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Major Adware issues...uMonitor too?


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Hi Euphemist4137

Go to microsoft update then check your download History
that will tell you the last microsoft update to your system

Next dissable auto-update on your system


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Hi Euphemist4137

Lets try this get yourself a blank formated floppy disk.

Now cut and paste the ykuthk.exe onto the floppy, take the floppy out of the drive reboot then search ykuthk.exe, lets see if it comes back.


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Okay...I copied the file ykuthk.exe to a floppy, then rebooted in Safe Mode as Administrator and deleted the file through a Command Line prompt. I also checked the registry under

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Current Version\Run

Just to make sure there were no startup entries for it. There weren't. I then used msconfig to make sure that the startup item had been removed. It had.

I rebooted normally...and sure as heck, wouldn't you know it popped right back up in the Startup tab under msconfig, and the file was replaced into the directory from which I deleted it in Safe Mode.

Sounds fishy to me. Let me fill you in on something else I discovered in the process of working with this...

Both within the registry and within the Startup tab of msconfig, I have discovered another process called ypirwp.exe, and I have absolutely no clue what this process does. A search in online process libraries returns absolutely nothing, and a google search uncovers nothing as well. It is being run from the following directory:

C:\WINDOWS\system32

Also seems suspicious. I am beginning to wonder if these two "gibberish" files (ykuthk.exe and ypirwp.exe) are related...maybe one is creating the other? Do you think it would be safe to do a similar process as before with BOTH of these files this time?
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Hi Euphemist4137

Having checked my system for the two files =zero

Lets try this boot in to safemode

(1) use taskmanager to end the processes (ykuthk.exe and ypirwp.exe)

(2)Now cut and paste to the floppy disk

(3) Run Ad-aware rescan

(4) Reboot to normal mode

(5) check system for (ykuthk.exe and ypirwp.exe) and any new file that has been added

(6) Run HijackThis and post the log.file

kc <_<
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Well, I followed your instructions. Had to use msconfig to stop the ypirwp.exe process from loading at startup, then reboot in safe mode and use a command line prompt to delete both it and the ykuthk.exe file from my system. I also found and deleted a registry entry for the ypirwp.exe file from a directory for Search Assistant (whatever that is).

I rebooted, and while I am still getting adware popups, so far I have not yet had any RunDLL error messages. My recycle bin still won't store deleted files.

I checked the registry and the startup processes, and ypirwp.exe is not loading anymore...and I checked the system32 director in MS-DOS, and the file seems to be gone, as does ykuthk.exe. Of course, they could be renamed to something else now...but I don't see any new suspicious items anywhere either.

Now...if I could just figure out what is still causing thesed darned popups....

Most recent HJT log posted below:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2
Scan saved at 2:10:15 PM, on 12/3/2004
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:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\cvpnd.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\NORTON~2\GHOSTS~2.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE
C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\NPROTECT.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\slserv.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\SPEEDD~1\nopdb.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Security Center\SymWSC.exe
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
C:\Program Files\Roxio\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\AVWLPSTA.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 4.0\Distillr\AcroTray.exe
C:\Program Files\Palm\AlarmApp.exe
C:\Program Files\Palm\HOTSYNC.EXE
C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\vpngui.exe
C:\Program Files\EndNote\EndNote5.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\Qualcomm\Eudora\Eudora.exe
C:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Johnathan Kana\Desktop\HJT\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://campusweb.garrett.edu/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = http://www.averatec.com/
N3 - Netscape 7: user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "www.hotmail.com"); (C:\Documents and Settings\Johnathan Kana\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\x30swvn7.slt\prefs.js)
N3 - Netscape 7: user_pref("browser.search.defaultengine", "engine://C%3A%5CProgram%20Files%5CNetscape%5CNetscape%5Csearchplugins%5CSBWeb_01.src"); (C:\Documents and Settings\Johnathan Kana\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\x30swvn7.slt\prefs.js)
O1 - Hosts: 69.20.16.183 auto.search.msn.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.20.16.183 search.netscape.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.20.16.183 ieautosearch
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPLpr] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPLpr.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdaptecDirectCD] "C:\Program Files\Roxio\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVWLPSTA.EXE] AVWLPSTA.EXE START
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccRegVfy] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccRegVfy.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSConfig] C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe /auto
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - Startup: HotSync Manager.lnk = C:\Program Files\Palm\HOTSYNC.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: Acrobat Assistant.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 4.0\Distillr\AcroTray.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Alarm Manager.LNK = C:\Program Files\Palm\AlarmApp.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Cisco Systems VPN Client.lnk = C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\vpngui.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55-00010333D0AD} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\yhexbmes0521.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger - {4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55-00010333D0AD} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\yhexbmes0521.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: AIM - {AC9E2541-2814-11d5-BC6D-00B0D0A1DE45} - C:\PROGRA~1\AIM\aim.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
O16 - DPF: {74D05D43-3236-11D4-BDCD-00C04F9A3B61} (HouseCall Control) - http://a840.g.akamai...all/xscan53.cab
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{93F7977D-FF5A-4E9A-A7F8-111CDA3848D0}: Domain = northwestern.edu
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{93F7977D-FF5A-4E9A-A7F8-111CDA3848D0}: NameServer = 129.105.49.1,165.124.49.21
O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: SearchList = northwestern.edu
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: SearchList = northwestern.edu
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Hi Euphemist4137

Have searched and found this info from your hosts file

69.20.16.183 is a bad place
Adware.IGetNet
O1 - Hosts: 69.20.16.183 auto.search.msn.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.20.16.183 search.netscape.com
O1 - Hosts: 69.20.16.183 ieautosearch

Go to this link and copy the instructions

http://sarc.com/avce...re.igetnet.html

Please post a new hjt.log

kc <_<
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