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697513 2008-08-15 11:43:00 aloha learned people

today i opened an attachment that i had thought had been avg scanned
the first thing was i lost my screensaver
at the same time it unleashed a veritable volley of trojan horse agent ZAK
in the ensuing madness (10 pages of infections for starters) somehow a program attached itself to my system
this program is known as Anti Virus XP 2008
and came with all the trimmings ie icons automatically in the start box
i managed to remove the program from the download files but some its still here in the system somewhere
the tool bar at the bottom has an icon still.
when i start the computer up the antivirus XP 2008 program kicks in

also the system is slow to find firefox and every few minutes when using the system the AVG resident shield detects another threat they seem to be all
C:\Windows\system 32\pphcckfj)ep8v.exe

can anyone offer any suggestions how to get rid of the antivirus XP 2008 program......as i am sure its tied up with the infection

i know its late so i will check in the morning
mahalo
hoani

well theres one thing sure, I'll keep looking for more, get back on the floor, and dance through life
hoanikai (13138)
697514 2008-08-15 12:42:00 Post a HijackThis log and we will see what nasties have been caught.

Cheers :)
Renmoo (66)
697515 2008-08-15 14:23:00 Check out this thread:-
pressf1.co.nz
Sweep (90)
697516 2008-08-15 20:10:00 heres the hijack this log

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 7:31:43 a.m., on 16/08/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0013)
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:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgwdsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lxctcoms.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\RealVNC\VNC4\WinVNC4.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgrsx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\VIAudioi\SBADeck\ADeck.exe
C:\Program Files\Xtra Help Assistant\bin\McciTrayApp.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\Lexmark 5400 Series\lxctmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Lexmark 5400 Series\ezprint.exe
C:\Program Files\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lphcckfj0ep8v.exe
C:\Program Files\rhc9kfj0ep8v\rhc9kfj0ep8v.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe
C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.4\program\soffice.exe
C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.4\program\soffice.BIN
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WgaTray.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgui.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\usnsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgscanx.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgscanx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = runonce.msn.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = go.microsoft.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = go.microsoft.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = go.microsoft.com
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = go.microsoft.com
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings,ProxyOverride = 127.0.0.1
R3 - URLSearchHook: SearchSettings Class - {E312764E-7706-43F1-8DAB-FCDD2B1E416D} - C:\Program Files\Search Settings\kb126\SearchSettings.dll
R3 - URLSearchHook: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\ Yahoo! \Companion\Installs\cpn2\yt.dll
O2 - BHO: & Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - {02478D38-C3F9-4EFB-9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:\Program Files\ Yahoo! \Companion\Installs\cpn2\yt.dll
O2 - BHO: Lexmark Toolbar - {1017A80C-6F09-4548-A84D-EDD6AC9525F0} - C:\Program Files\Lexmark Toolbar\toolband.dll
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgssie.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_07\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: AVG Security Toolbar - {A057A204-BACC-4D26-9990-79A187E2698E} - C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\AVGTOO~1.DLL
O2 - BHO: SearchSettings Class - {E312764E-7706-43F1-8DAB-FCDD2B1E416D} - C:\Program Files\Search Settings\kb126\SearchSettings.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\ Yahoo! \Companion\Installs\cpn2\yt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Lexmark Toolbar - {1017A80C-6F09-4548-A84D-EDD6AC9525F0} - C:\Program Files\Lexmark Toolbar\toolband.dll
O3 - Toolbar: AVG Security Toolbar - {A057A204-BACC-4D26-9990-79A187E2698E} - C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\AVGTOO~1.DLL
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AudioDeck] C:\Program Files\VIAudioi\SBADeck\ADeck.exe 1
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Name of App] C:\Program Files\SAMSUNG\FW LiveUpdate\FWManager.exe r
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SpywareQuake] C:\Program Files\SpywareQuake\SpywareQuake.exe /h
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [tcnzTrayApp] "C:\Program Files\Xtra Help Assistant\bin\McciTrayApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [lxctmon.exe] "C:\Program Files\Lexmark 5400 Series\lxctmon.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Lexmark 5400 Series Fax Server] "C:\Program Files\Lexmark 5400 Series\fm3032.exe" /s
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EzPrint] "C:\Program Files\Lexmark 5400 Series\ezprint.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LXCTCATS] rundll32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\LXCTtim e.dll,_RunDLLEntry@16
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SearchSettings] C:\Program Files\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NoTrace] "C:\Program Files\No Trace\NoTrace.exe" -mini
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG8_TRAY] C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [lphcckfj0ep8v] C:\WINDOWS\system32\lphcckfj0ep8v.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BARDQRBR] %systemroot%\BARDQRBR.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SMrhc9kfj0ep8v] C:\Program Files\rhc9kfj0ep8v\rhc9kfj0ep8v.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SpybotSD TeaTimer] C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Policies\Explorer\Run: [user32.dll] C:\Program Files\Video ActiveX Object\isamntr.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'SYSTEM')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'Default user')
O4 - Startup: OpenOffice.org 2.4.lnk = C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.4\program\quickstart.exe
O4 - Startup: Shortcut to taskmgr.exe.lnk = C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: Xtra Help Assistant.lnk = C:\Program Files\Xtra Help Assistant\bin\matcli.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\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: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\nwprovau.dll
O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - go.microsoft.com
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - update.microsoft.com
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - update.microsoft.com
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{16FAD2C1-E54E-4CCC-9761-DAFCF3071ECE}: NameServer = 202.27.158.40,202.27.156.72
O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: NameServer = 207.68.160.190 194.25.2.129 208.67.222.222 207.68.160.190 194.25.2.129 208.67.222.222
O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\..\{16FAD2C1-E54E-4CCC-9761-DAFCF3071ECE}: NameServer = 202.27.158.40,202.27.156.72
O17 - HKLM\System\CS2\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: NameServer = 207.68.160.190 194.25.2.129 208.67.222.222 207.68.160.190 194.25.2.129 208.67.222.222
O17 - HKLM\System\CS2\Services\Tcpip\..\{16FAD2C1-E54E-4CCC-9761-DAFCF3071ECE}: NameServer = 202.27.158.40,202.27.156.72
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: NameServer = 207.68.160.190 194.25.2.129 208.67.222.222 207.68.160.190 194.25.2.129 208.67.222.222
O18 - Protocol: linkscanner - {F274614C-63F8-47D5-A4D1-FBDDE494F8D1} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgpp.dll
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: avgrsstx.dll
O23 - Service: AVG Free8 WatchDog (avg8wd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgwdsvc.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: lxct_device - - C:\WINDOWS\system32\lxctcoms.exe
O23 - Service: VNC Server Version 4 (WinVNC4) - RealVNC Ltd. - C:\Program Files\RealVNC\VNC4\WinVNC4.exe
O23 - Service: VNC Server Version 4 (WinVNC4) - RealVNC Ltd. - C:\Program Files\RealVNC\VNC4\WinVNC4.exe

