XP Anti spyware problem

Reluctant_spender

Cripes - you have a number of infections there and only some have been deleted.

Follow this guide for the DriveCleaner and we will follow this up with something stronger after.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic71782.html

Reluctant_spender

Actually disregard the last - none of your files were deleted follow the instructions listed below;

Malware Bytes

• When installation has finished, make sure you leave both of these checked:
  • Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
  • Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
• Then click Finish.
• MBAM will automatically start and you will be asked to update the program before performing a scan. If an update is found, the program will automatically update itself. Press the OK button to close that box and continue. If you encounter any problems while downloading the updates, manually download them from here and just double-click on mbam-rules.exe to install.
• On the Scanner tab:
  • Make sure the "Perform Quick Scan" option is selected.
  • Then click on the Scan button.
• If asked to select the drives to scan, leave all the drives selected and click on the Start Scan button.
• The scan will begin and "Scan in progress" will show at the top. It may take some time to complete so please be patient.
• When the scan is finished, a message box will say "The scan completed successfully. Click 'Show Results' to display all objects found".
• Click OK to close the message box and continue with the removal process.
• Back at the main Scanner screen, click on the Show Results button to see a list of any malware that was found.
• Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
• When removal is completed, a log report will open in Notepad.
• The log is automatically saved and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.
• Copy and paste the contents of that report in your next reply and exit MBAM.

Note: If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove, you may be asked to reboot your computer so it can proceed with the disinfection process. Regardless if prompted to restart the computer or not, please do so immediately. Failure to reboot normally (not into safe mode) will prevent MBAM from removing all the malware. MBAM may make changes to your registry as part of its disinfection routine. If you're using other security programs that detect registry changes, they may alert you after scanning with MBAM. Please permit the program to allow the changes.

Freckman

Thanks everyone.

Found 5 trojans with the scan but these were cleared and it would appear the unwanted screens have as well.:T :T

GunJack

Errrmmm....I did advise you to allow MBAM to clean everything it found, rather than just show the log. You really need to run MBAM again ang post a new results log...just to make sure everything's been cleaned properly

PROLIANT

I had this problem or similar on one of the PC's at work, the problem that this user had was her PC had a permanent red circle with a white cross in the centre with a frequent balloon tip that popped up saying your computer has been infected bla bla bla, I did successfully remove this nasty bug however it hijacks the system restore and deletes the restore markers and files so you cant do a system restore, unfortunately this virus had been present on her PC for a few days so we had several restore files that were infected so even cleaning the computer this evil virus kept coming back, my professional advice is to format your hard drive and start with a clean, un-infected slate.

It also infects the SVCHOST windows service and scatters it's evil DLL's around the SYSTEM32 and WINDOWS directories.

Good Luck.

chunter

There's been numerous incantations of this over the last few years but this new one is a problems for several reasons.
SmitFraudFix is not cleaning it.
AVG Free is not finding it.
Norton and McAfee are doing what they've always done with this - ignore it.

Symptoms (could be all or a combination)

1. tells you have umteen viruses and you should pay 40 dollars to get rid of them
2. reboots your computer after about 6 minutes
3. reroutes your search results from google/yahoo to other dubious search engines
4. takes control of your Windows Desktop (hardly noticable until you try and recover it)
5. halts updates from SpyBot/ AVG Free

Notes

1. It creates a program called brastk.exe which is extremely diffcult to remove.
2. System restore is not removing it, as far as I can see

Reluctant_spender

SDFix will shift brastk.exe - it targets it directly.

Instructions here - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic131299.html