Internet Explorer hijacked...
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feyenoord4ever




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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 08:07    Post subject: Internet Explorer hijacked...
Hi, last night I suddenly ran into some strange problems with Internet Explorer. Every time i started IE it started 3/4 processes with wierd names (like ntua32.exe, sdknq.exe, etc.)

I first thought it was spyware, so I scanned it with ad aware, spyblast and every anti-spyware program I know, but no luck... Then I scanned it with Trend Micro's online virus scan and it found 31 infected files in my WINDOWS and SYSTEM VOLUME INFO folders.. All named TROJ_AGENT.

One problem left, I can't delete them... even if I shut down every possible process its impossible to delete these files. Im downloading Norton Antivirus 2005 soon and i'll scan it with that later..

Anyone who can give me some help here?
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whoKnows
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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 08:09    Post subject:
run the recovery console, you should be able to delete the files there
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feyenoord4ever




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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 08:13    Post subject:
whoKnows wrote:
run the recovery console, you should be able to delete the files there


Thx for your fast reply. However, there's multiple (4-10) files and i was able to delete some already, but as soon as I started Internet Explorer they came back with different names..

I dont know which files to delete cus i doesn't seem to have any effect..
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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 08:20    Post subject:


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razor1394
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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 09:19    Post subject:
1. Change to Firefox or Opera. Stop using IE for anything other than Windows update.
2. Get Microsoft antispyware and trash any previous spyware app. Scan.
3. Trash Trend micro and Norton. Get Nod32. Scan.
4. Do a regclean and a reg defrag.
5. Check the startup settings and disable anything suspicious.

* Another thing you can do is to get hijackthis and post the log over here.

...or you can just forget that and Get OSX, Linux or FreeBSD because you will get haunted by that crap later.


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lobsterboy




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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 10:41    Post subject:
if you still have this problem.....try spysweeper......cleans hijacked website very fast!
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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 10:55    Post subject:
razor1394 wrote:
...or you can just forget that and Get OSX, Linux or FreeBSD because you will get haunted by that crap later.


sorry to use this thread but... Did the x86 version OSX ever get released?

Mm as for helping with your issue, I think razor said it all in his post. You may wish to start in safemode to scan and remove the files Smile!
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Kommando




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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 11:37    Post subject:
razor1394 wrote:
1. Change to Firefox or Opera. Stop using IE for anything other than Windows update.
2. Get Microsoft antispyware and trash any previous spyware app. Scan.
3. Trash Trend micro and Norton. Get Nod32. Scan.
4. Do a regclean and a reg defrag.
5. Check the startup settings and disable anything suspicious.


Thats the best thing to do. To clean up the reg the prog i use is system machanic 5...this is a great program to clean and protect your PC. There's an option call "Startup Guard", when its enable it will block everything that is trying to go in your startup unless you give the OK for that prog to go there.
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razor1394
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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 11:43    Post subject:
[sYn] wrote:
razor1394 wrote:
...or you can just forget that and Get OSX, Linux or FreeBSD because you will get haunted by that crap later.


sorry to use this thread but... Did the x86 version OSX ever get released?

Mm as for helping with your issue, I think razor said it all in his post. You may wish to start in safemode to scan and remove the files Smile!


Nope. Just meant that he could buy a powerbook, ibook or maybe even a G5 Smile. It's a bit overkill, hehe.

Also, the annoying thing with the registry is that even how thouroughly I clean it it's clogged some days after. It's like cleaning a waste pipe that someone keeps flushing crap all the time. If they don't add some improvements to the registry in Longhorn to adress this people will have to rely on third party apps. BTW, I use Tunuep utilities 2004.

edit: - Pearpc can "emulate" OSX on an existing Windows installation. It's like Vmware. But I don't know of any version that you can install like Windows or Linux. Here's the adress: http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/downloads.html.
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feyenoord4ever




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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 13:36    Post subject:
Kommando wrote:
razor1394 wrote:
1. Change to Firefox or Opera. Stop using IE for anything other than Windows update.
2. Get Microsoft antispyware and trash any previous spyware app. Scan.
3. Trash Trend micro and Norton. Get Nod32. Scan.
4. Do a regclean and a reg defrag.
5. Check the startup settings and disable anything suspicious.


Thats the best thing to do. To clean up the reg the prog i use is system machanic 5...this is a great program to clean and protect your PC. There's an option call "Startup Guard", when its enable it will block everything that is trying to go in your startup unless you give the OK for that prog to go there.


Ive done all that too man, blocked every suspicous thing at Startup, all works ok till I run IE, then it all comes back....

I think I'll try a reg defrag now.....
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feyenoord4ever




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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 15:07    Post subject:
Fuck this im going for a format this is getting worse every minute.

a few years back I've done a format which formatted 'Program Files' and 'Windows' and kept the rest but I can't remember how I did this.

Anyone knows?
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whoKnows
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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 15:46    Post subject:
I don't know how that works, but don't you have ERD Commander 2005? There was an 0day rls recently wich you could use. With ERD Commander you could clean/check the registry. And can you give us the name of the virus/trojan/whatever you have on your pc?
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skidrow
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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 15:48    Post subject:
feyenoord4ever wrote:
Fuck this im going for a format this is getting worse every minute.

a few years back I've done a format which formatted 'Program Files' and 'Windows' and kept the rest but I can't remember how I did this.

Anyone knows?


what u mean is:

install windows over your current windows Smile


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whoKnows
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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 16:04    Post subject:
yeah, but this way he keeps his programs, and he said that he deleted the program folder. Do a format and make a clean install if you decide to reinstall.
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feyenoord4ever




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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 16:52    Post subject:
skidrow wrote:
feyenoord4ever wrote:
Fuck this im going for a format this is getting worse every minute.

a few years back I've done a format which formatted 'Program Files' and 'Windows' and kept the rest but I can't remember how I did this.

Anyone knows?


what u mean is:

install windows over your current windows Smile


That was not what I ment but its a option too Smile

All infected files are located in Windows now, so maybe installing windows over my current windows would work..
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razor1394
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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Mar 2005 22:53    Post subject:
Did you try Nod32. Try it before you format.
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feyenoord4ever




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Mar 2005 00:32    Post subject:
razor1394 wrote:
Did you try Nod32. Try it before you format.


Yeah I did, but strangely enough it didn't find anything. Housecall did... but anyway, I formatted so its all ok now Smile
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