A Virus, Help?????

[Crashfan3]

My 320GB external cost $179.99, therefore a 40GB can't cost much. I'd be surprised if it was over $40.

Ubuntu is one of the many free OS solutions avaiable. http://www.ubuntu.com/

[COTMFreak]

This is why I love to have my Windows drive in a seperate partition. That way, if anything goes wrong. I don't have to worry about losing much data other than drivers/programs.

Anyways, good luck with this. I somehow got hit with a big virus while I was away for awhile (had the PC on and told people to check on it every so often...they didnt' listen) and when I got back..my PC was so screwed up that I had to completely wipe both my my hard drives. -_-

And if you do manage to back up everything not infected, get Ubuntu and install it. Your PC will thank you. Even a dual-boot would do some good.

[Squeek]

I am going to tell you why your computer is slow.

Are you ready?

You're running two antiviruses at the same time.

You can kill all of these processes:

C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\martha\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\martha\Local Settings\Application Data\YouTube\Uploader\youtubeuploader.exe
C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

They're all useless. You need to disable them, too. They're starting up when you start your computer. That's what makes it so slow.

Also, guys, if you don't know anything about computers, don't try to help him out. It literally took me five seconds to find the problem.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe

Hmm I wonder what rundll32 is running...

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [04d1f1c4] rundll32.exe "C:\WINDOWS\system32\btygnhfi.dll",b
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BM07e2c258] Rundll32.exe "C:\WINDOWS\system32\ugnlglot.dll",s

Oh hey look, there they are.

Wow, this was hard.

I've seen this exact problem before. It's spyware and it doesn't affect your system at all. If Ad-Aware doesn't get rid of it, then SpyBot will. You'll need to kill the replication of these dlls first, so if you can't manually kill them (since they're in system32 after all), you'll want to try safe mode or some of the programs OrganisM posted.

After you take care of that, clean up your startup. Seriously, that's way too many programs. You don't need all of those to begin when you start your computer. In fact none of those need to begin. Go to start->run and type "msconfig". Go to the Startup tab and uncheck:

qttask (quicktime)
jusched (Java update scheduler)
iTunesHelper
Google Updater
Youtube Uploader
iPod Service

You need to stick with one antivirus. When you have two, they mess with each other and destroy your computer. Another reason it's slow.

Finally, uninstall Viewpoint. It is spyware.

[Oni-Paranoia]

Listening to Squeek Completely

[sameoldbloodrush!]

I tell this to everyone. Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. Use it. A lot. It works wonders!

[Reach]

PS - those who suggest formatting the HDD need to be shot. ****ing seriously. That's like committing suicide because you're constipated. There are very few situations in which a complete format is needed, and the system must really be in dire straits to need such a thing. If you format, you'll have a hell of a lot of work configuring everything and reinstalling all of your programs, and it gets even more hellish when you don't have a specific crucial driver and you have no way of getting it, etc.

It's hardly suicide if the problem is severe, since it always works if done properly. I know there are other ways to try to deal with the problem, but *IMO*, it requires the least amount of work. At least for me personally, a reformat only takes a few hours. If you're computer savvy, gathering all the necessary drivers is not at all difficult.

Mind you, it appears to be spyware XD So much for that problem.

That is one of the most impressive task lists I've ever seen though. IIRC my dad had a similar problem. He didn't understand the concept of his computer screwing up because of maxed out pc usage due to running 60+ processes.

[footbull3196]

Awwww... did ur computer go poopsie woopsie?

Well have you tried... STICKING IT IN YOUR EAR?!

XD

jk man

i know what you mean b/c my friend got me a virus on my old computer b/c he downloaded limewire

[Oni-Paranoia]

I ran through the process with squeek of manually deleting this. Only a part of it has been stopped. The other part is an undeletable file that continues to come back after being deleted through every way possible.
Deleted ways
Through Registry
Manually through system32 folder
Task Mangager
Hijackthis
and removed from Startup
But it comes back through all ways, don kno how, any other ways to attempt to delete this???

[Saik0Shinigami]

Wow... I missed this thread.

