Help With Win32 Darksma O !

[PhilliePhan]

Hi GM - I won't have time to check back until tonight, but here's another thing to try:

-- Download combofix.exe

Run combofix and follow the prompts. Don't do anything on your machine while it is running or it may freeze.
It will produce a logfile - please submit that for me.

Will check in tonight (hopefully with an idea or two).

-- There are different schools of thought on System Restore. These days, I prefer to flush it after a fix. During a fix, a bad restore point is better than none at all......

-- Have you tried sfc?

PP


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The smitfraud leftovers are from my first cleaning, maybe a re-infection??

I doubt re-infection. I didn’t realize at first that what I saw were remnants from a prior cleaning.

And I did check under Customize Desktop, and all I noticed under the web tab was the home page.

I think you’re OK there.

I am beginning to think I may have a hardware issue here, although I was infected by several things. If this is the case it would be a wierd coincidence!

Not weird at all! I have seen a few instances where this unfortunate coincidence occurred. With experience comes the wisdom and patience to keep an open mind. Admittedly hard to do when malware is in the foreground!

If you have any more suggestions, I will gladly accept them.
Thanks...can't say it enough!

Happy to try to help!

There are a number of options left to us, if you want to pursue them. Also, I’d like to give sfc a whirl and see if any system files are borked.

But I just have a feeling there is something hiding in there....

That could be – We’ll have a go with a couple other tools after combofix.exe

We may be dealing with residual damage to the registry – I just need to figure out which keys have been added or modified.

Worst case scenario, we could find that you compy is clean, but the residual damage is unfixable. In that case, it would probably be safe to back up sensitive data to a DVD and then flatten the hard drive and reformat. A bit of a hassle, but you’d still have all important data.....

Have a good weekend! I’ll be around (lotta football to watch!)

PP