Solved Please help with excessive chrome instances caused by malware

[bmwordsworth]

I am reasonably computer literate, but have barely any experience dealing with viruses / malware. Would really appreciate the help

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Hello,



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



Before we start please read and note the following:

• At the top of your post, please click on the "Watch thread" button and make sure to check Watch this thread...and receive email notifications. This will send an email to you as soon as I reply to your topic, allowing me to solve your problem faster.
• Please do not install any new software during the cleaning process other than the tools I provide for you. This can hinder the cleaning process. Please do not perform System Restore or any other restore.
• Instructions I give to you are very simple and made for complete beginner to follow. That's why you need to read through my instructions carefully and completely before executing them.
• Please do not run any tools other than the ones I ask you to, when I ask you to. Some of these tools can be very dangerous if used improperly. Also, if you use a tool that I have not requested you use, it can cause false positives, thereby delaying the complete cleaning of your machine.
  
• All tools we use here are completely clean and do not contain any malware. If your antivirus detects them as malicious, please disable your antivirus and then continue.
• If during the process you run across anything that is not in my instructions, please stop and ask. If any tool is running too much time (few hours), please stop and inform me.
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That being told, if any evidence of illegal OS, software, cracks/keygens or any other will be revealed, any further assistance will be suspended. If you are aware that there is this kind of stuff on your machine, remove it before proceeding!
The same applies to any use of P2P software: uTorrent, BitTorrent, Vuze, Kazaa, Ares... We don't provide any help for P2P, except for their removal. All P2P software has to be uninstalled or at least fully disabled before proceeding!

Failure to follow these guidelines will result with closing your topic and withdrawning any assistance.

Scan with Farbar Recovery Scan Tool

Please download Farbar Recovery Scan Tool and save it to your desktop.

Note: You need to run the version compatibale with your system. If you are not sure which version applies to your system download both of them and try to run them.
Only one of them will run on your system, that will be the right version.

• Double-click to run it. When the tool opens click Yes to disclaimer.
• Press Scan button.
• It will make a log (FRST.txt) in the same directory the tool is run. Please attach it to your reply.
• The first time the tool is run, it makes also another log (Addition.txt). Please attach it to your reply.

 

[bmwordsworth]

Hi thanks for responding, I have downloaded and run the Farbar recovery Scan Tool.

 

[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.

 

[bmwordsworth]

Done

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Very good. How is your PC now?

 

[bmwordsworth]

This has not solved the problem. See attached pictures. They were taken with only this page open and nothing else. Before this malware incident there would only be one chrome process and little to no strain on GPU.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

It is normal to have multiple chrome processes running.

 

[bmwordsworth]

After doing further background reading I understand how that works, however I still believe it should not be utilising the GPU under such circumstances.
Manually ending that process through Chrome's own task manager affects my browsing in no way but audibly reduces the load on my computer. I am concerned as I have heard of hackers / viruses using infected computers to power hacking attempts or something along those lines. This only started happening after the computer was infected, and I have only seen similar behaviour in the past on one other computer, which was also infected.
Do you think it is possible this could be an ongoing side-effect of the infection, despite cleaning up the rest of it?

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Let's make two more checks:


Download

Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit to your desktop.

• Double-click the icon to start the tool.
• It will ask you where to extract it, then it will start.
• Warning! Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit needs to be run from an account with administrator rights.
• Click in the introduction screen "next" to continue.
• Click in the following screen "Update" to obtain the latest malware definitions.
• Once the update is complete select "Next" and click "Scan".
• When the scan is finished and no malware has been found select "Exit".
• If malware was detected, make sure to check all the items and click "Cleanup". Reboot your computer.
• Open the MBAR folder and paste the content of the following files in your next reply:
  • "mbar-log-{date} (xx-xx-xx).txt"
  • "system-log.txt"

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.

