Popups !

[Smith]

i recently formatted my sys and have the following s/w installed

winxp sp2
AVG 7.0 up-to-date
ZA Pro up-to-date
Google toolbar (supposed to be blockin popups)

nowadays im getting many popups including while browsing TE..earlier i never used to get these (before formatting).

Google toolbar says its blocking popups, and so does ZA

but i still get annoying ads popping up like crazy.

p.s: i use both FF n IE6

any help guys? :S

 

[Apex]

seems ur pc is infected by some kinda spyware/adware.
download and install microsoft windows antispyware (its free)
dload link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en
and do a thorough scan of ur system.

u can also use software such as adaware etc.

 

[Crazy_Eddy]

Yep, i would personally recommend ad-aware. Do a thorough check up and clean any rogue entries. Having a firewall/pop-up blocker does not help much in stopping adware/spyware

 

[Smith]

i did all that, but still something is wrong:S

some suspicious processes called First-view.exe, and some random lettered exes are running in the taskmanager :S

did a complete system scan by both AVG and Ad-Aware SE (latest definitions)

barely 320MB of 512MB is free compared to the usual 350-360MB

 

[Nikhil]

if you find the offending file, then you will not be able to delete it unless you go to safe mode and try.

 

[chinmay]

umm .... post your HijackThis log here then

 

[bosky101]

Go to start->run->msconfig.msc or simply msconfig.Under startup ,look for entries that do not have a full file path. eg simply a abcd.exe without the c:/prog... so on . uncheck these entries .Similiarly check under the services tab in msconfig for visibly fishy services from say a toolbar or unusual name. Posting your hijacklog as suggested would also help.

 

[Smith]

Posting Hijackthis log.

pls note that process called view first.exe, is that a system process?
another thing is that, about affter 10 mins of comp usage, the iexplore.exe(internet explorer) process starts by itself and i am not able to end it (no windows of IE are running). it hogs about 20M of memory

edit: wasnt able to attach file . clicking on the "go advanced" button ended in a quick post :O

hence am pasting complete log here.

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 5:19:06 AM, on 10/2/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMAgent.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMax4PNP.exe
C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\Smax4.exe
C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\PokePeakRoamSign\view first.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe
E:\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = local.,
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {EF191FE4-0200-D380-10A9-B4C1AD79DDD7} - C:\DOCUME~1\Abhijit\APPLIC~1\PROCBO~1\Ball time.exe
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_EMC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SoundMAXPnP] C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMax4PNP.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SoundMAX] "C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\Smax4.exe" /tray
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Zone Labs Client] C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [STYLEXP] C:\Program Files\TGTSoft\StyleXP\StyleXP.exe -Hide
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 using LeechGet - file://C:\Program Files\LeechGet 2004\\AddUrl.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download using LeechGet Wizard - file://C:\Program Files\LeechGet 2004\\Wizard.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Parse with LeechGet - file://C:\Program Files\LeechGet 2004\\Parser.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: RapidShare-Download - res://C:\DOCUME~1\Abhijit\LOCALS~1\Temp\ir_ext_temp_0\AutoPlay\Docs\more-rapid.exe/RsMenExt.html
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: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\YPager.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\YPager.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\bonjour\mdnsnsp.dll
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{24F35E3C-DD90-408C-8E4B-D02ABDA0C86D}: NameServer = 192.168.12.1,0.0.0.0
O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\..\{24F35E3C-DD90-408C-8E4B-D02ABDA0C86D}: NameServer = 192.168.12.1,0.0.0.0
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: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
O23 - Service: SoundMAX Agent Service (SoundMAX Agent Service (default)) - Analog Devices, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMAgent.exe
O23 - Service: TrueVector Internet Monitor (vsmon) - Zone Labs, LLC - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe

 

[Eldorados]

Argus i have posted a thread in applications.i hav given some links for the above problems u faced.try it.

 

[bosky101]

O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\bonjour\mdnsnsp.dll

sounds suspicious fom the hj log.

 

[Smith]

@Eldorados..pls give the link mate..me too lazy to search

@bosky..yep i deleted that one in safe-mode...im still puzzled about the IE process starting for no reason

 

[Eldorados]

http://www.techenclave.com/forums/system-security-n-other-probs-sloved-14946.html

 

[Blade_Runner]

sounds suspicious fom the hj log.

Its a part of Itunes but i suggest that you get rid of it !

 

[sunnydiv]

there is a new kid on the block

on sites like "article city" etc, u cant block popups unless u block open new window all together