I'm having problems with my system and I'm afraid to try and fix them myself without knowing whether or not it's a malware problem first, in case I end up making it worse. Any help would be hugely appreciated!
Yesterday I tried to update java, but I received some messages from spypot that it had detected important registry changes. I wasn't sure if these were malware related or legitimate java changes so I clicked "deny" to all of them (unfortunately I didn't make note of what they were at the time). Then later when I tried to shut down my computer spybot was listed as being unresponsive and I received the following system error messages:
Access violation at address 004B6BE9 in module 'TeaTimer'. Read address 00000010
Access violation at address 74E50CC2. Read of address 74E50CC2.
Both of these messages had a blank button below them, and when I clicked it the messages just kept popping up again. I figured the java update must have gone wrong and been the cause, so I went to add/remove programs and removed the java update, but when I did I received more messages from spybot:
Spybot has detected an important registry entry that has been changed.
Catagory: System Startupglobal entry
Change: Value deleted
Entry: SunJavaUpdateSched
Old Data: "C:\ProgramFiles\Java\jre.6.0_03\bin\jusched.exe"
(For this message I hit "deny")
Catagory: ActiveX Distribution Unit
Change: Value deleted
Entry: {8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93}
(This may have been because I was attempting check for windows updates at the time. Instead of finding any the windows update page just kept searching until I gave up and closed it. For this message I hit "accept")
Catagory: ActiveX Distribution Unit
Change: Value deleted
Entry: {CAFEEFAC-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-ABCDEFFEDCBA}
At which point I got freaked and just shut the computer down, afraid that I was going to make things worse. This morning I went in to safe mode and did an AVG antivirus check and ran spybot, AVG anti-spyware, and a-squared which all came up clean.
However, my Adaware won't update. It says my definitions are 90 days old but when I attempt to download the update it stops at 5% and then says "no components available". This has been happening for months, actually. But I'm afraid to re-install it because when I googled the problem I found a lot of reports from people who had ended up with even more out of date definitions after re-installing.
This time, when going through the steps before posting, I didn't have a problem with windows update. It didn't detect any updates, but at least the page didn't just keep searching continually to no avail.
Here's my hijack this main log:
Deckard's System Scanner v20071014.68
Run by hazelnut on 2008-03-26 20:12:21
Computer is in Normal Mode.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Physical Memory: 248 MiB (512 MiB recommended).
-- HijackThis (run as hazelnut.exe) --------------------------------------------
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 8:12:30 PM, on 3/26/2008
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\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Ahead\InCD\InCDsrv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\ALCXMNTR.EXE
c:\program files\a-squared free\a2service.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\AGRSMMSG.exe
C:\Program Files\lg_fwupdate\fwupdate.exe
C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5\guard.exe
C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE4.0\OpwareSE4.exe
C:\Program Files\CyberLink DVD Solution\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\jusched.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\hazelnut\Desktop\dss(2).exe
C:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\HIJACK~1\hazelnut.exe
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =
http://www1.sympatico.ca
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Sympatico
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = 127.0.0.1
R3 - URLSearchHook: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Spybot-S&D IE Protection - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\ssv.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AlcxMonitor] ALCXMNTR.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AGRSMMSG] AGRSMMSG.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LGODDFU] "C:\Program Files\lg_fwupdate\fwupdate.exe" blrun
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SSBkgdUpdate] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Scansoft Shared\SSBkgdUpdate\SSBkgdupdate.exe" -Embedding -boot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OpwareSE4] "C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE4.0\OpwareSE4.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RemoteControl] "C:\Program Files\CyberLink DVD Solution\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SpybotSD TeaTimer] C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [AVG7_Run] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgw.exe /RUNONCE (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [AVG7_Run] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgw.exe /RUNONCE (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [AVG7_Run] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgw.exe /RUNONCE (User 'SYSTEM')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [AVG7_Run] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgw.exe /RUNONCE (User 'Default user')
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\ssv.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)
O16 - DPF: {0EB0E74A-2A76-4AB3-A7FB-9BD8C29F7F75} (CKAVWebScan Object) -
http://www.kaspersky.com/kos/eng/partner/default/kavwebscan_unicode.cab
O16 - DPF: {215B8138-A3CF-44C5-803F-8226143CFC0A} (Trend Micro ActiveX Scan Agent 6.6) -
http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/housecall/applet/html/native/x86/win32/activex/hcImpl.cab
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) -
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1161151853562
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) -
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/muweb_site.cab?1161152316984
O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer Class) -
http://acs.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5free/asinst.cab
O23 - Service: a-squared Free Service (a2free) - Emsi Software GmbH - c:\program files\a-squared free\a2service.exe
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: AVG Anti-Spyware Guard - GRISOFT s.r.o. - C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5\guard.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG E-mail Scanner (AVGEMS) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