 

[bmwordsworth]

Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit BETA 1.08.2.1001
www.malwarebytes.org

Database version: v2015.01.16.09

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 x64 NTFS
Internet Explorer 8.0.7601.17514
Ben :: BEN-PC [administrator]

17-Jan-15 6:41:29 AM
mbar-log-2015-01-17 (06-41-29).txt

Scan type: Quick scan
Scan options enabled: Anti-Rootkit | Drivers | MBR | Physical Sectors | Memory | Startup | Registry | File System | Heuristics/Extra | Heuristics/Shuriken
Scan options disabled:
Objects scanned: 361044
Time elapsed: 4 minute(s), 4 second(s)

Memory Processes Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Memory Modules Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Keys Detected: 1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432NODE\FREESOFTTODAY (Adware.EoRezo) -> Delete on reboot. [0c0d7781890043f32ad94988db292bd5]

Registry Values Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Data Items Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Folders Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Files Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Physical Sectors Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

(end)




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Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit BETA 1.08.2.1001

(c) Malwarebytes Corporation 2011-2012

OS version: 6.1.7601 Windows 7 Service Pack 1 x64

Account is Administrative

Internet Explorer version: 8.0.7601.17514

File system is: NTFS
Disk drives: C:\ DRIVE_FIXED, E:\ DRIVE_FIXED
CPU speed: 3.700000 GHz
Memory total: 8507432960, free: 6671650816

Downloaded database version: v2015.01.16.09
Downloaded database version: v2015.01.14.01
Downloaded database version: v2014.12.06.01
=======================================
Initializing...
------------ Kernel report ------------
01/17/2015 06:41:19
------------ Loaded modules -----------
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----------- End -----------
Done!
<<<1>>>
Upper Device Name: \Device\Harddisk1\DR1
Upper Device Object: 0xfffffa8007ef6790
Upper Device Driver Name: \Driver\Disk\
Lower Device Name: \Device\0000006e\
Lower Device Object: 0xfffffa8007b7d7e0
Lower Device Driver Name: \Driver\iaStorA\
<<<1>>>
Upper Device Name: \Device\Harddisk0\DR0
Upper Device Object: 0xfffffa8007ef0790
Upper Device Driver Name: \Driver\Disk\
Lower Device Name: \Device\0000006d\
Lower Device Object: 0xfffffa8007b7b4d0
Lower Device Driver Name: \Driver\iaStorA\
<<<2>>>
Physical Sector Size: 512
Drive: 0, DevicePointer: 0xfffffa8007ef0790, DeviceName: \Device\Harddisk0\DR0\, DriverName: \Driver\Disk\
--------- Disk Stack ------
DevicePointer: 0xfffffa8007ef02c0, DeviceName: Unknown, DriverName: \Driver\partmgr\
DevicePointer: 0xfffffa8007ef0790, DeviceName: \Device\Harddisk0\DR0\, DriverName: \Driver\Disk\
DevicePointer: 0xfffffa8007df8ac0, DeviceName: Unknown, DriverName: \Driver\iaStorF\
DevicePointer: 0xfffffa8007b7d3a0, DeviceName: Unknown, DriverName: \Driver\ACPI\
DevicePointer: 0xfffffa8007b7b4d0, DeviceName: \Device\0000006d\, DriverName: \Driver\iaStorA\
------------ End ----------
Alternate DeviceName: \Device\Harddisk0\DR0\, DriverName: \Driver\Disk\
Upper DeviceData: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
Lower DeviceData: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
<<<3>>>
Volume: C:
File system type: NTFS
SectorSize = 512, ClusterSize = 4096, MFTRecordSize = 1024, MFTIndexSize = 4096 bytes
<<<2>>>
<<<3>>>
Volume: C:
File system type: NTFS
SectorSize = 512, ClusterSize = 4096, MFTRecordSize = 1024, MFTIndexSize = 4096 bytes
Scanning drivers directory: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers...
Done!
Drive 0
This is a System drive
Scanning MBR on drive 0...
Inspecting partition table:
MBR Signature: 55AA
Disk Signature: 76687E7C

Partition information:

Partition 0 type is Primary (0x7)
Partition is ACTIVE.
Partition starts at LBA: 2048 Numsec = 204800
Partition file system is NTFS
Partition is bootable

Partition 1 type is Primary (0x7)
Partition is NOT ACTIVE.
Partition starts at LBA: 206848 Numsec = 234231808

Partition 2 type is Empty (0x0)
Partition is NOT ACTIVE.
Partition starts at LBA: 0 Numsec = 0

Partition 3 type is Empty (0x0)
Partition is NOT ACTIVE.
Partition starts at LBA: 0 Numsec = 0

