Ok, thanks much for the information, updating right away.
The system seems to be running perfectly fine now, no browser site re-routes and what not. That’s how I originally came to the conclusion I had an infection. By what the logs said, it seems the problems are quarantined I guess?
Providing there are no other malware related problems…
IT APPEARS THAT YOUR LOGS ARE NOW CLEAN 
SO LETS DO A COUPLE OF THINGS TO WRAP THIS UP!!
The following will implement some cleanup procedures as well as reset System Restore points:
Click Start > Run and copy/paste the following text into the Run box as shown and click OK.
Combofix /Uninstall
(Note: There is a space between the …X and the /U that needs to be there.)
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee380/jeffce74/CF.jpg
Any of the logs that you created for use in the forums or remaining tools that have not yet been removed can be deleted so they aren’t cluttering up your desktop.
If you didn’t already have it I would keep Malwarebytes AntiMalware though.
Here are some tips to reduce the potential for spyware infection in the future:
1. Internet Explorer. Even if you don’t use it as your main browser it should be kept up-to-date because that is the browser Windows uses for updates.
Make your Internet Explorer more secure - This can be done by following these simple instructions:
[*]From within Internet Explorer click on the Tools menu and then click on Options.
[*]Click once on the Security tab
[*]Click once on the Internet icon so it becomes highlighted.
[*]Click once on the Custom Level button.
[*]Change the Download signed ActiveX controls to Prompt
[*]Change the Download unsigned ActiveX controls to Disable
[*]Change the Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe to Disable
[*]Change the Installation of desktop items to Prompt
[*]Change the Launching programs and files in an IFRAME to Prompt
[*]Change the Navigate sub-frames across different domains to Prompt
[*]When all these settings have been made, click on the OK button.
[*]If it prompts you as to whether or not you want to save the settings, press the Yes button.
[*]Next press the Apply button and then the OK to exit the Internet Properties page.
2. Enable Protected Mode in Internet Explorer. This helps Windows Vista users stay more protected from attack by running Internet Explorer with restricted privileges as well as reducing the ability to write, alter or destroy data on your system or install malicious code. To make sure this is running follow these steps:
[*]Open Internet Explorer
[*]Click on Tools > Internet Options
[*]Press Security tab
[*]Select Internet zone then place check next to Enable Protected Mode if not already done
[*]Do the same for Local Intranet, Trusted Sites and Restricted Sites and then press Apply
[*]Restart Internet Explorer and in the bottom right corner of your screen you will see Protected Mode: On showing you it is enabled.
3. Use and update an anti-virus software - I can not overemphasize the need for you to use and update your anti-virus application on a regular basis. With the ever increasing number of new variants of malware arriving on the scene daily, you become very susceptible to an attack without updated protection.
4. Firewall
Using a third-party firewall will allow you to give/deny access for applications that want to go online. Without a firewall your computer is susceptible to being hacked and taken over. Simply using a firewall in its default configuration can lower your risk greatly. I would personally only recommend using one of the following two below:
Online Armor Free
Agnitum Outpost Firewall Free
5. Make sure you keep your Windows OS current. Windows XP users can visit Windows update regularly to download and install any critical updates and service packs. Windows Vista/7 users can open the Start menu > All Programs > Windows Update > Check for Updates (in left hand task pane) to update these systems. Without these you are leaving the back door open.
6. WOT (Web of Trust) As “Googling” is such an integral part of internet life, this free browser add on warns you about risky websites that try to scam visitors, deliver malware or send spam. It is especially helpful when browsing or searching in unfamiliar territory. WOT’s color-coded icons show you ratings for 21 million websites, helping you avoid the dangerous sites. WOT has an add-on available for Firefox, Internet Explorer as well as Google Chrome.
7.Finally, I strongly recommend that you read TonyKlein’s good advice So how did I get infected in the first place?
Please reply to this thread once more if you are satisfied so that we can mark the problem as resolved.
Downloaded Online Armor and installed WOT Addon to all browsers. Now another problem arises, whenever I try to update windows I get an error, It’s error 80246008. It won’t let me download any updates at all due to the error.
Edit: I was looking it up, and someone said it’s due to BITS Service. I looked in the services from admin tools and it’s not listed there. I’m guessing the infection deleted it?
Edit 2: I just scanned registry for issues with CCleaner, and a few things caught my eye.
Activex/com issue - whitesmoke_bar/prxtbWhit.dll
and
Missing TypeLib reference - ISearch
I looked those two up and apparently they are both spyware or something? I don’t want to click “Fix Selected Issues” because I don’t know what it will do with those two.
Also another thing was obsolete software key - swearware, but I think that is from uninstalling ComboFix.
Yeah that was from ComboFix.
Let’s see what your BITS service looks like.
Please download Farbar Service Scanner and run it on the computer with the issue.
[*]Make sure the following options are checked:
[*]Internet Services
[*]Windows Firewall
[*]System Restore
[*]Security Center
[*]Windows Update
[*]Windows Defender
[*]Press “Scan”.
[]It will create a log (FSS.txt) in the same directory the tool is run.
[]Please copy and paste the log to your reply.
Log Attached.
