Hi,

McAfee is telling me that it discovered and cleaned Qhost.apd Trojan whenever I connect to the Internet and start my Firefox browser. After this message, McAfee exits and I cannot start it again unless I reboot.

I looked in my Task Manager and I see the following service running HidDll32.exe. It seems that when I kill it, McAfee can be run again. I am attaching Hijackthis log. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get rid of this virus. Thanks alot for any thoughts and suggestions!


Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 9:48:23 AM, on 2/24/2005
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
D:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe
D:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe
D:\WINNT\system32\services.exe
D:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe
D:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
D:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe
D:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe
d:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsrte.exe
D:\PROGRA~1\EFFICI~1\ENTERN~1\app\pppoeservice.exe
D:\WINNT\system32\regsvc.exe
D:\WINNT\system32\MSTask.exe
D:\WINNT\System32\tcpsvcs.exe
D:\WINNT\System32\WBEM\WinMgmt.exe
D:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
D:\WINNT\System32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe
D:\WINNT\Explorer.EXE
D:\Program Files\DSL\programs\dslpca.exe
D:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshld.exe
D:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe
D:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\McUpdate.exe
d:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsescn.exe
D:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
D:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0\bin\jusched.exe
D:\WINNT\system32\HidDll32.exe
d:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe
D:\PROGRA~1\EFFICI~1\ENTERN~1\app\enternet.exe
D:\Documents and Settings\Maya\Desktop\hijackthis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://www.att.net/ie4/search/index.html
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.att.net/
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - D:\WINNT\System32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} - d:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Synchronization Manager] mobsync.exe /logon
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AT&T DSL Service PCA Program] D:\Program Files\DSL\programs\dslpca.exe /ws
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "d:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcmnhdlr.exe" /checktask
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] d:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshld.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] d:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] D:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\McUpdate.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "D:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] D:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0\bin\jusched.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HidDll32] HidDll32.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [HidDll32] HidDll32.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk = D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://D:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - D:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0\bin\npjpi150.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - D:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0\bin\npjpi150.dll
O9 - Extra button: Related - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - D:\WINNT\web\related.htm
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - D:\WINNT\web\related.htm
O16 - DPF: {37A273C2-5129-11D5-BF37-00A0CCE8754B} (TTestGenXInstallObject) - http://www.mathxl.com/wizmodules/tes...enXInstall.cab
O16 - DPF: {3BFFE033-BF43-11D5-A271-00A024A51325} (iNotes6 Class) - http://mail.tripplite.com/iNotes6.cab
O16 - DPF: {B942A249-D1E7-4C11-98AE-FCB76B08747F} (RealArcadeRdxIE Class) - http://games-dl.real.com/gameconsole...rcadeRdxIE.cab
O16 - DPF: {C4DD6732-1E82-4AE7-BD94-180331B84082} (DeltaCVX Control) - http://www.mathxl.com/applets/deltacvx.cab
O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/is...32/mcfscan.cab
O23 - Service: Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service (dmadmin) - VERITAS Software Corp. - D:\WINNT\System32\dmadmin.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee.com McShield (McShield) - Unknown owner - d:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee SecurityCenter Update Manager (mcupdmgr.exe) - McAfee, Inc - D:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Agent\mcupdmgr.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee.com VirusScan Online Realtime Engine (MCVSRte) - Networks Associates Technology, Inc - d:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsrte.exe
O23 - Service: PPPoE Service (PPPoEService) - Unknown owner - D:\PROGRA~1\EFFICI~1\ENTERN~1\app\pppoeservice.exe

Did I post this question on a wrong forum?

Yes you did, Please follow all of Owen's instructions HERE once you have completed that post your log on the Spyware, Adware and Viruses board

Thank you Bear. I have fixed the problem by running Panda Antivirus software. It found Qhosts.apd worm on my computer and I was able to delete it. McAfee was not finding it at all.
But, I did read instructions from Owen you suggested and I found it very informative. Thanks again.