Disk Size: 120034123776 bytes
Sector size: 512 bytes

Done!
Physical Sector Size: 512
Drive: 1, DevicePointer: 0xfffffa8007ef6790, DeviceName: \Device\Harddisk1\DR1\, DriverName: \Driver\Disk\
--------- Disk Stack ------
DevicePointer: 0xfffffa8007ef62c0, DeviceName: Unknown, DriverName: \Driver\partmgr\
DevicePointer: 0xfffffa8007ef6790, DeviceName: \Device\Harddisk1\DR1\, DriverName: \Driver\Disk\
DevicePointer: 0xfffffa8007df99b0, DeviceName: Unknown, DriverName: \Driver\iaStorF\
DevicePointer: 0xfffffa8007b7d7e0, DeviceName: \Device\0000006e\, DriverName: \Driver\iaStorA\
------------ End ----------
Alternate DeviceName: \Device\Harddisk1\DR1\, DriverName: \Driver\Disk\
Upper DeviceData: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
Lower DeviceData: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
Drive 1
Scanning MBR on drive 1...
Inspecting partition table:
MBR Signature: 55AA
Disk Signature: 981E5265

Partition information:

Partition 0 type is Primary (0x7)
Partition is NOT ACTIVE.
Partition starts at LBA: 2048 Numsec = 1953519616

Partition 1 type is Empty (0x0)
Partition is NOT ACTIVE.
Partition starts at LBA: 0 Numsec = 0

Partition 2 type is Empty (0x0)
Partition is NOT ACTIVE.
Partition starts at LBA: 0 Numsec = 0

Partition 3 type is Empty (0x0)
Partition is NOT ACTIVE.
Partition starts at LBA: 0 Numsec = 0

Disk Size: 1000204886016 bytes
Sector size: 512 bytes

Done!
<<<2>>>
<<<3>>>
Volume: E:
File system type: NTFS
SectorSize = 512, ClusterSize = 4096, MFTRecordSize = 1024, MFTIndexSize = 4096 bytes
Infected: HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432NODE\FREESOFTTODAY --> [Adware.EoRezo]
Scan finished
Creating System Restore point...
Cleaning up...
Removal successful. No system shutdown is required.
=======================================

 

[bmwordsworth]

Attempting to copy & paste the contents of the Farbar-related files caused the page to become unresponsive, so I have attached them to this post.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Very good. How is your PC behaving now?

 

[bmwordsworth]

Seems to be fine. Thanks for your help

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Glad I could help. We will delete all used tools and I'll give you some tips to harden your security and learn how to protect yourself

Recommended reading:
​

MUST READ - security tips:

• Computer Security - a short guide to staying safer online.
• Simple and easy ways to keep your computer safe and secure on the Internet

MUST READ - general maintenance:

• What to do if your Computer is running slowly?

The Importance of Software Updating:
​

In order to stay protected it is very important that you regularly update all of your software. Cybercriminals depend on the apathy of users around software updates to keep their malicious endeavor running.​

Operating systems, such as Windows, and applications, such as Adobe Reader or JAVA, are used by tens of millions of computers and devices around the world, making them a huge target for cybercriminals. Downloading updates and installing them can sometimes be tedious, but the advantages you get from the updates are certainly worth it.

• How to configure and use Automatic Updates in Windows
• How to update Java
• How to update Adobe Reader

Recommended additional software:
​

TFC - to clean unneeded temporary files.

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - to scan your system from time to time in search for malware.

Malwarebytes' Anti-Exploit - to prevent plenty of mostly exploited vulnerabilities.

McShield - to prevent infections spread by removable media.

Unchecky - to prevent from installing additional foistware, implemented in legitimate installations.

Adblock - to surf the web without annoying ads!

Post-cleanup procedures:​

Download DelFix by Xplode and save it to your desktop.

• Run the tool by right click on the
  
  icon and Run as administrator option.
• Make sure that these ones are checked:
  • Remove disinfection tools
  • Purge system restore
  • Reset system settings
• Push Run and wait until the tool completes his work.
• All tools we used should be gone. Tool will create an report for you (C:\DelFix.txt)

The tool will also record healthy state of registry and make a backup using ERUNT program in %windir%\ERUNT\DelFix
Tool deletes old system restore points and create a fresh system restore point after cleaning.

My help is free for everybody.
If you're happy with the help provided and/or wish to buy me a beer for the assistance you received, then you can consider a donation:
Thank you!​

Stay safe,
TwinHeadedEagle