Solved Hitmanpro = searchprotect / adwcleaner = avaavxvyex and luckytab in scheduled tasks

[Opayq]

I don't see symptoms anymore with ads, pop-ups and the likes but HitmanPro still shows SearchProtect and MyPC BackUp and AdwCleaner shows avaavxvyex, LuckyTab, globalUpdateUpdateTaskMachineCore and globalUpdateUpdateTaskMachineUA in scheduled tasks. Malwarebytes and Avast don't show anything. I tried multiple times to delete them with HitmanPro and AdwCleaner but they are still there. Are they still posing a threat ? I've included the logs and a screenshot of the result with HitmanPro and Adwcleaner. Thank you

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Hello,



They call me TwinHeadedEagle around here, and I'll be working with you.



Before we start please read and note the following:

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Scan with ZOEK

Please download ZOEK by Smeenk and save it to your desktop (preferred version is the *.exe one)
Temporary disable your AntiVirus and AntiSpyware protection - instructions here.

• Right-click on
  
  icon and select
  
  Run as Administrator to start the tool.
• Wait patiently until the main console will appear, it may take a minute or two.
• In the main box please paste in the following script:
  

  createsrpoint;
  autoclean;
  emptyalltemp;
  ipconfig /flushdns;b

• Make sure that Scan All Users option is checked.
• Push Run Script and wait patiently. The scan may take a couple of minutes.
• When the scan completes, a zoek-results logfile should open in notepad.
• If a reboot is needed, it will be opened after it. You may also find it at your main drive (usually C:\ drive)

Post its content into your next reply.

 

[Opayq]

Hello TwinHeadedEagle, here is the logfile.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Very good. How is your PC behaving now?

 

[Opayq]

As i said in my first post there are no more symptoms, I got rid of them before posting in the forum with Malwarebytes and Avast. But HitmanPro and Adwcleaner still show something (see 2.jpg screenshot) and now it seems that Adwcleaner has detected something new (see 3.jpg screenshot).

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Fix with AdwCleaner

Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save the file to your Desktop.

• Right-click on
  
  icon and select
  
  Run as Administrator to start the tool.
• Wait until the database is updated.
• Accept the Terms of use and click Scan.
• When finished, please click Clean.
• Upon completion, click Report. A log (AdwCleaner[S*].txt) will open.

Please include the contents of that file in your reply.

Note: Reports will be saved in your system partition, usually at C:\Adwcleaner

Scan with Farbar Recovery Scan Tool

Please re-run Farbar Recovery Scan Tool to give me a fresh look at your system.

• Right-click on
  
  icon and select
  
  Run as Administrator to start the tool.
  (XP users click run after receipt of Windows Security Warning - Open File).
• Make sure that Addition option is checked.
• Press Scan button and wait.
• The tool will produce two logfiles on your desktop: FRST.txt and Addition.txt.

Please include their content into your next reply.

 

[Opayq]

Here are the logfiles, thank you

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Fix with Farbar Recovery Scan Tool

This fix was created for this user for use on that particular machine.

Running it on another one may cause damage and render the system unstable.

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Download attached fixlist.txt file and save it to the Desktop:

Both files, FRST and fixlist.txt have to be in the same location or the fix will not work!

• Right-click on
  
  icon and select
  
  Run as Administrator to start the tool.
  (XP users click run after receipt of Windows Security Warning - Open File).
• Press the Fix button just once and wait.
• If for some reason the tool needs a restart, please make sure you let the system restart normally. After that let the tool complete its run.
• When finished FRST will generate a log on the Desktop, called Fixlog.txt.

Please attach it to your reply.

 

[Opayq]

Here is the fixlog.txt

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Very good. How is your PC now?

 

[Opayq]

Adwcleaner doesn't show anything, so that's ok for that. But I rebooted and my computer doesn't seem to detect the wifi card anymore because I cant see any network, can't connect to the internet now and there seem to be a conflict between window's firewall and avast firewall. I can't activate avast firewall. Moreover, HitmanPro still show some searchprotect. I hope i'm clear, english is not my first language and i have to work so I wrote that fast! ;-) I've made a new scan and included the logfiles

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Can you export HitmanPro report?

Is your Wifi card detected?

 

[Opayq]

I have included the log from HitmanPro. It indicates some "Malware remnants" and "Potential Unwanted Programs". Maybe they are not really a problem? What do you think? I have tried several times to delete them with the software but without any success.

As for internet, I have solved the problem. I had done a scan with AdwCleaner and deleted the registry key "HKCU\Software\Local AppWizard-Generated Applications" that it shown. I think that was the problem because when I reseted WINSOCK entries, IPv4 TCP/IP and IPv6 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults the network came back, as the registry key that I previously deleted. My bad for that.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Yes, these are only possible remnants. They are not active and I really do not know why is HitmanPro showing them, because I do not see this in FRST reports.

Let's scan registry for them:

FRST search

Once again we shall use FRST for additional checks. Re-run FRST/FRST64 by double-clicking:

• Copy CltMngSvc;SPPD;BackupStack into the Search: field in FRST then click the Search Registry button.
• FRST will search your computer for files and when finished it will produce a log Search.txt in the same directory the tool is run.
• Please attach it to your reply.

 

[Opayq]

Here is the Search.txt

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Fix with Farbar Recovery Scan Tool

This fix was created for this user for use on that particular machine.

Running it on another one may cause damage and render the system unstable.

​

Download attached fixlist.txt file and save it to the Desktop:

Both files, FRST and fixlist.txt have to be in the same location or the fix will not work!

• Right-click on
  
  icon and select
  
  Run as Administrator to start the tool.
  (XP users click run after receipt of Windows Security Warning - Open File).
• Press the Fix button just once and wait.
• If for some reason the tool needs a restart, please make sure you let the system restart normally. After that let the tool complete its run.
• When finished FRST will generate a log on the Desktop, called Fixlog.txt.

Please attach it to your reply.

 

[Opayq]

It doesn't work. I pressed the fix button this morning at 7:15 and when I came back from work at 04:30 it was still "Fixing is in progress. Please wait..." I've just tried a second time and it's the same.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Let's try this:

Fix with Farbar Recovery Scan Tool

This fix was created for this user for use on that particular machine.

Running it on another one may cause damage and render the system unstable.

​

Download attached fixlist.txt file and save it to the Desktop:

Both files, FRST and fixlist.txt have to be in the same location or the fix will not work!

• Right-click on
  
  icon and select
  
  Run as Administrator to start the tool.
  (XP users click run after receipt of Windows Security Warning - Open File).
• Press the Fix button just once and wait.
• If for some reason the tool needs a restart, please make sure you let the system restart normally. After that let the tool complete its run.
• When finished FRST will generate a log on the Desktop, called Fixlog.txt.

Please attach it to your reply.

 

[Opayq]

It doesn't seem to work either. Before running the new fix you provided I opened the fixlog.txt and it seems that although I had to end the task myself because it was still showing in process after more than 8 hours it generated the log. So I ran HitmanPro again and it still showed the remnants. Now it's has been more than 30 minutes that it is processing with the new fix and it looks like the same. It has created a new fixlog.txt that I've included. I'm gonna see if it still in process when i come from work. If it's too much trouble and the remnants are not a problem we could consider my computer clean. What do you think ?

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

It is not trouble, we can try few more things, but it is not important. These are only some leftovers that doesn't do anything, they have probably some permissions that needs to be fixed, but it is not important.

Your PC is clean, there is no active infection running.