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373873 2005-07-23 09:57:00 ill join the list, did you get the beastie beama (111)
373874 2005-07-23 10:21:00 Baaaahhhh!
Me join too.

I'm as curious as a curious thing on this one :D
personthingy (1670)
373875 2005-07-23 11:33:00 Sounds nasty.

As I tend to have a ghost image of a recent XP install with Apps such as Office included, I would reach for that if I had wasted too much time already.

But failing that:

1) Run sfc /scannow from the command prompt to repair system files (might have to reinstall service packs/updates).

2) Try and isolate IE as the problem by a clean install of Firefox

3) Reinstall TCP/IP stack (MS has articles on this)

4) There is a raft of programs at sysinternals.com that can point to what executable is trying to connect to wierd websites.

However, the bottom line is that if it is this tricky then you would never be ab;e to trust the installl again. Backup, wipe and reinstall.
gibler (49)
373876 2005-07-23 12:06:00 yes, to Gibler you listen too hmm? :) bob_doe_nz (92)
373877 2005-07-23 22:55:00 What are the DNS servers?

Are they local? Are the DNS servers configured correctly?

Try changing them, if not using them already some Xtra ones are:

202.27.184.3
202.27.184.5
Growly (6)
373878 2005-07-25 09:41:00 So come on bartsdadhomer, either put us out of our misery or let us know that there is a new element of misery in IT that none of us have as yet encountered .

This is one dirty dog .

I for one do not have the skill of most posters here and would appreciate any dirt on this dog, lest I should be subject to his/her doings myself . . . . . . m :help:
mark c (247)
373879 2005-07-25 11:06:00 Sorry for taking so long to get back, been away for a couple of days
It was pretty simple in the end

It was obvious this had to be a global event and not user specific as I had created a new user and the problem persisted in the new account as well (unlike some problems which can be cleaned out in one account but remain on others) so it had to be something residing in both the Windows folder and the registry.
So away I went once again manually searching the Windows folders
Started in 'System32' as it was the most obvious folder for anything of this nature to hide.
I came across several files I didn't recognise as Windows files which wouldn't delete even in safe mode
I thought I would try some other tools before I gave up and the first one I tried was the 'ewido security suite' and it solved the problem immediately
Here is the scan log:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{357A87ED-3E5D-437d-B334-DEB7EB4982A3} -> Trojan.Agent.eo
HKU\S-1-5-21-1757981266-2052111302-839522115-1004\Software\GMSoft -> Dialer.Generic
C:\WINDOWS\system32\f3PSSavr.scr -> Spyware.MyWebSearch
C:\WINDOWS\system32\hhk.dll -> Trojan.Puper.t
C:\WINDOWS\system32\intmon.exe -> Trojan.Puper.aa
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32vbs.exe -> Trojan.Favadd.af
C:\WINDOWS\system32\__delete_on_reboot__OLEADM.dll -> Trojan.Agent.ff

A couple of real nasties in there
I'm a bit p****d that some of the other proggys including 2 other trojan scanners didn't pick these up
Needless to say the ewido suite is now a part of my day to day arsenal
Tha customers PC has been running faultlessly ever since

Thanks for all your help/suggestions
bdh
bartsdadhomer (80)
373880 2005-07-25 11:29:00 OK Ok Ok Welcome that. Shalll digest it at my will...........m mark c (247)
373881 2005-07-25 12:56:00 Out of curiosity, what were the other scanners you used , that didn't pick them up? pheonix (36)
373882 2005-07-25 13:15:00 Out of curiosity, what were the other scanners you used , that didn't pick them up?

And, are you going to email said programmes developers?
Murray P (44)
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