virus that kills system tools

  1. #1
    statusquo is offline Newbie

    virus that kills system tools

    Hi,

    I have a virus that is killing my system tools as soon as I start them. This includes: regedit, msconfig, taskmgr, hijackthis, scan32 (network associates antivirus), and other miscellaneous things, pretty much everything useful. If I want to run them, I have to name the exacutable something else (hence me running hijackthisasdf instead of hijack this in the log). I noticed two suspicious processes which I've already dealt with, userinit32 and taskbarmngr which belong to different viruses. I believe that I was caught by different viruses. I know that I need to upgrade to service pack 2 of windows, but I initially didn't upgrade because of the stability issues, and didn't think about it again until I got this virus. Here is the Hijack This log.

    Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
    Scan saved at 12:25:31 PM, on 4/3/2005
    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\system32\spoolsv.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPConfig.exe
    C:\Program Files\HPQ\Notebook Utilities\HPWirelessMgr.exe
    C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe
    C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\System32\conime.exe
    C:\Documents and Settings\graham\Desktop\hijack\HijackThisasdf.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe

    F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=userinit.exe
    O2 - BHO: Google Desktop Search Capture - {7c1ce531-09e9-4fc5-9803-1c2956615786} - C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktopIE.dll
    O3 - Toolbar: hp toolkit - {B2847E28-5D7D-4DEB-8B67-05D28BCF79F5} - C:\HP\EXPLOREBAR\HPTOOLKT.DLL
    O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IMJPMIG8.1] "C:\WINDOWS\IME\imjp8_1\IMJPMIG.EXE" /Spoil /RemAdvDef /Migration32
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSPY2002] C:\WINDOWS\System32\IME\PINTLGNT\ImScInst.exe /SYNC
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002ASync] C:\WINDOWS\System32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /SYNC
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002A] C:\WINDOWS\System32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /IMEName
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPLpr] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Compaq Service Drivers] WINS.exe
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [McAfeeUpdaterUI] "C:\Program Files\Network Associates\Common Framework\UpdaterUI.exe" /StartedFromRunKey
    O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Compaq Service Drivers] WINS.exe
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Google Desktop Search] "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe" /startup
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [kbdgr] C:\WINDOWS\System32\kbdgr.exe
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Compaq Service Drivers] WINS.exe
    O4 - HKCU\..\RunServices: [Compaq Service Drivers] WINS.exe
    O4 - Startup: TrayIt!.lnk = C:\Program Files\trayit\trayit!.exe
    O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present
    O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
    O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msjava.dll
    O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msjava.dll
    O9 - Extra button: AIM - {AC9E2541-2814-11d5-BC6D-00B0D0A1DE45} - C:\Program Files\AIM\aim.exe
    O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=http://www.insightbb.com
    O16 - DPF: {00B71CFB-6864-4346-A978-C0A14556272C} (Checkers Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary...r.cab31267.cab
    O16 - DPF: {1D0D9077-3798-49BB-9058-393499174D5D} - file://c:\counter.cab
    O16 - DPF: {2917297F-F02B-4B9D-81DF-494B6333150B} (Minesweeper Flags Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary...r.cab31267.cab
    O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...?1095130224943
    O16 - DPF: {74D05D43-3236-11D4-BDCD-00C04F9A3B61} (HouseCall Control) - http://a840.g.akamai.net/7/840/537/2...ll/xscan53.cab
    O16 - DPF: {8E0D4DE5-3180-4024-A327-4DFAD1796A8D} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary...t.cab31267.cab
    O16 - DPF: {DF780F87-FF2B-4DF8-92D0-73DB16A1543A} (PopCapLoader Object) - http://antu.popcap.com/games/popcaploader_v6.cab
    O16 - DPF: {F5C90925-ABBF-4475-88F5-8622B452BA9E} (Compaq System Data Class) - http://h30155.www3.hp.com/helpandsupport/SysQuery.cab
    O16 - DPF: {F6BF0D00-0B2A-4A75-BF7B-F385591623AF} (Solitaire Showdown Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary...n.cab31267.cab
    O18 - Protocol: ms-help - {314111C7-A502-11D2-BBCA-00C04F8EC294} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Help\hxds.dll
    O23 - Service: Apache2 - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\bin\Apache.exe" -k runservice (file missing)
    O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
    O23 - Service: Cisco Systems, Inc. VPN Service (CVPND) - Cisco Systems, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\cvpnd.exe
    O23 - Service: HP Configuration Interface Service (HPConfig) - Hewlett-Packard - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPConfig.exe
    O23 - Service: HPWirelessMgr - Hewlett-Packard Co. - C:\Program Files\HPQ\Notebook Utilities\HPWirelessMgr.exe
    O23 - Service: McAfee Framework Service (McAfeeFramework) - Network Associates, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Network Associates\Common Framework\FrameworkService.exe
    O23 - Service: MySql - Unknown owner - C:/mysql/bin/mysqld-nt.exe
    O23 - Service: Task Manager Help (TskHlp) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\taskmgr.exe


  2. #2
    Bad Karma[CORE] is offline Elite Member
    Particulary worried about the process conime that is running in the background
    look at http://www.liutilities.com/products/...ibrary/conime/ and u see why u should worry .)

    What i suggest is to boot up the system in safe mode, then do a full virus scan on the pc first.

  3. #3
    owen is offline D-A-L Team Member (UK)
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    Heres a full fix

    Close all browser windows, restart Hijack This and put a checkmark next to the following entries:

    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Compaq Service Drivers] WINS.exe
    O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Compaq Service Drivers] WINS.exe
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [kbdgr] C:\WINDOWS\System32\kbdgr.exe
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Compaq Service Drivers] WINS.exe
    O4 - HKCU\..\RunServices: [Compaq Service Drivers] WINS.exe
    O23 - Service: Task Manager Help (TskHlp) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\taskmgr.exe

    Click Fix Checked

    Then boot into Safe Mode and ensure that you are showing Hidden Files and Folders.

    Delete the following files and folders:
    WINS.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\System32\kbdgr.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\taskmgr.exe (NOT THE VALID FILE IN C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32!)

    Reboot and post a fresh log

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