Spyware Azesearch

[vwad]

I have got affected by spyware called Azashare.

I removed it by HijackThis but the google has still problems searching and msn.com url goes to that search engine's dummy page of msn search.



I think somebody should stab the p*n*s of these spyware producers

can somebody help me ?

I am using win2k professional

was using IE 6 sp1 when this happened and now have rolled backwards to IE 5

vwad

[swatkat]

Download these tools and install them:-
CCleaner
AdAware
SpyBot SnD
CWShredder
About:Buster

Boot in SAFE mode and run these tools:-
CCleaner --> Click "Options" button and here go to "Settings" tab and uncheck the option "Only delete files in Windows Temp folder older than 48 hours". Click OK to exit from the Options. Finally click "Run Cleaner".

AdAware --> Click "Scan Now" button in the left pane and select the radio button "Perform full system scan" and click "Start".

SpyBot SnD --> Go to "Mode" menu and click "Advanced". Then "Settings" tab in the left pane, and click "File Sets" and here select the file set named "Usage Tracking" and "Tracks.uti". Then click "SpyBot S&D" button in the left pane and click "Check For Problems".

CWShredder --> Run CWShredder and click "Fix".

About:Buster --> Run About:Buster and click "Start" and then click OK, and then it asks whether it should shutdown Explorer.exe while scanning, click "Yes" for it. After scanning once, it scans for second time. After the scan save the log file and post it.

Reboot to Normal mode. Scan using HijackThis and post the HijackThis log.

[vwad]

Thanks for the most immediate attention

I will do this and will get back to you with your requirements.

Thank You

vwad

[vwad]

Thanks T-Bone

Solved the problem due to your guidance.

Here is my HijackThis Log

IS it really solved or there are still some chhupa rustams ?

Please let me know !!

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 1:17:00 PM, on 4/20/2005
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v5.00 SP4 (5.00.2920.0000)

Running processes:
C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE
C:\WINNT\system32\regsvc.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\MSTask.exe
C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMAgent.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\WBEM\WinMgmt.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINNT\system32\VTTimer.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\iTouch\iTouch.exe
C:\WINNT\PowerS.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.12 www.go.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.12 go.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.13 astalavista.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.13 www.astalavista.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.13 astalavista.box.sk
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: ClickCatcher MSIE handler - {16664845-0E00-11D2-8059-000000000000} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\ReGet Shared\Catcher.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O2 - BHO: AcroIEToolbarHelper Class - {AE7CD045-E861-484f-8273-0445EE161910} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O2 - BHO: AddressBar Class - {f65b197f-8260-4d52-909a-f70118e646eb} - C:\WINNT\system32\iasadm.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Synchronization Manager] mobsync.exe /logon
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VTTimer] VTTimer.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [zBrowser Launcher] C:\Program Files\Logitech\iTouch\iTouch.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINNT\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PowerS] C:\WINNT\PowerS.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo! Pager] C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\ypager.exe -quiet
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] ctfmon.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Download using ReGet - C:\Program Files\Common Files\ReGet Shared\CC_Link.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Google Search - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmsearch.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Backward Links - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmbacklinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Cached Snapshot of Page - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmcache.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download All by Re&Get - C:\Program Files\Common Files\ReGet Shared\CC_All.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: Similar Pages - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmsimilar.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Translate into English - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmtrans.html
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: Related - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WINNT\web\related.htm
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WINNT\web\related.htm
O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) - http://messenger.msn.com/download/Ms...Downloader.cab
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{587186E3-3F4D-43AD-A0B2-CB6E1EB0AD17}: NameServer = 202.54.10.2 202.54.1.30
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service (dmadmin) - VERITAS Software Corp. - C:\WINNT\System32\dmadmin.exe
O23 - Service: SoundMAX Agent Service (SoundMAX Agent Service (default)) - Analog Devices, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMAgent.exe

[#/bin/sh]

You can get rid of spyware by using ad-aware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ or spybot http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10...age&tag=button or direct download ftp://ftp.download.com/pub/win95/uti...sepersonal.exe or http://kujoe.com/freeware/spybotsd13.exe

[it_waaznt_me]

Originally Posted by vwad

O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.12 www.go.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.12 go.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.13 astalavista.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.13 www.astalavista.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.50.166.13 astalavista.box.sk
O2 - BHO: AddressBar Class - {f65b197f-8260-4d52-909a-f70118e646eb} - C:\WINNT\system32\iasadm.dll

Run HijackThis again and put a checkmark next to these entries and Click on Fix Checked .. Make sure that all Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer windows are closed ..

[swatkat]

And delete this file C:\WINNT\system32\iasadm.dll.

[drgrudge]

^^ iT'S supposed to work upto Opera version 8 beta 3 only...

[anandk]

microsoft antispyware, spy sweeper and spyware doctor should be able to remove your browser hijacker.

take windows updates (or atleast ie security updates) if you can to minimize the possibility of such things happening again.

install javacools spywareguard & spywareblaster. they work in the backgroung and use near nil resources.

switch to maxthon browser. its better anyways !