Thank you for the response.
Can you elaborate a bit on "bootable CDROM with a virus scanner" ---- I have my XP CD that came with it, but how do I add a virus scanner?
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bad image error, .dll is not a valid windows image
Hello,
XP Home Edition. Received IE popups (while using Firefox), redirecting to a variety of sites. AVG reportedly found and cleaned:
prunnet.exe, trojanhorse clicker.vse
and generic12ASAI
I then installed and ran Malwarebyte in safe mode. It found and removed:
rogue.virusremover
adware.mywebsearch
rogue.virusremove
malware.trace
trojan.vundo
adware.hotbar
I now cannot start up normally, it blue screens.. I can start up in safe mode but get a series of bad image errors that say:
mbam.exe - Bad Image
The application or DLL globalroot\systemroot\syst
I can click OK or Escape only to be prompted with more of the same error. It changes to swreg.exe - Bad Disk
NirCmd.cfexe - Bad Disk
svchost.exe, sed, exe, ERUNT, services.exe, lsass.exe, userinit.exe, explorer.exe.
Occasionally while attempting to run malwarebytes or other virus / malware scanners it says this:
This shutdown was initiated by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. Windows must now restart because the DCOM Server Process Launcher service terminated unexpectedly. I cannot stop it, it counts down from 60 and reboots.
See attached hijack this log. Please note that I did not have system restore enabled so I can't use that solution. Thanks for the help.
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I should have mentioned that it consistently comes up first with:
services.exe - Bad Image
The application or DLL globalroot\systemroot\syst
It then jumps to lsass.exe - BAd Image
same error.
Always does those two first, and then takes me to my users list.
Your log file only has two entries that are questionable. Neither of these should be the cause of your issues.
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [msiexec.exe] msiconf.exe (User '?')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [msiexec.exe] msiconf.exe (User 'Default user')
Please try to log on as a different user and download Combofix. If you are unabel to log on as a different user then download it from another system and upload the program to your system.
http://www.bleepingcompute
You must rename the default download file. Meaning, when you download Combofix.exe rename it to something like CM.exe. THEN run the executeable.
If that fails, you can try rebooting into Safe Mode (F8 at Startup) and selecting Last Known Good Configuration.
http://support.microsoft.c
If the above fail you may need to run a Repair.
XP Repair. It's not designed to overwrite your user data.
http://www.michaelstevenst
David-Howard,
Thank you. I've decided to back up all my data while I still can.... will try to run combofix as soon as that is done. Thanks for the tip on renaming it. I had tried to run combofix earlier, but it would always stall on the first line - something like starting combofix, and never go any further.
http://www.sophos.com/supp
http://www.avira.de/en/sup
You can burn it onto a cd with is bootable or you can copy it onto a disk, or boot from a disk and than run it from CD.
Hijackthis log is not helping much as the system in running in diagnostic startup mode and Hijackthis doesn't scan disabled startup programs.
Combofix as suggested is a good idea, also show us the resulting logfile. You would need to rename combofix before saving to your desktop or if using another pc rename it before transfering to the infected pc.
I wouldn't suggest a reinstall in an infected system just yet (unless a reformat is imminent).
May be, that you have a sasser or blaster virus which produces an effect similar to what you descibe. They have special removal programms, you may find under my links. Nevertheless it seems to, that the virus is still active, what I'm not wondering about if it is blaster or sasser.
If the shut down dialog comes up, you can run shutdown -a at the command promt.
>>>downloaded the recovery console for home xp sp2. Dragged both to my PC, under a different user, not in safe mode.
Drag the sp2 utility to the file that has the combofix icon (both are on my desktop) and nothing happens.<<<
We would like you to just concentrate on installing combofix on the infected pc. You don't have to install Recovery Console, don't have to install other things. Not good to install SP2 etc, in an infected pc as the result can be worse.
So the renamed combofix or the MalwareBytes till won't run? there's another tool we can try.
Also fix these entries in Hijackthis:
O2 - BHO: {9e92804c-294b-0539-a594-4
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [msiexec.exe] msiconf.exe (User '?')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [msiexec.exe] msiconf.exe (User 'Default user')
It's important to disable your antivirus/security shield while running combofix.
Here's a short canned if needed:
Please download ComboFix by sUBs:
http://download.bleep
You must download it to and run it from your Desktop
Now STOP all your monitoring programs (Antivirus/Antispyware, Guards and Shields) as they could easily interfere with ComboFix.
Double click combofix.exe & follow the prompts.
When finished, it will produce a log. Please save that log and attach it in your next reply by pasting it in the "Code Snippet" or "Attach File" window.
Re-enable all the programs that were disabled during the running of ComboFix..
Note:
Do not mouse-click combofix's window while it is running. That may cause it to stall.
CF disconnects your machine from the internet. The connection is automatically restored before CF completes its run. If CF runs into difficulty and terminates prematurely, the connection can be manually restored by restarting your machine.
First post points to Trojan Seneka
Have a look here: http://www.myantispyware.c
The I see c:\windows\system32\k92611
Thats what I can see at the moment from my side.
Run combofix again using this script.
1. Open Notepad.
2. Now copy/paste the text between the lines below into the Notepad window:
-------------------
File::
C
C:\32788R
C:\3278
C:\32
C:\
C
C:\32788R
c:\wind
c:\wi
--------------------------
3. Save the above as CFScript.txt on your desktop.
4. Then drag the CFScript.txt into ComboFix.exe. This will start ComboFix again.
c:\program files\calc.exe <-- did you install or know this calc.exe in this folder?
Can you please run other scanners on this pc, like MalwareBytes if you haven't yet.
And an online scan with Kaspersky, please save the log.
http://www.kaspersky.c
No problem. And thanks for attaching the logs.
Since MBAM and Kaspersky didn't find any threats either, that's great.
Glad to know it's resolved, and thanks for the points.
Unless you're not aware, you can award points to more than one experts by clicking the "Accept Multiple Solutions" button and then distribute the points to your liking. Let me know if you want to do that and I'll re-open the thread for you.
To uninstall Combofix:
Go to Start > Run and 'copy and paste' next command in the field:
ComboFix /u
System Restore will be reset and one restore point will be created.
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by: BembiPosted on 2009-01-03 at 22:55:24ID: 23288633
I would recommend first to scan your system using a bootable CDROM with a virus scanner. This should eleminate the files of the virus, whih may be recreated during boot.
If the files are removed, use a windows scanner to remove additional registr settings and other fragments. >
I assume that the virus is not really inactive.
After that you should goole for all the virus found to habve an idea, what they are changing and if you may habve to manually reconstruct some settings.