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Infuriating piece of malware
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Hey guys, what happened to the days when you could scan with Adaware and Spybot , maybe run your antivirus and be done with it?

I've got this malware that Adaware and Spybot S&D couldn't remove. My antivirus couldn't remove (Symantec Corporate), clearing cookies/history/temp files and temp folders couldn't remove, and of course there's no uninstall for it anywhere.

It does several things. One, it causes pop ups for porn, even when I'm not browsing (I use firefox). The pop up is usually for adultfriendfinder and "find a local fuck buddy" type of thing. (Yeah, I got this pop up from browsing porn. I'll have to use P2P or my imagination from now on, haha).

Second, it creates an item in my taskbar that randomly appears and disappears. The icon is an ! in a yellow triangle. It randomly produces a text window that reads:
"Your computer is infected with spyware managing pop-up advertisements (OHPE ver 4.12_23). Click the icon to learn more on what you can do about pop-up windows and other unwanted software."

Yeah, no shit!! You!

Third, it periodically brings up a window labeled "Critical System Error!" with a yellow !. The text in the window says:

"Please read this message carefully.
Yor PC is infected by spyware. SPyware and other unwanted software refers to programs that perform certain tasks on your computer, typically without your consent. This can include installing pop up advertising or collecting your personal information. Anti-spyware tools can only help rid your computer of spyware.
CLick "ok" to get software and special offers on antivirus software."

If I click on this text window it brings up the webpage adpunisherdotcom or pestpatrol or one of many other supposed antispyware product sites. The irony is staggering.

It also changes my IE homepage (although I do not use IE) to wwwdot safetydefender.com or some other site trying to sell me anti-spyware software. All of the pop up windows and window alerts and web pages that are triggered change each time. It's the most dynamic piece of spyware I've seen.



I hope one of you guys has seen this before and has a suggestion cause I have no clue. I've seen some troubleshooting forum logs on this and it always involves installing a bunch of other software that, at this point, I don't trust in the least. Thanks.

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: Viveka]
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Maybe try using eWido. I find that it picks up things that AdAware misses.

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: Darcho]
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Hey thanks man. That seems to have found something the other apps didn't. Unfortunately the little fucker is still there, tenacious. It changes the files it creates on every boot. It's just annoying because if I'm running something like a game the pop us will interrupt the game or the taskbar info box will obscure part of my screen. What a piece of crap.

Anybody seen this bastard before?

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: Viveka]
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Man...I have had the same thing.  Ironically, I just got another one today.

Basically, it's malware/spyware that masquerades as something useful.  It says stuff like, "Click here to protect your computer from Spyware!!".  It tries to direct you to a website where they try to sell you stuff.  These companies do sometimes sell real anti-virus programs that work (believe it or not).  But, the way these programs worm their way onto your comp is so unseemly and disgusting.

Whenever I get one of these I send the offending company a very nasty e-mail.  The only way I have found to get rid of them is to format the fucking computer.  :shrug: 

Damn...I have a little icon that just popped up saying "You are in danger of Spyware infection!!".  You can tell it's not a legitimate software package because there are misspellings all through the messages that keep popping up.  :lol:

Fucking spyware/malware.

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: RandalFlagg]
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Yeah, it's fuckin' sinister. "Warning! Your computer is infected with pop-up generating spyware!" Yeah, no shit. That's a bit like someone coming into your house at night and saying "Hey! There's someone outside your house about to break in. If you give me $40 bucks, I'll make them go away!"

I'm gonna dig in and do my best to root this fucker out. I'll keep you updated.

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: Viveka]
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Try getting the Microsoft anti-spyware software they offer on their website. I've never used it but apparently it's pretty decent.

Also try this:
go to Start > run > type in 'msconfig' and press enter > click the startup tab at the top

This shows all the stuff that will start when you start your computer. Look around for anything that looks out of the ordinary or something you jsut dont want to slow down your computer on startup, it may help, may not. You also may find some things in the Services tab, but be careful turning those off because it could disable some things like printing and shit.


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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: morphius2661]
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Yeah, this thing is still aactive in a selective startup. I'm working right now to hunt it down, more info to come...

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: Viveka]
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What I have been doing a lot lately on the machines that I repair is using a bootable cd (Bart PE or UBCD4Win). It has a lot of utilities on it & it allows you to repair your operating system & repair your registry & to delete those harmful files just to name a few. You can use it from a GUI or a command line interface. What I usually do is use the antivirus, spyware, adware programs in safe mode in Windows & whatever they can't get rid of I write it down & then boot to my bootable CD & delete or rename those files.

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: BigGameHunter]
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Look for a program called 'hijack this' to remove any malware. There are instructions how to use it if you do a google search.

It gives you the opportunity to change or delete the registry keys which these spyware alter, so they can't be removed with adware, spybot, etc..

H.T. works like a charm, and does it's job no matter what you got, but you have to be careful because if you delete the wrong key, your whole system will need to be reinstalled. But after using it a few times myself, i don't need to use anything else and don't need to worry about screwing up my system.

good luck

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: cosmicpirate]
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Heh.. I like Hijack This -- I always picture some angry dishevelled guy grabbing his package with one hand, while the other flips me off as he says "Hijack THIS

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: Viveka]
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your browser has been hijacked, there is a forum on the net somewhere, some tech site, wehre if you put your hijack this log on there, they will show you howt o fix it

peace

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: supra]
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Yeah, HijackThis is the shit! I was getting help on one of those forums but they kinda left me hangin. I've gotten rid of all the pop up behavior. The only thing that still happens is that when I click the double arrow to expand my taskbar icon area, it opens for a second, then closes again. Annoying, but much better than before. Hopefully I can clear that up too. Thanks for the advice people.

The SmitFraudFix tool actually seemed very useful for this particular malware. You might want to give it a shot Randal. Run the test, option 1 to see if it detects anything. Then boot into safe mode to run option 2 to clean. http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.zip

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: Viveka]
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EvilEye? said:
Yeah, HijackThis is the shit! I was getting help on one of those forums but they kinda left me hangin. I've gotten rid of all the pop up behavior. The only thing that still happens is that when I click the double arrow to expand my taskbar icon area, it opens for a second, then closes again. Annoying, but much better than before.


that is normal windows behavior as afar as i know

mine does it anyway

peace

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: supra]
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Sweet. I was thinking maybe it was, thanks for confirming.

SmitFraudFix resolved this issue.

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: Viveka]
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Sweep and clear. Format C: and reinstall your OS. Or just install Linux and never worry about it again.


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It is not dying...It is not dying
Lay down all thought, surrender to the void
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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: EvesApple]
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No need. SmitFraudFix resolved the issue.

I refuse to format C: because of some little rat bastard piece of shit spyware.

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: Viveka]
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a refusal that cannot last forever, windows is extremely vunerable to this kind of crap, one day you will have to, i do about once a year

peace

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: supra]
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Dude, I actually just formatted my PC two weeks ago. And this is after getting nailed with a virus that wrecked my NTFS table, only about a week after building this new system. So believe me, I'm well aware of the necessity of formatting at times and I'm prepared to do it. But in this case I refused to give in to something so dishonorable and my perserverence paid off, I found SmitFraudFix!

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Re: Infuriating piece of malware [Re: Viveka]
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Sometimes you can see it in the task manager under process. Just end the process. Helps me somtimes.

My computer still has the sasser virus, Eh what you going to do?


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