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End of file - 9646 bytes
hoanikai (13138)
697517 2008-08-15 20:42:00 I see SpywareQuake, Search Settings... :(

Do you have an Antivirus?

Cheers :)
Renmoo (66)
697518 2008-08-15 20:42:00 Tick these then tick fix checked

Close browsers

Disable system restore

Uninstall this

C:\Program Files\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe

See if these are running, if they are kill their process

C:\WINDOWS\system32\lphcckfj0ep8v.exe <-- delete this file

C:\Program Files\rhc9kfj0ep8v\rhc9kfj0ep8v.exe <--- delete this folder and file (where its in bold, dont delete program files)

R3 - URLSearchHook: SearchSettings Class - {E312764E-7706-43F1-8DAB-FCDD2B1E416D} - C:\Program Files\Search Settings\kb126\SearchSettings.dll

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)

O2 - BHO: SearchSettings Class - {E312764E-7706-43F1-8DAB-FCDD2B1E416D} - C:\Program Files\Search Settings\kb126\SearchSettings.dll

Kill this program if its running, then uninstall this

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SpywareQuake] C:\Program Files\SpywareQuake\SpywareQuake.exe /h

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jusched.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SearchSettings] C:\Program Files\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime

4 - HKLM\..\Run: [lphcckfj0ep8v] C:\WINDOWS\system32\lphcckfj0ep8v.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BARDQRBR] %systemroot%\BARDQRBR.exe <-- kill this process, if its running, then delete this file

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SMrhc9kfj0ep8v] C:\Program Files\rhc9kfj0ep8v\rhc9kfj0ep8v.exe

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SpybotSD TeaTimer] C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe

Uninstall this

O4 - HKLM\..\Policies\Explorer\Run: [user32.dll] C:\Program Files\Video ActiveX Object\isamntr.exe

O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE

Reboot, then get trojan remover in my sig below, update it then click on scan.

Then select all options under utilitities

Then get this update it then click on scan (www.malwarebytes.org)

Next time you install something check Google to see what it is, and what it does
Speedy Gonzales (78)
697519 2008-08-15 21:42:00 Had this a few times this week ----- As well as doing what Speedy said have a look at This post on the forum (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) #3 wainuitech (129)
697520 2008-08-15 23:03:00 mahalo
thankyou everyone who posted a response
after following clear instructions
since 7am this morning
i have manged to secure my computer again

that will be the last time i open an attachment in my mail
wasted a whole day yesterday trying to deal with it

i really appreciate this forum and the knowledge it shares
thank you

e aloha kekahi i kekahi
love one another
hoanikai (13138)
697521 2008-08-16 08:25:00 Now remove AVG and install something better. apsattv (7406)
697522 2008-08-16 11:26:00 Avast Home is a really good AV and free too. Get it from my sig. beeswax34 (63)
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