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Random DLLs + unknown EXEs in system 32 Need help with an unknown infection asap

#1 User is offline   Michael Gemin 

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Posted 09 April 2009 - 11:38 PM

Hey Guys,

A couple of days ago, I came across some sort of infection on my XP Home. Not sure how I received it though, it was probably from a website that i'd been on. There are randomly-names dll files in system 32 and also certain 'exe' files also in system 32 which I have never seen before which appear in the task manager (processes), which, when I kill the respective process, can be deleted, but then reappear when I reboot. There are also exe files in the windows TEMP directory, some of which have a random string of numbers for a name. The names of these exes include:

reader_s.exe
w.exe
sopidkc.exe
tdctxte.exe
afisicx.exe
2980856254.exe
2441637504.exe
esh3twml.exe

Various dll files:

ds43g4nfjkn93.dll
(other random dll's)


Just a few hours ago, I saved all My Documents and other necessary files onto an external HD and completely recovered my PC to its factory state. I put all my documents etc back in place and after a few reboots from windows updates, the files reappeared again. Leaving me to think that maybe the files stem from those that I trasferred from my external HD?

Before this issue I used Spybot - Search & Destroy, Spyware Blaster, Windows Defender. Even after I deleted the relevant dll and exe entries in HijackThis, they reappeared. Prior to when I recovered/reinstalled my OS, I believe a file, 'VRT1A.tmp', in the windows temp directory, was causing all sorts of trouble with my Services. Also, 'regedit' was disabled through this infection, and using HijackThis to enable it, I found that the filepath of most of the services were redirected to this .tmp file. Using regedit, I changed some of the crucial services back to their original state, eg svchost etc. This seemed to fix things up a tiny bit. But there were still many void services. This, plus other stupid things on my computer, led me to reinstall my OS. Now, the problem is back again. By the way, there is barely any software installed on my computer due to the fact that I just reinstalled.


Any prompt help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Michael.



DDS (Ver_09-03-16.01) - NTFSx86
Run by Michael Gemin at 13:47:55.95 on Fri 10/04/2009
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600.1.1252.61.1033.18.1279.924 [GMT 10:00]


============== Running Processes ===============

C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost -k rpcss
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\slserv.exe
C:\apps\ABoard\ABoard.exe
C:\apps\ABoard\AOSD.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wuauclt.exe
svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\VRT1A.tmp
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\esh3twml.exe
C:\WINDOWS\dhcp\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\afisicx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\esh3twml.exe
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\3361\SVCHOST.exe -sysrun
C:\Documents and Settings\Michael Gxxxx\Desktop\Anti-Virus Software\dds.scr

============== Pseudo HJT Report ===============

uStart Page = hxxp://www.google.com.au/
uWindow Title = Packard Bell
BHO: c:\windows\system32\ds43g4nfjkn93.dll: {d5bf49a0-94f3-42bd-f434-3604812c8955} - c:\windows\system32\ds43g4nfjkn93.dll
EB: Media Band: {32683183-48a0-441b-a342-7c2a440a9478} - %SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll
uRun: [Sonic RecordNow!]
uRun: [ctfmon.exe] c:\windows\system32\ctfmon.exe
uRun: [MSMSGS] "c:\program files\messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
uRun: [Diagnostic Manager] c:\docume~1\michae~1\locals~1\temp\2441637504.exe
mRun: [ATIPTA] c:\ati technologies\ati control panel\atiptaxx.exe
mRun: [UpdateManager] "c:\program files\common files\sonic\update manager\sgtray.exe" /r
mRun: [ACTIVBOARD] c:\apps\aboard\ABoard.exe
mRun: [svchost.exe] "c:\windows\system32\3361\SVCHOST.exe"
mRunOnce: [svchost.exe] "c:\windows\system32\3361\SVCHOST.exe"
dRun: [CTFMON.EXE] c:\windows\system32\CTFMON.EXE
dRun: [<NO NAME>] c:\windows\temp\esh3twml.exe
dRun: [Windows Resurections] c:\windows\temp\esh3twml.exe
dRun: [Diagnostic Manager] c:\windows\temp\2980856254.exe
uPolicies-explorer: NoFolderOptions = 1 (0x1)
dPolicies-explorer: NoFolderOptions = 1 (0x1)
dPolicies-system: DisableRegistryTools = 1 (0x1)
IE: {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - %SystemRoot%\web\related.htm
DPF: DirectAnimation Java Classes - file://c:\windows\java\classes\dajava.cab
DPF: Microsoft XML Parser for Java - file://c:\windows\java\classes\xmldso.cab
DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} - hxxp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39204
DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} - hxxp://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/muweb_site.cab?1239331127484
Notify: AtiExtEvent - Ati2evxx.dll
STS: c:\windows\system32\ds43g4nfjkn93.dll: {d5bf49a0-94f3-42bd-f434-3604812c8955} - c:\windows\system32\ds43g4nfjkn93.dll

