Extremely persistent virus/malware?

by Alejandro Amador

I have what I assume is a virus/trojan/malware that redirects my selected search results from major search engines to additional Web sites, initially go.google.com but now innumerable advertisement and porn sites.

My currently installed antivirus and anti-spyware devices, Trend Micro OfficeScan and Ad-Aware, report no infections. All additional virus and spyware detectors I have used or downloaded have any detected nothing (Housecall, AVG, Avast!) or refused to install (SUPERAntiSpyware, Anti-Malware, Spybot, Kaspersky). I have had to download these devices from download.com because their primary distribution sites appear to be blocked by whatever I have. I am also unable to access technical help sites like bleepingcomputer.com and techguy.org.

I have attempted using system restore, but once I have chosen a date for the system to restore to it becomes unsympathetic. It doesn't freeze, I can still press "back" or "cancel," but the "next" button is really unsympathetic.

All of the above also occurs with my computer in safe mode. My default browser is Firefox.

The most computer-savvy person I know messed around on my computer for nearly three hours before declaring that he'd tried everything he may maybe reckon of and had never seen anything like this before. The go.google.com virus/trojan/malware seems to be a common enough conundrum, but I have tried all of the solutions I have seen suggested and been foiled at every turn. If anyone else has any bright thoughts, I'd be grateful for the help.

If I have no additional option but to reformat my hard drive, what am I safe in transporting off? May maybe any Word documents, AVI files, images, or music I have cause reinfection later? Also, supposing I am forced to result to reinstalling Windows, am I safe using my current email, IM, and Web site passwords, or should I exchange them? Anything else I should be aware of?

Answer by char819
Try system recovery instead of restore. I have used that before and it worked and I only had to reinstall some software. I would save any documents to CDs first. Usually a document itself doesn’t have a virus. You can place them on CD then have your AVG scan the CD to be safe.

Answer by Sean…
I looked on Tech-Guy Forums for you, here’s what they say you should do.

Hi and welcome

Download ComboFix from Here to your Desktop.
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**Note: In the event you already have Combofix, this is a new version that I need you to download. It is vital that it is saved directly to your desktop**
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1. Close any open browsers.

2. Close/disable all anti virus and anti malware programs so they do not interfere with the running of ComboFix.
Very Vital! Temporarily disable your anti-virus, script blocking and any anti-malware real-time protection before the theater a scan. They can interfere with ComboFix or remove some of its embedded files which may cause “unpredictable results”.
Click on this link to see a list of programs that should be disabled. The list is not all inclusive. If yours is not listed and you don’t know how to disable it, please question.
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Double click on combofix.exe & follow the prompts.
When finished, it will produce a report for you.
Please post the “C:ComboFix.txt” along with a new HijackThis log for further review.

**Note: Do not mouseclick combofix’s window while it’s running. That may cause it to stall**

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I hope this works for you -Sean

Answer by Slash

Hi,

I understand that you are using Firefox,but try this in IE.Do an IE optimisation.

if it is IE7,
Control panel –> Internet Options –> Advanced –> Reset IE to manufacturer settings

In IE6 or IE7,
Under Internet Options –> connections –> LAN settings –> uncheck all options inside.

Under Internet Options –> general –> settings –> view objects –> remove all “downloaded program files”

Under Internet Options –> programs –> manage add-ons.Disable the susupicious looking add-ons and check if that helps.

download the tool dial-a-fix from www.vjdialafix.notlong.com.Open the tool,give a check mark on all the options and run it.

If IE works fine,download Malwarebytes and do a scan.Remove the infections.

All the Best

Slash

Answer by SP
Learn how to Remove virus from your computer here:

http://anti-virus-download-online.com

Excellent luck!

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i’ve known public who have done this and made a lot of money (but they guard their secrets pretty hard core)

they are all excellent writers, which i suppose helps , but does anyone have any tips for doing this .. like the packaging etc etc? do you send a hard copy? or just digital?

i saw google’s new business “called knol” where you just write articles about what you know … which got me thinking of these public in my past, who just sat around their houses writing, and really did reasonably well for themselves.

i don’t know if public buy articles off of Knol or not … i kind of doubt it, as it seems all the art/entertainment, digital mediums etc are kind of going the way of the dinasaur

info/ music/ film etc seems to be apt free as it is really just information, and the trend seems to be that public only want to pay for food, shelter and additional real objects

thank you

Answer by texas_brock
Well, I am trying to do the same business like you, but here is a site that helped me.

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