I keep getting alerts from Avast stating that Avast has stopped a threat from bestdrivestar.net, anythicago.com, alwaysisobar.com, and possibly one or two other addresses that I can’t recall, all of which end in a .dll extension, I believe. The alerts usually come in groups of 8 to 16 and they seem to occur when I wake the computer from sleep or turn the Wi-Fi on.
I have attached the logs from MBAM, FRST, and aswMBR.
I sincerely would appreciate any help in resolving this issue.
Many thanks.
Hello,
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Scan with ZOEK
Please download ZOEK by Smeenk and save it to your desktop (preferred version is the *.exe one)
Temporary disable your AntiVirus and AntiSpyware protection - instructions here.
[*]Right-click on
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icon and select
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Run as Administrator to start the tool.
[]Wait patiently until the main console will appear, it may take a minute or two.
[]In the main box please paste in the following script:
createsrpoint;
autoclean;
emptyalltemp;
ipconfig /flushdns;b
[*]Make sure that Scan All Users option is checked.
[*]Push Run Script and wait patiently. The scan may take a couple of minutes.
[*]When the scan completes, a zoek-results logfile should open in notepad.
[*]If a reboot is needed, it will be opened after it. You may also find it at your main drive (usually C:\ drive)
Post its content into your next reply.
Thank you for the quick response. I have attached the Zoek results.
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Scan with Farbar Recovery Scan Tool
Please re-run Farbar Recovery Scan Tool to give me a fresh look at your system.
[*]Right-click on
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icon and select
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Run as Administrator to start the tool.
(XP users click run after receipt of Windows Security Warning - Open File).
[*]Make sure that Addition option is checked.
[*]Press Scan button and wait.
[*]The tool will produce two logfiles on your desktop: FRST.txt and Addition.txt.
Please include their content into your next reply.
FRST.txt and Addition.txt are attached. I don’t know if this is relevant or not, but when I first got the infection I was signed in to Google Chrome so it was synced with my Google account and I had probably a dozen extensions but as of some time yesterday Chrome could not sync with my account so the only extensions currently installed are the few shown in the Zoek log which were automatically added by Avast or Chrome.
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Fix with Farbar Recovery Scan Tool
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[B] This fix was created for this user for use on that particular machine.
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Running it on another one may cause damage and render the system unstable.
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[/B]
Download attached fixlist.txt file and save it to the Desktop:
Both files, FRST and fixlist.txt have to be in the same location or the fix will not work!
[*]Right-click on
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icon and select
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Run as Administrator to start the tool.
(XP users click run after receipt of Windows Security Warning - Open File).
[*]Press the Fix button just once and wait.
[*]If for some reason the tool needs a restart, please make sure you let the system restart normally. After that let the tool complete its run.
[*]When finished FRST will generate a log on the Desktop, called Fixlog.txt.
Please attach it to your reply.
I had the same problem with multiple alarms AVAST blocking Web pages openings. I deleted this problem by performing a system restore to a date before the fault occurred. Easy to make ( Control Panel / System Restore) and effective.
Okay TwinHeadedEagle, I have attached Fixlog.txt.
Thanks for the reply moutik, unfortunately using a restore point didn’t do the trick for me.
How is your PC behaving now?
Its behaviour seems to be normal now. Chrome is syncing to my Google account again and I can’t get the threat blocked messages to trigger by waking the computer from sleep or turning the Wi-Fi off and on. Thank you for all the help. Is there any further action that needs to be taken?
This was all. We will only remove used tools.
Post-cleanup procedures:
Download DelFix by Xplode and save it to your desktop.
[*]Run the tool by right click on the
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icon and Run as administrator option.
[*]Make sure that these ones are checked:
[]Remove disinfection tools
[]Purge system restore
[*]Reset system settings
[*]Push Run and wait until the tool completes his work.
All tools we used should be gone. Tool will create an report for you (C:[B]DelFix.txt)
The tool will also record healthy state of registry and make a backup using ERUNT program in %windir%\ERUNT\DelFix
Tool deletes old system restore points and create a fresh system restore point after cleaning.
DelFix ran and everything seems to be back to normal. Thanks so much for all of your help. I left a small donation for you as you certainly saved me a lot of time and headache. Cheers.