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Can you guys help me?
I have recently experienced problems with IE whereby my homepage is constantly being changed to about:blank and my pc is running really slowly.

I have read some articles that I found by searching on the net and downloaded and ran Spybot & Spysweeper but they have been unable to resolve the problem although Spysweeper keeps popping up to tell me that my homepage has been changed yet again.

I have discovered your site and have read other members similar problems. I have downloaded Hijackthis and have posted the log for you to have a look at. I would be grateful for any help because as a fairly inexperienced PC user I feel like throwing my pc out of the window!!!

Thanks in anticipation of your reply.


Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 20:15:48, on 16/06/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

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\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\pctspk.exe
C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\WINWORD.EXE
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Erik\Local Settings\Temp\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\okkpmc.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\okkpmc.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.co.uk
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\okkpmc.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.co.uk
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\okkpmc.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\okkpmc.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\okkpmc.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,HomeOldSP = about:blank
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {34BB04A1-EDA3-49CD-9769-CEBDBEAA5579} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\okkpmc.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {B9D90B27-AD4A-413a-88CB-3E6DDC10DC2D} - C:\WINDOWS\msopt.dll
O2 - BHO: NAV Helper - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O2 - BHO: sr - {FC2593E3-3E5A-410F-AF3D-82613CCE58E5} - c:\windows\sr.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccRegVfy] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccRegVfy.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PE2CKFNT SE] C:\Program Files\Ulead Systems\Ulead Photo Express 2 SE\ChkFont.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdaptecDirectCD] "C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SpySweeper] "C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe" /0
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Messenger (HKLM)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Messenger (HKLM)
O16 - DPF: {19E28AFC-EAE3-4CE5-AC83-2407B42F57C9} (MSSecurityAdvisor Class) - http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...?1072638158549
O16 - DPF: {3E68E405-C6DE-49FF-83AE-41EE9F4C36CE} (Office Update Installation Engine) - http://office.microsoft.com/officeup...ntent/opuc.cab
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{8ACD88BC-AE6F-4187-A4CF-0B9A3636B328}: NameServer = 213.1.119.99 213.1.119.100

Hi Erik, you have a particularly nasty version of the CoolWebSearch trojan, please do not run CWShredder as it won't work at this stage, please follow the following steps:

Step 1. Download this file from
http://downloads.subratam.org/dllfix.exe
or
http://tools.zerosrealm.com/dllfix.exe
and save it in a place you like.


Step 2. The file when downloaded will be dllfix.exe.

Step 3. Double-Click or Open the self-extracting file. It will ask for installation and change location. Please Keep it in BOOT drive and not in any place else. Preferably in Desktop.

Step 4. Navigate to the folder with the contents of the file. You will see there are two more folders inside and two BAT files.

Step 5. Run start.bat and you should get a screen with 4 options.

Run the Option 1. for report.

Step 6. Once the search is complete a ".txt" file should pop up with the name "Output.txt".

Copy and paste that file back to this thread.

Thanks for your quick reply.

I have completed your instructons and the Output.txt is posted below. I look forward to your reply. Many thanks.

--==***@@@ FIND-ALL' VERSION MODIFIED -6/14 @@@***==--
--==***@@@ ORIGINAL BY FREEATLAST @@@***==--

17/06/2004
20:02

System Info:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
C: "" (385FD13) - FS:NTFS clusters:4k
Total: 41 101 688 832 [38G] - Free: 35 191 631 872 [33G]


*IE version and Service packs:
6.0.2800.1106 C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Iexplore.exe
*Notepad version :
5.1.2600.0 C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe
5.1.2600.0 C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe
*Media Player version :
9.0.0.2980 C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe

! REG.EXE VERSION 2.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet Settings
MinorVersion REG_SZ ;SP1;Q824145;Q330994;Q832894;



Locked or 'Suspect' file(s) found...
These may be other files that Dllfix doesnt target.
If not file is listed than Dllfix may not Help.
in this case please post the contents of Windows.txt to the appinit
entry can be checked. You will find it in the dllfix folder after findall completes.
\\?\C:\WINDOWS\System32\LOGK.DLL +++ File read error
\\?\C:\WINDOWS\System32\LOGK.DLL +++ File read error


Scanning for main Hijacker:


