BleepingComputer.com: Recycler virus

Hello,

This is my first post, driven to do it by my problems with what I have tentatively identified as "the recycler virus". This infection turns my USB external drive folders to shortcuts and prevents me from opening my saved data on these drives. I know my computer is infected, but I can't seem to get rid of it. I have tried running malwarebytes and stinger (in safe mode with hidden and super hidden files unhidden) and followed a previous bleeping computer thread to remove the virus that seemed to be successful (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forum/topic200165.htm) which recommended OTMoveIt3 and flash disinfector. The log from OTMoveIt3 was:





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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\##NKI-LS-COG#Volume3
_CommentFromDesktopINI REG_SZ
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\##nki-nas#CogNeuro$
_CommentFromDesktopINI REG_SZ
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\##nki-nas#nki-users#gmusacchia
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\CPC

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\CPC\Volume

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\I

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\I\_Autorun

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{04d29ee9-44d1-11e0-bf7a-a4badb027432}\shell
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{04d29ee9-44d1-11e0-bf7a-a4badb027432}\shell\Autoplay\DropTarget
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{04d29ee9-44d1-11e0-bf7a-a4badb027432}\_Autorun

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{04d29ee9-44d1-11e0-bf7a-a4badb027432}\_Autorun\DefaultIcon
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{186e836c-9721-11e0-baa1-a4badb027432}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{186e836c-9721-11e0-baa1-a4badb027432}\shell
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{186e836c-9721-11e0-baa1-a4badb027432}\shell\Autoplay
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{1d9315f0-53b9-11e0-a58f-a4badb027432}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{1d9315f0-53b9-11e0-a58f-a4badb027432}\shell
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{1d9315f0-53b9-11e0-a58f-a4badb027432}\shell\Autoplay\DropTarget
CLSID REG_SZ {F26A669A-BCBB-4E37-ABF9-7325DA15F931}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{73b392e2-6051-11e0-a89a-a4badb027432}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{73b392e2-6051-11e0-a89a-a4badb027432}\shell
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{73b392e2-6051-11e0-a89a-a4badb027432}\shell\Autoplay\DropTarget
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{73b392e2-6051-11e0-a89a-a4badb027432}\_Autorun\DefaultIcon
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{773a0ba9-fbf5-11df-a8a5-a4badb027432}\shell
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Are there any recommendations for further removal tools. How can I tell when it has been removed (besides trying to plug in an external drive)? On another note, I have heard that it is best to run spyware removal in safe mode with all files unhiddeen. Why is this?

Thank you,
Gabriella

Welcome aboard

Download Security Check from HERE, and save it to your Desktop.

* Double-click SecurityCheck.exe
* Follow the onscreen instructions inside of the black box.
* A Notepad document should open automatically called checkup.txt; please post the contents of that document.

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Please download MiniToolBox and run it.

Checkmark following boxes:

• Report IE Proxy Settings
  
• List content of Hosts
  
• List IP configuration
  
• List last 10 Event Viewer log
  
• List Users, Partitions and Memory size

Click Go and post the result.

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Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (aka MBAM): http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free to your desktop.

* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
* If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.
* Post the log back here.

Be sure to restart the computer.

The log can also be found here:
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\Logs\log-date.txt
Or at C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\Logs\log-date.txt

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Please download GMER from one of the following locations and save it to your desktop:

• Main Mirror
  This version will download a randomly named file (Recommended)
  
• Zipped Mirror
  This version will download a zip file you will need to extract first. If you use this mirror, please extract the zip file to your desktop.

• Disconnect from the Internet and close all running programs.
  
• Temporarily disable any real-time active protection so your security programs will not conflict with gmer's driver.
  
• Double-click on the randomly named GMER file (i.e. n7gmo46c.exe) and allow the gmer.sys driver to load if asked.
  
• Note: If you downloaded the zipped version, extract the file to its own folder such as C:\gmer and then double-click on gmer.exe.
  
  
  
  
• GMER will open to the Rootkit/Malware tab and perform an automatic quick scan when first run. (do not use the computer while the scan is in progress)
  
• If you receive a WARNING!!! about rootkit activity and are asked to fully scan your system...click NO.
  
• Now click the Scan button. If you see a rootkit warning window, click OK.
  
• When the scan is finished, click the Save... button to save the scan results to your Desktop. Save the file as gmer.log.
  
• Click the Copy button and paste the results into your next reply.
  
• Exit GMER and be sure to re-enable your anti-virus, Firewall and any other security programs you had disabled.

IMPORTANT! If for some reason GMER refuses to run, try again.
If it still fails, try to UN-check "Devices" in right pane.
If still no joy, try to run it from Safe Mode.