Brooke Posted February 1, 2007 ID:2172 Share Posted February 1, 2007 (2nd post try) I somehow picked up UD antivermin yesterday. Installed the latest avast (did a boot scan) and RougeRemover free and pro with updates as of today but still am showing the infection in my tool tray and maxed out CPU usage.... Did a scan here for UD and saw the advice at http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.p...timate+defender which I will follow shortly. Just wanted to check if there was something else.Thanks, Brooke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted February 1, 2007 ID:2173 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Welcome to the forums Brooke.Have you tried scanning with Ad-Aware and Spybot yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted February 1, 2007 Author ID:2175 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Yes to Ad-Aware, no to SpyBot, which I take it I should and will do.Thanks, Tarun.Once I get out from under this weight I'm going to try to find out what's being pursued to hold the guilty parties accountable, but I guess that's another thing altogether. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted February 1, 2007 ID:2176 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Be sure to get SpywareBlaster and put that on first, as it can stop a lot of spyware from functioning as the makers intended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted February 1, 2007 Author ID:2177 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Too late to do it first, as SpyBot is crankin' (now has cranked - 99 probs), but I have it downloaded and will install. SpyBot supposedly fixed all but Smitfraud-C.Is there a prob running both Spybot and avast at boot? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted February 1, 2007 ID:2179 Share Posted February 1, 2007 No problems at all. Here is a Smitfraud Fix Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted February 2, 2007 Author ID:2181 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Thanks, got the fix, though running SB twice successively at boot supposedly fixed it. And even so, PCU usage is hot, the sys icon remains and that friendly little message just popped up again (no surprise). I never have gotten the symptoms of smitfraud as indicated by SB (the replaced screen saver).Here are some screen shots showing the systray icon, its message and other messages; none very unique or interesting, I'm sure. You have to look at the slideshow to get a decent sized look (maybe I'll put some more crops up so that's not necessary but the screen otherwise is just too small).http://digihort.photosite.com/Album3/I'm still infected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted February 2, 2007 ID:2182 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Brooke, if you like there is a PC Maintenance guide on my website (link is in my sig) and Anti-Malware Packages as well. They contain everything you'd need to clean your pc. There are also settings for many of the applications. I hope it will help you. Once done, you can post a HijackThis log here and I can analyze it for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted February 2, 2007 Author ID:2194 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Thanks, Tarun.One way or another, I will be back here.- Brooke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted February 2, 2007 Author ID:2195 Share Posted February 2, 2007 After following the steps to scan with AVG AntiSpyware in safe made as indicated in post 1 above (post #2 at http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.p...imate+defender), I posted my results there. Upshot is that the scan and actions looked complete but I'm still infected.- Brooke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted February 3, 2007 Author ID:2200 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Working through your list (http://www.lunarsoft.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1441), I've found most of the items but I'm not sure which TheNotifier to use (one from http://djlizard.net/2006/06/29/170, the another from http://members.cox.net/trayfolder/freeware...henotifier.htm).From start to finish:Peperfix, VX2Finder, TheNotifier (used to verify the results of VX2Finder), ADSSpy, SpywareBlaster, CCleaner, CWShredder, Ad-Aware (and I install the defs I pre-downloaded using my InstallDefs.bat file), Spybot S&D (and all three of the updates), Autoruns, HijackThis, Dial-a-fix, LSPFix, UPHClean and Windows Updates.Brooke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted February 3, 2007 ID:2201 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Brooke, this is the guide I was referring to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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