Dllfix must have the Hijackerfiles in system32 to fix properly.
If there are no protocal keys text/html and text/plain
then dllfix may not work. This fix targets this type Hijack Entry.
that keeps reoccuring with different filenames.
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page
= res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\xxxxxx.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows]
"AppInit_DLLs"=""
"DeviceNotSelectedTimeout"="15"
"GDIProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710
"Spooler"="yes"
"swapdisk"=""
"TransmissionRetryTimeout"="90"
"USERProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects]
@=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{34BB04A1-EDA3-49CD-9769-CEBDBEAA5579}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{B9D90B27-AD4A-413a-88CB-3E6DDC10DC2D}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872}]
@="NAV Helper"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{FC2593E3-3E5A-410F-AF3D-82613CCE58E5}]
@="sr"

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\Class Install Handler]
@="AP Class Install Handler filter"
"CLSID"="{32B533BB-EDAE-11d0-BD5A-00AA00B92AF1}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\deflate]
@="AP Deflate Encoding/Decoding Filter "
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\gzip]
@="AP GZIP Encoding/Decoding Filter "
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\lzdhtml]
@="AP lzdhtml encoding/decoding Filter"
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\text/html]
"CLSID"="{706A5DE0-D2F5-44D6-A670-B2329FB2C31B}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\text/plain]
"CLSID"="{706A5DE0-D2F5-44D6-A670-B2329FB2C31B}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\text/webviewhtml]
@="WebView MIME Filter"
"CLSID"="{733AC4CB-F1A4-11d0-B951-00A0C90312E1}"


! REG.EXE VERSION 2.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
AppInit_Dlls REG_SZ

*Security settings for 'Windows' key:

If error than registry may need to be restored from option 4.

RegDACL 5.1 - Permissions Manager for Registry keys for Windows NT 4 and above
Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Frank Heyne Software (http://www.heysoft.de)
This program is Freeware, use it on your own risk!

Access Control List for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows:
(NI) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users
(IO) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users
(NI) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Power Users
(IO) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Power Users
(NI) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
(IO) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
(NI) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
(IO) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
(NI) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
(IO) ALLOW Full access CREATOR OWNER

Effective permissions for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows:
Read BUILTIN\Users
Read BUILTIN\Power Users
Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM




Run the start.bat again. Run option 2 and choose option 1.

You will see a flashing red cusor. Type in LOGK.dll then hit enter and let it do it’s thing, it should reboot, scan then fix the bad .dll.

Reboot again and post a new start.bat report

Thanks for your reply. I have done as requested and below is the log generated after the system reboot and the new output report after running start.bat

I look forward to your reply

Regards

Erik


CWSDLL/Searchx Appinit Fix By Shadowwar
Version 3.02 061404
Please Do not mirror Without Permission!
I can be contacted at spywaresubmit at aol.com
19/06/2004
11:17

Backing up Registry Hive

The operation completed successfully

Deleting Windows Key

The operation completed successfully

Adding Test Windows Key

The operation completed successfully

Restoring temp Values Key

The operation completed successfully

Deleting Bad Appinit Value

The operation completed successfully


Backup of Modified Hiv

The operation completed successfully

Deleting test Windows key

The operation completed successfully

Deleting Filter text
Running from C:\Documents and Settings\Erik\Desktop\dllfix
Scanning for Locked File
If this repeats 4 times than you may have another
Locked File not related to About:blank Hijack
Unlocking Locked File

C:\WINDOWS\System32\LOGK.DLL
Scanning For main hijacker.
Found Main Hijacker Dll:C:\WINDOWS\System32\OKKPMC.DLL
Md5 tested As 0FD275DE9C322668D6089DF000EC4F34
Processing File Manually
C:\WINDOWS\system32\LOGK.dll
Md5 Check of C:\WINDOWS\system32\LOGK.dll

Md5 tested As C185B36F9969D3A6D2122BA7CBC02249
Md5 matched known baddies.
Processing and Deleting File.
Processing ACL of: <\\?\C:\WINDOWS\system32\LOGK.dll>

SetACL finished successfully.

File was successfully Deleted.
Please Run Hijackthis or Cwshredder to finish cleanup.


Adding Back Windows Key

The operation completed successfully

Restoring Registry Hive

The operation completed successfully


Restoring Cleaned Appinit Value

The operation completed successfully





The new start.bat output.txt report



--==***@@@ FIND-ALL' VERSION MODIFIED -6/14 @@@***==--
--==***@@@ ORIGINAL BY FREEATLAST @@@***==--

19/06/2004
11:48

System Info:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
C: "" (385FD13) - FS:NTFS clusters:4k
Total: 41 101 688 832 [38G] - Free: 35 237 113 856 [33G]


*IE version and Service packs:
6.0.2800.1106 C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Iexplore.exe
*Notepad version :
5.1.2600.0 C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe
5.1.2600.0 C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe
*Media Player version :
9.0.0.2980 C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe

! REG.EXE VERSION 2.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet Settings
MinorVersion REG_SZ ;SP1;Q824145;Q330994;Q832894;



Locked or 'Suspect' file(s) found...
These may be other files that Dllfix doesnt target.
If not file is listed than Dllfix may not Help.
in this case please post the contents of Windows.txt to the appinit
entry can be checked. You will find it in the dllfix folder after findall completes.


