Possible Infection?

[Guest]

Greetings

I am running a Windows XP Pro box SP2, 1 gig ram 1.7 Ghz CPU. I use
ZoneAlarm Pro as my firewal, and am connected via DSL to the web. At one
point in the past my other PC was infected with cashbackbuddy which has
several variants. I have place the cashbackbuddy web site (and several
others) in the blocked list of ZA.

Lately I have noticed that the winlogon.exe and explorer.exe processes have
been attemtping to contact several malware and spyware sites that are in the
ZA blocked list. ZA keeps them from making contact.

I routinely run Ad-Aware, Spybot, Spyware Blaster and Spyware Doctor. All
come up clean. Has anyone else seen such behavior, processes trying to access
known malware sites but having no indication of an infection?

TIA for the help.

Misterweather

 

[Notan]

Greetings

I am running a Windows XP Pro box SP2, 1 gig ram 1.7 Ghz CPU. I use
ZoneAlarm Pro as my firewal, and am connected via DSL to the web. At one
point in the past my other PC was infected with cashbackbuddy which has
several variants. I have place the cashbackbuddy web site (and several
others) in the blocked list of ZA.

Lately I have noticed that the winlogon.exe and explorer.exe processes have
been attemtping to contact several malware and spyware sites that are in the
ZA blocked list. ZA keeps them from making contact.

I routinely run Ad-Aware, Spybot, Spyware Blaster and Spyware Doctor. All
come up clean. Has anyone else seen such behavior, processes trying to access
known malware sites but having no indication of an infection?

Are you running any type of anti-virus program?

Notan

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Utilize the following recommended regime:

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software
http://support.microsoft.com/?­id=827315

Download Ad-aware SE and scan your PC for the presence of sp­yware:
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button

Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=YVXRORVWHFHMFNZMBBX

Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en

Antivirus software: Frequently asked questions
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/antivirus.mspx

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

Utilize the following maintenance programs, at least monthly,
to maintain the optimum performance of Windows XP:

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310312&Product=winxp

How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315265&Product=winxp

HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment a Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305781&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| Greetings
|
| I am running a Windows XP Pro box SP2, 1 gig ram 1.7 Ghz CPU. I use
| ZoneAlarm Pro as my firewal, and am connected via DSL to the web. At one
| point in the past my other PC was infected with cashbackbuddy which has
| several variants. I have place the cashbackbuddy web site (and several
| others) in the blocked list of ZA.
|
| Lately I have noticed that the winlogon.exe and explorer.exe processes have
| been attemtping to contact several malware and spyware sites that are in the
| ZA blocked list. ZA keeps them from making contact.
|
| I routinely run Ad-Aware, Spybot, Spyware Blaster and Spyware Doctor. All
| come up clean. Has anyone else seen such behavior, processes trying to access
| known malware sites but having no indication of an infection?
|
| TIA for the help.
|
| Misterweather

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "MisterWeather" <[email protected]>

| Greetings
|
| I am running a Windows XP Pro box SP2, 1 gig ram 1.7 Ghz CPU. I use
| ZoneAlarm Pro as my firewal, and am connected via DSL to the web. At one
| point in the past my other PC was infected with cashbackbuddy which has
| several variants. I have place the cashbackbuddy web site (and several
| others) in the blocked list of ZA.
|
| Lately I have noticed that the winlogon.exe and explorer.exe processes have
| been attemtping to contact several malware and spyware sites that are in the
| ZA blocked list. ZA keeps them from making contact.
|
| I routinely run Ad-Aware, Spybot, Spyware Blaster and Spyware Doctor. All
| come up clean. Has anyone else seen such behavior, processes trying to access
| known malware sites but having no indication of an infection?
|
| TIA for the help.
|
| Misterweather


Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

It is a self-extracting ZIP file that contains the Kixtart Script Interpreter {
http://kixtart.org Kixtart is CareWare } three batch files, five Kixtart scripts, one Link
(.LNK) file, a PDF instruction file and two utilities; UNZIP.EXE and WGET.EXE. It will
simplify the process of using; Sophos, Trend and McAfee Anti Virus Command Line Scanners to
remove
viruses, Trojans and various other malware.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This
way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor’s web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Exit the menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file.

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

* * * Please report back your results * * *

 

[Guest]

Greetings

Yes I'm running McAfee v8 with all the latest bells and whistles. I see
several other posts and will try them as well.

MisterWeather

 

[Guest]

Greetings

Thanks to all who have responded. I failed to mention in my original post
that I am running McAfee Viruscan, V8 with the latest dats and engine. I scan
daily with McAfee and regularly with SpyBot Search&Destroy, AdAware and have
SpywareBlaster in the background. I have exhamed all the BHO's and they are
legitimate as far as I can tell from the various programs.

I've been to the web sites suggested by Carey and David and have performed
several scans with various programs. Even downloaded TorjunHunter 4.2 and
have run it. All scans are negative. However, winlogon and explorer keep
trying to access several known malware sites that are forbidden.

My next step is to submit copies of the winlogon and explorer exe's to the
WebImmune site and indicate what is going on. I'll laos post a Hijack This!
log to one of the web sites and see if something else pops up. Some unknown
variant? I'll post back a response if I find anything else out.

Thanks again!
MisterWeather

From: "MisterWeather" <[email protected]>

| Greetings
|
| I am running a Windows XP Pro box SP2, 1 gig ram 1.7 Ghz CPU. I use
| ZoneAlarm Pro as my firewal, and am connected via DSL to the web. At one
| point in the past my other PC was infected with cashbackbuddy which has
| several variants. I have place the cashbackbuddy web site (and several
| others) in the blocked list of ZA.
|
| Lately I have noticed that the winlogon.exe and explorer.exe processes have
| been attemtping to contact several malware and spyware sites that are in the
| ZA blocked list. ZA keeps them from making contact.
|
| I routinely run Ad-Aware, Spybot, Spyware Blaster and Spyware Doctor. All
| come up clean. Has anyone else seen such behavior, processes trying to access
| known malware sites but having no indication of an infection?
|
| TIA for the help.
|
| Misterweather


Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

It is a self-extracting ZIP file that contains the Kixtart Script Interpreter {
http://kixtart.org Kixtart is CareWare } three batch files, five Kixtart scripts, one Link
(.LNK) file, a PDF instruction file and two utilities; UNZIP.EXE and WGET.EXE. It will
simplify the process of using; Sophos, Trend and McAfee Anti Virus Command Line Scanners to
remove
viruses, Trojans and various other malware.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This
way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor’s web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Exit the menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file.

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

* * * Please report back your results * * *