One step forward, two steps back...

Thank you for the pointers I ran vundo fix first - it found two file instances which i removed. The program then prompted a system restart and that was the end... BSOD very early in the boot process, both into normal mode and into any kind of safe mode.

In desperation, as I wanted to leave any bigger scans running overnight, I restarted from to a system restore point as that seemed to be the only way I could actually get back onto the machine (I had previously disabled system restore as soon as the problems appeared).

Adaware ran on restart and found the same issue as it did previously - win32.trojan.agent (about 30 items).

Once into windows, I ran LSPfix first this time and it came back with no problems. Running Vundofix also came up clean. I left the computer this morning running stinger. I have also updated msconfig so that it runs a 'normal' boot from now on.

What other scans/fixes could i run before i re-boot again?

Whatever the problem is seems to be in some way corrupting key drivers/system files that initialise during the boot sequence, hence the frequent BSODs. Before the initial clean, the BSODs were all related to NDIS.sys, which I think is something to do with the network interface. So the challenge is to try and clean/fix the key issue before I have to re-boot or I'm back to square one again, having to return to the same restore point...

Below is an HJT scan from this morning (which may be worse than the first due to the system restore!) This is taken after the adaware scan, lsp and vundofix, but before the stinger scan. I notice that the registry entry for xxxuuu.dll is still there, which I thought was part of the Vundo issue.


Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 08:57:12, on 14/05/2007
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:\WINDOWS\System32\atievxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTsvcCDA.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\Rtvscan.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\MsPMSPSv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\3Com\3Com OfficeConnect Wireless Utility\3Com Wireless 11g PC Card\Monitor.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\msiexec.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hjtscan.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.talktalk.co.uk/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://bicfs/
O2 - BHO: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ldhje783.dll - {8D5849A2-93F3-429D-FF34-260A2068897C} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ldhje783.dll
O2 - BHO: EpsonToolBandKicker Class - {E99421FB-68DD-40F0-B4AC-B7027CAE2F1A} - C:\Program Files\EPSON\EPSON Web-To-Page\EPSON Web-To-Page.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Lexmark_X79-55] C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsasss.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SpySweeper] "C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeperUI.exe" /startintray
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PRISMSVR.EXE] "C:\Program Files\3Com\3Com OfficeConnect Wireless Utility\3Com Wireless 11g PC Card\PRISMSVR.EXE" /APPLY
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility] C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb0 4.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [vptray] C:\PROGRA~1\SYMANT~1\VPTray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\jusched.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [InfoData] rundll32.exe "C:\WINDOWS\xxxuuu.dll",realset
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EPSON Stylus C86 Series] C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\E_S4I0R 2.EXE /P23 "EPSON Stylus C86 Series" /O6 "USB001" /M "Stylus C86"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Restore Operation] C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\svchots.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Firewall auto setup] C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\winlogon.exe
O4 - Global Startup: 3Com Wireless 11g PC Card.lnk = C:\Program Files\3Com\3Com OfficeConnect Wireless Utility\3Com Wireless 11g PC Card\Monitor.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Synchronizer.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\npjpi142_05.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\npjpi142_05.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
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
O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=http://bicfs/
O15 - Trusted Zone: milestone.cognisco.com (HKLM)
O15 - Trusted Zone: milestone400.cognisco.com (HKLM)
O15 - Trusted Zone: *.cognisco.com (HKLM)
O15 - Trusted Zone: *.passport.net (HKLM)
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: Domain = internal.cognisco.com
O17 - HKLM\Software\..\Telephony: DomainName = internal.cognisco.com
O20 - AppInit_DLLs:
O20 - Winlogon Notify: NavLogon - C:\WINDOWS\System32\NavLogon.dll
O20 - Winlogon Notify: rpcc - C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcc.dll
O20 - Winlogon Notify: WRNotifier - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WRLogonNTF.dll
O23 - Service: Symantec Password Validation (ccPwdSvc) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccPwdSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Creative Service for CDROM Access - Creative Technology Ltd - C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTsvcCDA.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec AntiVirus Definition Watcher (DefWatch) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\DefWatch.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: SAVRoam (SavRoam) - symantec - C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\SavRoam.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Network Drivers Service (SNDSrvc) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SNDSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec AntiVirus - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\Rtvscan.exe
O23 - Service: TrueVector Internet Monitor (vsmon) - Zone Labs, LLC - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe
O23 - Service: Webroot Spy Sweeper Engine (WebrootSpySweeperService) - Webroot Software, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe