Malke said:
There has been a rash of the "empty Device Manager" problem lately,
caused by malware. Your other symptoms indicate probable malware
infection, too.
The AproposFix mentioned in this forum thread took care of the empty
Device Manager for other posters:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14679793
It would be smart to scan for other malware also:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
Malke
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Malke and McCarty -- I tried it and guess what -- it worked!!
Log file is shown below:
Log of AproposFix v1
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Running from directory:
C:\Documents and Settings\David Allan\Desktop\aproposfix
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Registry entries found:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\C0XjsAvEcUs5]
@="\\LE7GCHUVVUVVWVOM5MNO5UVVUkXV0qvlw0
VMSMN8GbaV7LCP8LMVF668LG77WMSM" "Device"="\\\\.\\usbstub"
"DriverPath"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\drivers\\lccermdd.sys"
"DriverName"="Trkdmin"
"HideUninstallerName"="C:\\Program Files\\Powetdrv\\recplace.exe"
"UninstallerPath"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\getrddlg.exe"
"UninstallerRegKey"="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\{D364EC25-E2AD-4A3F-98B5-7F71D273690E}"
"UninstallerParams"="/CTUN"
"HDll"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\rasestrt.dll"
"ServerAddress"="adchannel.contextplus.net"
"LegalNote"="
http://adchannel.contextplus.net/legal-note/nonbranded.html"
"PartnerId"="CP.IST2"
"InstallationId"="{Xd051b36-d9a3-1b77-0802-3a6a6e697a56}"
"PageFiltering"=dword:00000001
"CrMnTmt"=dword:0036ee80
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Removing hidden service:
Service Trkdmin removed.
Removing hidden folder:
Deletion of folder Powetdrv succeeded!
Deleting files:
Deletion of file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\lccermdd.sys succeeded!
Deletion of file C:\WINDOWS\system32\dwuskres.exe succeeded!
Deletion of file C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasestrt.dll succeeded!
Deletion of file C:\WINDOWS\system32\getrddlg.exe succeeded!
Backing up files:
Done!
Removing registry entries:
REGEDIT4
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\C0XjsAvEcUs5]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\C0XjsAvEcUs5]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{D364EC25-E2AD-4A3F-98B5-7F71D273690E}]
Done!
Finished!