Re: malware affecting IE7 on XP

Actually, MBAM worked. However, to get it to work I had to...

Go to Start > Control Panel > Folder Options and set it to show hidden file
types, and not to hide extensions or system files

rename the installer

install it in safe mode

reboot in normal mode

right-click the desktop icon and find the path to the MBAM target executable

browse to and rename the target executable and double-click on it

After that all I had to do was reboot after it was finished and then connect
to the update server and I did get some updates, which means I should
probably run it again.

Thanks everyone. Your help is priceless and you provide an amazing resource.


"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e0PAtLUeJHA.5288@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Here is the download link I forgot to post.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD724AE0-E72D-4F54-9AB3-75B8EB148356&displaylang=en

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"John" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hmmm...

Well I set Automatic Update to run at 2am and I guess I'm not supposed to
be prompted but I still don't have a file called mrt.exe. I also can't
browse to the Windows Update site.

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This sounds surprisingly like the worm (called "Downadup" or
"Conficker") that has infected 9 million computers to date.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28708241/

If so, shame for not installing your Window updates in a timely fashion.
There was a patch issued to prevent this in October.

The latest version of the Microsoft Malicious Removal Tool, issued on
the 2nd Tuesday of this month, will clean this out. You DID get January
updates right? If so, search for mrt.exe and run the program from your
computer. It will remove this and you should be golden.


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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"John" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I seem to have some kind of malware affecting IE7 & Firefox on my PC w/
XP. Does anyone recopgnize this? I have Avira AntiVir, been updating it
every day and scans don't detect anything.

I am not able to browse to certain sites like avira.com, avg.com, and
other anti-virus sites. With IE7 I get redirected to a Google page and
w/ Firefox a "page load error" screen saying that the browser "failed
to connect".

If I type www.avira.com into IE7 I am redirected to a Google search
page at this URL (I don't advise clicking it):

http://www.google.com/search?q=www.avira.com&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

If I click the link to avira.com from that page, it takes me to this
URL (again, I don't advise clicking it):

http://go.google.com/?u=00a3f63266b79fba1460d70932ff%3Dc%3Fphp.kcilc%2F84.822.19.77&bid=0.027225&aid=61&said=v300&mppc=234

Then a page saying that I have security problems pops up, and prompts
me to download security updates, and IE puts up a messsage bar saying
that it has blocked the site from downloading files, as you can see in
the screen capture here (feel free to click this one):

http://productivitymuse.com/screenshot_090117.jpg

The URL of the page in the screen capture is (don't click it):

http://scan.antispyware-pro-scanner.com/243/3/

Does anyone know what could be causing my browser to redirect like this
and how to correct it?

An adjunctive problem is that Spybot S&D won't start. When I click it,
I get an hourglass for a few seconds and then nothing happens. When I
go into Task Manager it does not show Spybot running.

All of this started happening late Wenesday night (possibly after
midnight) after the Windows Security Center popped up and told me that
I had the zafi.b worm. A scan w/ AntiVir made detected and deleted some
files and the zafi.b warnings went away, but obviously I still have
something. I installed AVG as well, and it didn't find anything and
wouldn't connect to the update server.

Thanks for any advice.

Here's some info on the registrant of the site that is trying to
download files to my computer. Notice that the domain was just
published on 1/15/09. The site is also self-hosted, which means that
Mr. Mott from Detroit Michigan 48204 (not Mississippi) can have
anything he wants on his server...

Registration Service Provided By: ALVO BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, CORP.
Contact: +1.8662097142

Domain Name: ANTISPYWARE-PRO-SCANNER.COM

Registrant:
N/A
Deron Mott (deronmott@xxxxxxxxx)
Fremont St. 91 21
DETROIT
Mississippi,48204
US
Tel. +131.433437

Creation Date: 15-Jan-2009
Expiration Date: 15-Jan-2010

Domain servers in listed order:
ns4.alvobs.com
ns3.alvobs.com
ns2.alvobs.com
ns1.alvobs.com










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