Hi,
[*]Click Start > Run type Notepad click OK.
[]This will open an empty Notepad file.
[]Copy/Paste the contents of the box below into Notepad.
@echo off
regedit.exe /e "%userprofile%\Desktop\look.txt" "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BITS"
Notepad.exe %userprofile%\Desktop\look.txt
Del look.txt
Del %0
[*]Click Format and ensure Wordwrap is unchecked.
[*]Save as RegExp.bat
[*]Save as file type All Files or it won’t work.
[*]Now double click on RegExp.bat to run it.
[*]A file look.txt will open on your Desktop, please post the contents in your next reply.
Here we are.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BITS]
“ImagePath”=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,
74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,
00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,
6b,00,20,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,73,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BITS\Parameters]
“ServiceDll”=hex(2):25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,
00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,
71,00,6d,00,67,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
Hi,
Is that all there was?
Yes, I did select all when I copied, so I shouldn’t have missed anything.
Edit: Also, what should I do with the CCleaner registry tool about Activex/com issue - whitesmoke_bar/prxtbWhit.dll and Missing TypeLib reference - ISearch?
Hi,
Just in case you removed it do the following…
Next I would like you to take the following steps:
[*] Click Start then type Run in the Start Search bar >> type Notepad and click Ok
[*] Copy and Paste the contents of the Code box below into Notepad
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BITS]
"DisplayName"="@%SystemRoot%\\system32\\qmgr.dll,-1000"
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,\
74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,\
00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,\
6b,00,20,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,73,00,00,00
"Description"="@%SystemRoot%\\system32\\qmgr.dll,-1001"
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000002
"DelayedAutoStart"=dword:00000001
"Type"=dword:00000020
"DependOnService"=hex(7):52,00,70,00,63,00,53,00,73,00,00,00,45,00,76,00,65,00,\
6e,00,74,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,00,00,00,00
"ServiceSidType"=dword:00000001
"RequiredPrivileges"=hex(7):53,00,65,00,43,00,72,00,65,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,47,\
00,6c,00,6f,00,62,00,61,00,6c,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,\
67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,49,00,6d,00,70,00,65,00,72,00,73,00,6f,00,6e,\
00,61,00,74,00,65,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,\
00,00,53,00,65,00,54,00,63,00,62,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,\
00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,41,00,73,00,73,00,69,00,67,00,6e,00,50,00,\
72,00,69,00,6d,00,61,00,72,00,79,00,54,00,6f,00,6b,00,65,00,6e,00,50,00,72,\
00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,49,00,6e,00,\
63,00,72,00,65,00,61,00,73,00,65,00,51,00,75,00,6f,00,74,00,61,00,50,00,72,\
00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,00,00
"FailureActions"=hex:80,51,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,14,00,00,\
00,01,00,00,00,60,ea,00,00,01,00,00,00,c0,d4,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BITS\Parameters]
"ServiceDll"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,\
00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,\
71,00,6d,00,67,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BITS\Performance]
"Library"="bitsperf.dll"
"Open"="PerfMon_Open"
"Collect"="PerfMon_Collect"
"Close"="PerfMon_Close"
"InstallType"=dword:00000001
"PerfIniFile"="bitsctrs.ini"
"First Counter"=dword:000007d2
"Last Counter"=dword:000007e2
"First Help"=dword:000007d3
"Last Help"=dword:000007e3
"Object List"="2002"
"PerfMMFileName"="Global\\MMF_BITS_s"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BITS\Security]
"Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,90,00,00,00,a0,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,34,00,00,00,02,\
00,20,00,01,00,00,00,02,c0,18,00,00,00,0c,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,\
00,00,20,02,00,00,02,00,5c,00,04,00,00,00,00,02,14,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,01,00,\
00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,\
20,00,00,00,20,02,00,00,00,00,14,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,04,\
00,00,00,00,00,14,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,06,00,00,00,01,02,\
00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,20,02,00,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,\
00,20,02,00,00
[*] Save as regfix.reg to your Desktop
[*] Make sure to save file type as All Files
[*] Now right-click regfix.reg and select Merge
Once complete run a new scan with FSS and attach the new log.
Log Attached.
Hi,
Please go to Start >> type Run in the Start Search bar >> in Run type Services.msc >> Next to Background Intelligent Transfer Service you will see columns. Find the column labeled Startup Type across from BITS. Double click on the startup type (Manual, Automatic, Disabled…) and then in the General tab under Startup type make sure it is set to Manual.
There isn’t a Background Intelligent Transfer Service in my services at all. Whenever I mentioned the BITS service earlier, I had looked in my services and it wasn’t there then either. So from then till now, nothing has changed, so i’m not sure what’s up with it.
After a restart, the BITS service has shown back up and is working. I left the computer on while trying to deal with the infection, so it seems all it needed was a simple restart. Apologies for the “wild goose chase”, I didn’t know that would fix it, but should have done so anyways.
Everything seems fine now, i’m able to update my windows and no problems seem to have come up now. Thank you very much for the help. If there is anything else that needs done, let me know in case i’m missing something. I’ll check back until you give me the OK.
Great! I should have thought of that too! LOL!! Anyway…I think we are done here. It was nice working with you. 