Hello,rjain & Welcome
Please hold on that info the first thing i need for you to do
is move HijackThis from the Desktop & place in a folder in
D:\Drive like so
D:\HJT This way if something gos wrong
we have a place for a backup.
Please read these instructions carefully and print them out! Be sure to follow ALL instructions!
Please right-click:
HERE and go to Save As (in Internet Explorer it's "Save Target As") in order to download Grinler's reg file. Save it to your desktop.
Locate "smitfraud.reg" on your desktop and double-click it. When asked if you want to merge with the registry, click YES. Wait for the "merged successfully" prompt then follow the rest of the instructions below.
Go to Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs and remove the following programs, if found:
Security IGuard
Virtual Maid
Search Maid
Exit Add/Remove Programs.
*IMPORTANT*
CLICK THIS LINK TO LEARN HOW TO VIEW HIDDEN FILES
I need you to copy all of the Killbox file paths below and paste them into Notepad.
* Please download the
Killbox by Option^Explicit. *In the event you already have Killbox, this is a new version that I need you to download.
* Save it to your desktop.
* Please double-click Killbox.exe to run it.
* Select "Delete on Reboot".
* Open the Notepad file where you saved the file paths earlier and copy the file paths below to the clipboard by highlighting ALL of them and pressing CTRL + C
D:\wp.exe
D:\wp.bmp
D:\bsw.exe
D:\Windows\sites.ini
D:\Windows\popuper.exe
D:\Windows\System32\wldr.dll
D:\Windows\System32\helper.exe
D:\Windows\System32\intmon.exe
D:\Windows\System32\shnlog.exe
D:\Windows\System32\intmonp.exe
D:\Windows\System32\msmsgs.exe
D:\Windows\system32\msole32.exe
D:\Windows\System32\ole32vbs.exe
* Return to Killbox, go to the File menu, and choose "Paste from Clipboard".
* Click the red-and-white "Delete File" button. Click "Yes" at the Delete on Reboot prompt. Click "No" at the Pending Operations prompt.
If your computer does not restart automatically, please restart it manually.
While your computer is restarting, tap the F8 key continually until a menu appears. Use your up arrow key to highlight Safe Mode, then hit enter.
Make sure you can view hidden files.
Using Windows Explorer, delete the following, if found, (please do NOT try to find them by "search" because they will not show up that way)
FOLDERS to delete (in bold) if found:
D:\Program Files\
Search Maid
D:\Program Files\
Virtual Maid
D:\Windows\System32\
Log Files
D:\Program Files\
Security IGuard
While still in Safe Mode, do the following:
Make sure all programs and windows are closed. Run HiJackThis and place a check next to the following items, if found, then click FIX CHECKED
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = about
:blank
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =
http://www.oneclicksearches.com/search.php?qq=%1
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =
http://www.oneclicksearches.com/bar.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =
http://www.oneclicksearches.com/search.php?qq=%1
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
http://www.oneclicksearches.com/search.php?qq=%1
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
http://www.oneclicksearches.com/search.php?qq=%1
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) =
http://www.oneclicksearches.com/search.php?qq=%1
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
http://www.oneclicksearches.com/
O2 - BHO: VMHomepage Class - {FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFA} - D:\WINDOWS\System32\hp7775.tmp
Close HiJackThis.
Reboot into normal mode.
1.) Download
The Hoster Press "Restore Original Hosts" and press "OK". Exit Program.
2.) Right-Click
HERE and Save As to download DelDomains.inf to your desktop.
To use: RIGHT-CLICK DelDomains.inf on your desktop and select: Install (no need to restart)
Note: This will remove all entries in the "Trusted Zone" and "Ranges" also.
3.) Download, install, and run
CleanUp!
Before first use, check under Options, Settings, and ensure "Only delete files in Windows Temp folder older than 48 hours" is unchecked.
Then open it and select the items you wish to clean up.
In the Windows Tab:
I recommend cleaning all entries in the "Internet Explorer" section except Cookies.
Clean all the entries in the "Windows Explorer" section
Clean all entries in the "System" section
Clean all entries in the "Advanced" section.
In the Applications Tab:
Clean all except cookies in the Firefox/Mozilla section if you use it.
Clean all in the Opera section if you use it.
Clean Sun Java in the Internet Section.
Clean any others that you choose.
Then click the "Run Cleaner" button
4.) Run this online virus scan:
ActiveScan - Save the results from the scan!
Post a new HiJackThis log along with the results from ActiveScan.
HGD