If you're still having issues, hit me up on AIM or MSN or PM me. I'll give you a pin number and a website, then I'll have the issue fixed within a few hours if it's that bad. From the looks of it, it's not a rootkit. So it should be like 15 minutes or so.

Took care of other people already on this forum:
http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...ad.php?t=97859

[Superfreak04]

Your cousin is going to be a porn star? AWESOME!
*Sorry totally off topic*

[Oni-Paranoia]

Originally Posted by Superfreak04

Your cousin is going to be a porn star? AWESOME!
*Sorry totally off topic*

Why else would he have allowed his own computer and my computer to be destroyed by porn. Hope he can show off in a body cast.

[Superfreak04]

IDK, but he is a lucky man.

[Zageron]

Damnit Squeek!!! I figured out the solution while reading those posts and you went and spewed everywhere! D:

Squeek's hit is dead on.

Oh mind you, I can help you erase the files.
www.malwarebytes.org
done.

Install, boot in safe mode, find the files your erasing, use file assassin under tools. Run a full scan.
:/

[Squeek]

Yeah, even if you guys knew the answer, I don't know the solution. What worked in my instance did not work for this guy.

So keep the solutions coming. I got nothing.

[Saik0Shinigami]

I has a new method of fixing stuffs!

if anyone ever needs me to come to the rescue just go to http://www.Saik0.com/TV.exe and download/run that, tell me your ID, and I'll kill w/e virus or mal-ware your porn addiction gives you.

I'm waiting on OP to do this He's still waiting for Spybot to finish last I checked.

[u84]

You seriously should check out www.dban.org because it worked wonders for my computer.

[Oni-Paranoia]

ALRIGHT, ALL DONE =D

Thx to Squeek I managed to delete most of it his way. And credit to Saik0Shinigami for tellin me to run it in safe mode.
To get rid of it, I jused "Hijackthis" to find the problem. That showed me/squeek what wasnt needed. Then Deleted what i can using the CMD and Task Manager. Then afterwards Booted up the Comp in "Safe Mode" to delete the file(s) I couldnt originally. Then I was all set.

Yes that took one whole day, and the almighty Squeek to complete. thx for everyones help.

[Zageron]

Originally Posted by Oni-Paranoia

ALRIGHT, ALL DONE =D

Thx to Squeek I managed to delete most of it his way. And credit to Saik0Shinigami for tellin me to run it in safe mode.
To get rid of it, I jused "Hijackthis" to find the problem. That showed me/squeek what wasnt needed. Then Deleted what i can using the CMD and Task Manager. Then afterwards Booted up the Comp in "Safe Mode" to delete the file(s) I couldnt originally. Then I was all set.

Yes that took one whole day, and the almighty Squeek to complete. thx for everyones help.

Sad face that Squeek got here before me ;______;
My report would have been identical to his, + the soulution.

I feel owned D: <

[OrganisM]

It's not a competition, it's about not destroying his computer while offering help. -_-

Note how when I saw the processes listed I went HOLY FCUK? That might have something to do with what looked like three antivirus programs running at once, and an absurd amount of RAM usage from background/startup processes.

I've got news for you guys. You know what an antivirus program is? A big, clunky, poorly written virus that you may or may not be paying for. It inserts itself in places in your registry you sure as hell didn't ask it to, it monitors everything you do, and has a large degree of control over your computer. And those 70,000+ definitions on Norton? Just to let you know, fewer than 100 viruses are wide-spread or even out there enough to be considered a threat for anybody, and all those "defenitions updates" you pay for are actually BS little scripts created by Norton employees. If you're smart, you will stick with an unobtrusive program that scans your computer at your discretion. At my workplace, I have a mid-sized network setup, and the security is almost all at the network level. The connection is scanned and monitored a thousand times over before it even reaches the network, and I have some safeguards in place in case a computer hacks in and poses as a trusted computer. Almost nothing is ever running on the computers in the network, and thus the computers being used for intense rendering applications are freed to work without being clogged up and bogged down. I understand that security at the network level is not possible for every user, but it is possible to have a degree of security without putting five anti-virus programs on your computer and taking up 1gb of RAM with that and other start-up processes before you even have a chance to start any processes of your own.

[Squeek]

That, folks, is exactly why I don't use an Anti-Virus.