O23 - Service: InCD Helper (InCDsrv) - Nero AG - C:\Program Files\Ahead\InCD\InCDsrv.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
--
End of file - 6290 bytes
-- Files created between 2008-02-26 and 2008-03-26 -----------------------------
2008-03-26 18:18:02 0 d-------- C:\WINDOWS\LastGood
2008-03-25 23:36:59 0 dr-h----- C:\Documents and Settings\hazelnut\Recent
2008-03-04 11:05:37 691545 --a------ C:\WINDOWS\unins000.exe
2008-03-04 11:05:36 2543 --a------ C:\WINDOWS\unins000.dat
-- Find3M Report ---------------------------------------------------------------
2008-03-26 19:22:10 0 d-------- C:\Program Files\QuickTime
2008-03-26 19:19:43 0 d-------- C:\Program Files\lg_fwupdate
2008-03-26 18:51:28 0 d-------- C:\Program Files\a-squared Free
2008-03-26 10:25:39 0 d-------- C:\Documents and Settings\hazelnut\Application Data\AVG7
2008-03-26 00:26:34 0 d-------- C:\Program Files\Java
2008-03-16 16:46:18 0 d-------- C:\Documents and Settings\hazelnut\Application Data\dvdcss
2008-02-19 17:58:55 0 d-------- C:\Program Files\iTunes
2008-02-19 17:58:34 0 d-------- C:\Program Files\iPod
2008-02-18 11:59:33 0 d-------- C:\Documents and Settings\hazelnut\Application Data\CoreFTP
2008-02-03 14:45:28 0 d-------- C:\Program Files\Windows Media Connect 2
2008-01-30 15:08:25 0 d-------- C:\Program Files\Winamp
2008-01-04 14:58:50 3596288 --a------ C:\WINDOWS\system32\qt-dx331.dll
2008-01-04 14:57:22 196608 --a------ C:\WINDOWS\system32\dtu100.dll <Not Verified; DivX, Inc.; DivX, Inc. dtu100>
2008-01-04 14:57:22 81920 --a------ C:\WINDOWS\system32\dpl100.dll <Not Verified; DivX, Inc.; DivX, Inc. dpl100>
2008-01-04 14:57:12 823296 --a------ C:\WINDOWS\system32\divx_xx07.dll <Not Verified; DivX, Inc.; DivX®>
2008-01-04 14:57:10 802816 --a------ C:\WINDOWS\system32\divx_xx11.dll <Not Verified; DivX, Inc.; DivX?>
2008-01-04 14:57:10 823296 --a------ C:\WINDOWS\system32\divx_xx0c.dll <Not Verified; DivX, Inc.; DivX®>
2008-01-04 14:57:10 682496 --a------ C:\WINDOWS\system32\DivX.dll <Not Verified; DivX, Inc.; DivX®>
2008-01-04 14:56:24 12288 --a------ C:\WINDOWS\system32\DivXWMPExtType.dll
-- Registry Dump ---------------------------------------------------------------
*Note* empty entries & legit default entries are not shown
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"AlcxMonitor"="ALCXMNTR.EXE" [09/07/2004 01:47 PM C:\WINDOWS\ALCXMNTR.EXE]
"HotKeysCmds"="C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe" [11/02/2004 09:59 AM]
"AVG7_CC"="C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe" [12/20/2007 10:09 AM]
"AGRSMMSG"="AGRSMMSG.exe" [06/29/2004 09:06 AM C:\WINDOWS\AGRSMMSG.exe]
"LGODDFU"="C:\Program Files\lg_fwupdate\fwupdate.exe" [04/14/2007 03:47 AM]
"SSBkgdUpdate"="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Scansoft Shared\SSBkgdUpdate\SSBkgdupdate.exe" [09/30/2003 01:14 AM]
"OpwareSE4"="C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE4.0\OpwareSE4.exe" [03/21/2006 02:19 PM]
"RemoteControl"="C:\Program Files\CyberLink DVD Solution\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe" [11/02/2004 09:24 PM]
"IgfxTray"="C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe" [11/02/2004 10:03 AM]
"QuickTime Task"="C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" [02/01/2008 12:13 AM]
"iTunesHelper"="C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe" [02/04/2008 03:18 PM]
"Adobe Reader Speed Launcher"="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe" [10/10/2007 08:51 PM]
"SunJavaUpdateSched"="C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\jusched.exe" [09/25/2007 02:11 AM]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"SpybotSD TeaTimer"="C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe" [01/28/2008 12:43 PM]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\system]
"DisableRegistryTools"=0 (0x0)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\vds]
@="Service"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\{533C5B84-EC70-11D2-9505-00C04F79DEAF}]
@="Volume shadow copy"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupfolder\C:^Documents and Settings^All Users^Start Menu^Programs^Startup^Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk]
path=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk
backup=C:\WINDOWS\pss\Adobe Gamma Loader.lnkCommon Startup
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupfolder\C:^Documents and Settings^All Users^Start Menu^Programs^Startup^NetAssistant.lnk]
path=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\NetAssistant.lnk
backup=C:\WINDOWS\pss\NetAssistant.lnkCommon Startup
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupfolder\C:^Documents and Settings^hazelnut^Start Menu^Programs^Startup^Adobe Gamma.lnk]
path=C:\Documents and Settings\hazelnut\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Adobe Gamma.lnk
backup=C:\WINDOWS\pss\Adobe Gamma.lnkStartup
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\Adobe Reader Speed Launcher]
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\Aim6]
"C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe" /d locale=en-US ee://aol/imApp
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\BitTorrent]
"C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\bittorrent.exe" --force_start_minimized
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\IgfxTray]
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\InCD]
C:\Program Files\Ahead\InCD\InCD.exe
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\iTunesHelper]
"C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\Motive SmartBridge]
C:\PROGRA~1\NETASS~1\SMARTB~1\MotiveSB.exe
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\MSMSGS]
"C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\NeroFilterCheck]
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\QuickTime Task]
"C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\SunJavaUpdateSched]
"C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\jusched.exe"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\TkBellExe]
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
-- End of Deckard's System Scanner: finished at 2008-03-26 20:12:50 ------------
When I downloaded dss.exe it ran right away and didn't give me an extra.txt. Months ago when I had a trojan I ran the program and it did give me an extra.txt, so I'm not sure why it was different this time.
A apologize for all the exhausting descriptions. I'm just hoping this will make sense to someone. I've had a virus and a trojan in the past that have made me pretty nervous around my own computer. Again, any help is really appreciated. Every time I try to shut down the computer I get these Access Violation messages.