Scanning for main Hijacker:
File found was C:\WINDOWS\System32\OKKPMC.DLL
Md5 tested As 0FD275DE9C322668D6089DF000EC4F34

known baddies that dllfix targets are:
0758CF635DF08AC381962F74832B6484
C87354D67A8B9828F483C6F90C496972
4E24A18F3A557AF479219E47E27B8B59


Dllfix must have the Hijackerfiles in system32 to fix properly.
If there are no protocal keys text/html and text/plain
then dllfix may not work. This fix targets this type Hijack Entry.
that keeps reoccuring with different filenames.
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page
= res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\xxxxxx.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows]
"DeviceNotSelectedTimeout"="15"
"GDIProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710
"Spooler"="yes"
"swapdisk"=""
"TransmissionRetryTimeout"="90"
"USERProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710
"Appinit_Dlls"=""

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects]
@=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{34BB04A1-EDA3-49CD-9769-CEBDBEAA5579}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{B9D90B27-AD4A-413a-88CB-3E6DDC10DC2D}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872}]
@="NAV Helper"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{FC2593E3-3E5A-410F-AF3D-82613CCE58E5}]
@="sr"

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\Class Install Handler]
@="AP Class Install Handler filter"
"CLSID"="{32B533BB-EDAE-11d0-BD5A-00AA00B92AF1}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\deflate]
@="AP Deflate Encoding/Decoding Filter "
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\gzip]
@="AP GZIP Encoding/Decoding Filter "
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\lzdhtml]
@="AP lzdhtml encoding/decoding Filter"
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\text/html]
"CLSID"="{34A4010E-E65E-47FE-916B-79D2F7A614DF}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\text/plain]
"CLSID"="{34A4010E-E65E-47FE-916B-79D2F7A614DF}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\text/webviewhtml]
@="WebView MIME Filter"
"CLSID"="{733AC4CB-F1A4-11d0-B951-00A0C90312E1}"


! REG.EXE VERSION 2.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
AppInit_Dlls REG_SZ

*Security settings for 'Windows' key:

If error than registry may need to be restored from option 4.

RegDACL 5.1 - Permissions Manager for Registry keys for Windows NT 4 and above
Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Frank Heyne Software (http://www.heysoft.de)
This program is Freeware, use it on your own risk!

Access Control List for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows:
(NI) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users
(IO) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users
(NI) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Power Users
(IO) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Power Users
(NI) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
(IO) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
(NI) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
(IO) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
(NI) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
(IO) ALLOW Full access CREATOR OWNER

Effective permissions for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows:
Read BUILTIN\Users
Read BUILTIN\Power Users
Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

O.K. Erik, you've killed the bad .dll now we can clean up:

Download, update and run
CWShredder
Click Fix, don't just scan. Let it fix everything it asks about.

Next please download and run the following :

1) SpyBot Search and Destroy
After installing SpyBot Search & Destroy, first press Online, and search for, put a check mark at, and install all updates.
Next, close all Internet Explorer windows, hit 'Check for Problems', have SpyBot remove all the items it marks in red.

2) Ad-Aware
After installing Ad-Aware, and before running the program, first press “check for updates now".
Click "Connect" and install all updated components available. Click 'Finish'.
Press "Scan Now", then 'next', and let Ad-Aware scan your drives.
It will find a number of "bad" files and registry keys. Click 'Next' again.
Check all found items, and click 'next' once more.
It will ask you whether you'd like to remove all checked items. Click OK.

Always reboot the computer between each program - both of these may find things that they need to have a reboot of the machine to clear - please reboot and let them finish.

Post another HijackThis log back here and we'll get rid of the last bits, you're nearly there.

I have run the programs and my system appears to be running as well as it did before my problems started.
I have posted another HijackThis file as requested and look forward to your reply.