============= SERVICES / DRIVERS ===============

R1 Asapi;Asapi;c:\windows\system32\drivers\asapi.sys [2004-5-5 11264]
R2 afisicx;afisicx Service;c:\windows\system32\afisicx.exe [2002-8-29 192000]
R2 DhcpSrv;Dhcp server;c:\windows\dhcp\svchost.exe [2009-4-10 253952]
R3 STAC97NA;SigmaTel 3D Environmental Audio;c:\windows\system32\drivers\stac97na.sys [1980-1-1 296179]
R3 STAC97NH;STAC97NH;c:\windows\system32\drivers\stac97nh.sys [1980-1-1 231983]
S2 sopidkc;sopidkc Service;c:\windows\system32\sopidkc.exe [2002-8-29 193024]
S2 tdctxte;tdctxte Service;c:\windows\system32\tdctxte.exe [2002-8-29 193024]
S3 at1394;at1394;c:\windows\system32\at1394.sys [2003-6-21 2304]

=============== Created Last 30 ================

2009-04-10 13:36 <DIR> --d----- C:\VundoFix Backups
2009-04-10 13:21 <DIR> --d----- c:\windows\system32\3361
2009-04-10 13:21 108,336 a------- c:\windows\system32\MSWINSCK.OCX
2009-04-10 13:21 <DIR> --d----- c:\windows\dhcp
2009-04-10 13:21 231,936 a------- c:\windows\system32\w.exe
2009-04-10 13:21 8 a------- c:\windows\system32\comsa32.sys
2009-04-10 13:21 15,000 a------- c:\windows\system32\ds43g4nfjkn93.dll
2009-04-10 13:21 40,960 a------- c:\windows\system32\stu2.exe
2009-04-10 13:21 1 a------- c:\windows\system32\1F.tmp
2009-04-10 13:20 84 a------- c:\windows\system32\1B.tmp
2009-04-10 12:55 <DIR> --d----- c:\windows\Logs
2009-04-10 12:55 <DIR> --d-h--- c:\windows\msdownld.tmp
2009-04-10 12:46 <DIR> --d----- c:\windows\system32\PreInstall
2009-04-10 12:46 22,752 a------- c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.exe
2009-04-10 12:46 <DIR> --d-h--- c:\windows\$hf_mig$
2009-04-10 12:44 <DIR> --d----- C:\OEMCUST
2009-04-10 12:43 <DIR> --d----- c:\program files\ATI Technologies
2009-04-10 12:43 <DIR> --d----- c:\windows\system32\bits
2009-04-10 12:42 331,776 a------- c:\windows\system32\winhttp.dll
2009-04-10 12:42 17,408 a------- c:\windows\system32\qmgrprxy.dll
2009-04-10 12:42 158,720 -------- c:\windows\system32\xpob2res.dll
2009-04-10 12:42 7,680 -------- c:\windows\system32\dllcache\bitsprx2.dll
2009-04-10 12:42 7,680 -------- c:\windows\system32\bitsprx2.dll
2009-04-10 12:42 7,168 -------- c:\windows\system32\dllcache\bitsprx3.dll
2009-04-10 12:42 7,168 -------- c:\windows\system32\bitsprx3.dll
2009-04-10 12:41 <DIR> --d----- C:\ATI
2009-04-10 12:38 <DIR> --ds---- c:\documents and settings\michael gxxxx\UserData
2009-04-10 12:37 <DIR> --d----- c:\windows\system32\SoftwareDistribution
2009-04-10 12:35 213,528 a------- c:\windows\system32\wuaucpl.cpl
2009-04-10 12:35 186,136 a------- c:\windows\system32\wuaueng1.dll
2009-04-10 12:35 167,704 a------- c:\windows\system32\wuauclt1.exe
2009-04-10 12:28 21,760 a------- c:\windows\system32\dllcache\usbstor.sys
2009-04-10 12:24 <DIR> --d----- c:\documents and settings\michael gemin\WINDOWS
2009-04-10 12:24 <DIR> --d----- c:\documents and settings\Michael Gemin
2009-04-10 12:18 8,192 a------- c:\windows\REGLOCS.OLD
2009-04-10 12:18 12,160 a------- c:\windows\system32\drivers\mouhid.sys

==================== Find3M ====================

2009-04-10 13:21 125,849 a------- c:\windows\system32\userinit.exe
2009-02-06 12:35 1,486,208 a------- c:\windows\system32\SET10.tmp

============= FINISH: 13:48:04.34 ===============

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Posted 11 April 2009 - 09:46 AM

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Posted 28 April 2009 - 04:53 PM

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