for updates
- After it has updated itself, close that program. We'll run it later
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Copy to clipboard, all the items below by highlighting them & pressing [CTRL]+[C] on your keyboard.
C:\WINNT\system32\gxnorbp.dll
C:\WINNT\system32\PSof1.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\uci.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\wmvahl.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\elitegym32.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\elitezhk32.exe
Start KillBox
- Go to the File menu, and choose [Paste from Clipboard].
Verify that you've done this properly by clicking the dropdown-arrow next to the [Full Path of File to Delete] field. The filenames you pasted will be found in there.
- Select/tick the following:
- "Delete on Reboot"
- "End Explorer Shell While Killing File"
- "Unregister.dll Before Deleting" if it's not grayed out.
- Click the RED X button.
- Click [Yes] at the 'Delete on Reboot' prompt. Click [Yes] at the Pending Operations prompt.
* If you receive a message such as: "Component 'MsComCtl.ocx' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid." when trying to run TheKillbox, click here to download and run missingfilesetup.exe. Then try Killbox again.
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Reboot to SafeMode
- Shut Windows down, and then turn off the computer.
- Restart the computer. The computer begins processing a set of instructions known as the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). What is displayed depends on the BIOS manufacturer. Some computers display a progress bar that refers to the word BIOS, while others may not display any indication that this process is happening.
- As soon as the BIOS has finished loading, begin tapping the F8 key on your keyboard. Continue to do so until the
Windows Advanced Options menu appears.
- Using the arrow keys on the keyboard, scroll to and select the Safe mode menu item, and then press Enter.
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Run
ETRemover_v130.exe, then click the "Kill Elite Toolbar" button and wait until it finishes its work.
* Occasionally a DOS box may appear asking your permission to delete some files in temporary Windows directories. You must accept the deletion of these to be sure of properly removing the malware!
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Run
Cleanup! & configure the program as follows:
- Click Options...
- Move the arrow down to Custom CleanUp!
- Put a check next to the following:
- Empty Recycle Bins
- Delete Cookies
- Delete Prefetch files
- [X]Scan local drives for temporary files (Please uncheck this option)
- Cleanup! All Users
- Click OK
- Press the CleanUp! button to start the program. Reboot/logoff when prompted.
* CleanUp! will delete all the files in your temp folders without making a backup
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Run Ewido:
- Click Scanner
- Click Complete System Scan to begin scanning.
- Click OK when prompted to clean files
- With the first file it prompts to clean, select the option - "Perform action on all infections" - & choose clean and click OK.
- Once finished, click the Save report button
- Save the report to your desktop
Close Ewido
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Reboot to
NormalMode.
Do an online scan at
Panda
Take note the names and locations of any file it detects but fails to clean.
* Turn off the real time scanner of any existing antivirus program while performing the online scan
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Run a scan with HiJackThis & select(tick) the following & click [Fix checked] :
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KavSvc]
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Download
FindQoologic - Unzip to Desktop.
Run
Find-Qoologic2.bat. This will generate a log file; please post the entire contents of the log file here
Run a new scan with HiJackThis. Save the log file and post the contents in your next reply.
In your next post, please include fresh copies of:
- HiJackThis log
- List of files that Panda failed to disinfect
- Ewido's logs
- Qoologic's log
Please provide details of any problems you encountered whilst performing the above steps.
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