--==***@@@ FIND-ALL' VERSION MODIFIED -6/14 @@@***==--
--==***@@@ ORIGINAL BY FREEATLAST @@@***==--

20/06/2004
17:38

System Info:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
C: "" (385FD13) - FS:NTFS clusters:4k
Total: 41 101 688 832 [38G] - Free: 35 266 568 192 [33G]


*IE version and Service packs:
6.0.2800.1106 C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Iexplore.exe
*Notepad version :
5.1.2600.0 C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe
5.1.2600.0 C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe
*Media Player version :
9.0.0.2980 C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe

! REG.EXE VERSION 2.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet Settings
MinorVersion REG_SZ ;SP1;Q824145;Q330994;Q832894;



Locked or 'Suspect' file(s) found...
These may be other files that Dllfix doesnt target.
If not file is listed than Dllfix may not Help.
in this case please post the contents of Windows.txt to the appinit
entry can be checked. You will find it in the dllfix folder after findall completes.


Scanning for main Hijacker:


Dllfix must have the Hijackerfiles in system32 to fix properly.
If there are no protocal keys text/html and text/plain
then dllfix may not work. This fix targets this type Hijack Entry.
that keeps reoccuring with different filenames.
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page
= res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\xxxxxx.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows]
"DeviceNotSelectedTimeout"="15"
"GDIProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710
"Spooler"="yes"
"swapdisk"=""
"TransmissionRetryTimeout"="90"
"USERProcessHandleQuota"=dword:00002710
"Appinit_Dlls"=""

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects]
@=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872}]
@="NAV Helper"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{FC2593E3-3E5A-410F-AF3D-82613CCE58E5}]
@="sr"

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\Class Install Handler]
@="AP Class Install Handler filter"
"CLSID"="{32B533BB-EDAE-11d0-BD5A-00AA00B92AF1}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\deflate]
@="AP Deflate Encoding/Decoding Filter "
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\gzip]
@="AP GZIP Encoding/Decoding Filter "
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\lzdhtml]
@="AP lzdhtml encoding/decoding Filter"
"CLSID"="{8f6b0360-b80d-11d0-a9b3-006097942311}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\text/webviewhtml]
@="WebView MIME Filter"
"CLSID"="{733AC4CB-F1A4-11d0-B951-00A0C90312E1}"


! REG.EXE VERSION 2.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
AppInit_Dlls REG_SZ

*Security settings for 'Windows' key:

If error than registry may need to be restored from option 4.

RegDACL 5.1 - Permissions Manager for Registry keys for Windows NT 4 and above
Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Frank Heyne Software (http://www.heysoft.de)
This program is Freeware, use it on your own risk!

Access Control List for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows:
(NI) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users
(IO) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Users
(NI) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Power Users
(IO) ALLOW Read BUILTIN\Power Users
(NI) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
(IO) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
(NI) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
(IO) ALLOW Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
(NI) ALLOW Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
(IO) ALLOW Full access CREATOR OWNER

Effective permissions for Registry key hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows:
Read BUILTIN\Users
Read BUILTIN\Power Users
Full access BUILTIN\Administrators
Full access NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM




Erik, I need you to post a HijackThis log so we can clean up, not a start.bat log.

Apologies for posting the wrong file. Please find below the HijackThis log and i look forward to your reply. Many thanks.


Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 19:23:29, on 21/06/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

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\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\pctspk.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\WINZIP\winzip32.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Erik\Local Settings\Temp\HijackThis.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.co.uk
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.co.uk
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: NAV Helper - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccRegVfy] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccRegVfy.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PE2CKFNT SE] C:\Program Files\Ulead Systems\Ulead Photo Express 2 SE\ChkFont.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdaptecDirectCD] "C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SpySweeper] "C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe" /0
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Messenger (HKLM)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Messenger (HKLM)
O16 - DPF: {19E28AFC-EAE3-4CE5-AC83-2407B42F57C9} (MSSecurityAdvisor Class) - http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...?1072638158549
O16 - DPF: {3E68E405-C6DE-49FF-83AE-41EE9F4C36CE} (Office Update Installation Engine) - http://office.microsoft.com/officeup...ntent/opuc.cab

Clean as a whistle Erik

To reduce the potential for spyware infection in the future, I strongly recommend installing SpywareBlaster and SpyWareGuard and IE/Spyad.

SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard are by JavaCool and both are free programs. SpywareBlaster will prevent spyware from being installed and consumes no system resources. SpywareGuard offers realtime protection from spyware installation attempts.

More info and download is available at:
SpywareBlaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard: http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html


IE/Spyad places over 4000 websites and domains in the IE Restricted list which will severely impair attempts to infect your system. It is free.

More info and download is available at:
IE/Spyad: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm