So the other weekend I got infected with something. I am not sure if it has to do with me turning off the web shield to be able to play Battlefield (Battlelog) better and be able to join parties through their web service.
At first I noticed it because avast was going crazy with warnings. I then checked the task manager and their were many processes with a random assortment of letters and numbers originated in the local app data (I believe). Also in local/temp and windows/sysWOW64. I did a scan with avast, malware anti bytes and super anti-spyware. All bringing up a few things. Some notable things –
At first there was a fake anti-virus that popped up, can’t remember the name but something like ** Security 2011 (or maybe 2012 can’t remember). But I have since been able to get rid of that.
But things started coming back still (except for the numerous processes [thus far])
I have ran rkill and done all of the above again – yet they seem to keep coming back.
When the tools get finished, post the resulting logs back here as attachments, Essexboy will give them a look when he is online and then tell you what to do next.
Download ComboFix. It’s important that you save it to Desktop and run it from there.
Follow the instructions and don’t touch anything. Combofix will delete the infected files and reboot your system if something was found.
corpseworm as this is your first post it is not recommended that you reply to posts in the viruses and worms section.
We have qualified malware specialists that handle any issues in here.
You should not run ComboFix unless you are specifically asked to by a helper. Also, due to the power of this tool it is strongly advised that you do not attempt to act upon any of the information displayed by ComboFix without supervision from someone who has been properly trained. If you do so, it may lead to problems with the normal functionality of your computer.
So wait for Essexboy
he is usually in here around 08:00pm - 11:59pm UK time
Hi there unfortunately dropbox shows as a comntinuous stream of text could you upload the text file to mediafire and I will collect it from there. We may need to use combofix, but first I will need to confirm what we are up against
OK we will need to do this as three seperate elements
First I will run Combofix to kill the main bad boy, then I will run an OTL fix to kill the backup copies, and finaly another combofix run to do a sweep
Download and Install Combofix
Download ComboFix from one of the following locations: Link 1 Link 2
VERY IMPORTANT !!! Save ComboFix.exe to your Desktop
IMPORTANT - Disable your AntiVirus and AntiSpyware applications, usually via a right click on the System Tray icon. They may otherwise interfere with our tools. If you have difficulty properly disabling your protective programs, refer to this link here
[*]Double click on ComboFix.exe & follow the prompts.
[*]Accept the disclaimer and allow to update if it asks
Warning This fix is only relevant for this system and no other, using on another computer may cause problems
Be advised that when the fix commences it will shut down all running processes and you may lose the desktop and icons, they will return on reboot
[*]Run OTL
[*]Press the Run Fix button
[*]A dialogue will open asking for the location of the fix
[*]Browse to fix.txt on the desktop and select
[*]Press Run Fix again
After the system reboots then re-run Combofix please, posting the log generated by this run and a fresh OTL scan. Both logs should attach now
I noticed as I was running the fix in OTL something popped up and said that windows encountered an error and will restart in 1 minute – maybe it did not completely finish and something happened?
Refering to the picture above, drag CFScript into ComboFix.exeWhen finished, it shall produce a log for you at C:\ComboFix.txt which I will require in your next reply.