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RE: Winlogon.exe and csrss.exe infections                

 

Hello,

 

I’m running XP Pro, SP3. I noticed in Glarysoft Pro 3 under processes these two items which appear to be Trojans from my research. One indicator is the executable path which is not my normal system32 folder which on my machine is E:\WINDOWS\system32 folder. The infections have the same file name but with two questionmarks in front. They are also the only two processes that have high priority. My windows system32 folder has the real winlogon.exe that is only 496kb versus the infection file which shows memory of 2554 kb. Same deal for csrss.exe which is 6kb versus the infection at 2764kb. I read that malware files are much larger than the real windows files.

 

Under the Windows Task Manager, they cannot be ended because they are “critical” system processes nor could I end them in Glarysoft 3. Akso, these are not showing up on the attached DDS log.

 

Infections

Name                      Executable

winlogon.exe           \\??\E:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe

csrss.exe                 \\??\E:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe

 

Also, are these processes legit as they have no information.:

 

System

System Idle Processes

 

I read another thread for troubleshooting winlogon.exe in this forum and ran Roguekiller as was suggested and have attached the report but didn’t delete anything. Thought it might give an indication.

 

I’m running a trial version of Kaspersky Pure 3.0 and MBAM Pro which hasn’t been automatically starting. A few weeks ago, I had to reinstall XP Pro which is why it is on my E partition. I tried to restore a registry backup from Glarysoft and when windows tried to load it would get into a reboot loop. I figured I had nuked the registry.

 

The required dds and attach.txt logs are attached.

 

Thanks!

 

 

dds.txt

attach.txt

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Done.Thanks!

 

RogueKiller V8.6.6 [Aug 19 2013] by Tigzy
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Operating System : Windows XP (5.1.2600 Service Pack 3) 32 bits version
Started in : Normal mode
User : Justin [Admin rights]
Mode : Scan -- Date : 08/24/2013 12:40:50
| ARK || FAK || MBR |

¤¤¤ Bad processes : 0 ¤¤¤

¤¤¤ Registry Entries : 1 ¤¤¤
[HJ DESK] HKLM\[...]\NewStartPanel : {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} (1) -> FOUND

¤¤¤ Scheduled tasks : 0 ¤¤¤

¤¤¤ Startup Entries : 0 ¤¤¤

¤¤¤ Web browsers : 1 ¤¤¤
[FF][PROXY] s9exjmvz.default-1376154624703 : user_pref("network.proxy.type", 4); -> FOUND

¤¤¤ Particular Files / Folders: ¤¤¤

¤¤¤ Driver : [LOADED] ¤¤¤

¤¤¤ External Hives: ¤¤¤
-> C:\windows\system32\config\SYSTEM | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\windows\system32\config\SOFTWARE | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\windows\system32\config\SECURITY | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\windows\system32\config\SAM | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\windows\system32\config\DEFAULT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\NTUSER.DAT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\NTUSER.DAT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\NTUSER.DAT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - NOT_FOUND]
-> C:\Documents and Settings\Bethie\NTUSER.DAT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\NTUSER.DAT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\Documents and Settings\fbwuser\NTUSER.DAT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\Documents and Settings\Justin\NTUSER.DAT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\Documents and Settings\Justin.NA\NTUSER.DAT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\NTUSER.DAT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\Documents and Settings\NA\NTUSER.DAT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - NOT_FOUND]
-> C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\NTUSER.DAT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\Documents and Settings\User\NTUSER.DAT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]
-> C:\Documents and Settings\User.NA\NTUSER.DAT | DRVINFO [Drv - C:] | SYSTEMINFO [sys - C:] [sys32 - FOUND] | USERINFO [startup - FOUND]

¤¤¤ Infection :  ¤¤¤

¤¤¤ HOSTS File: ¤¤¤
--> %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts


127.0.0.1       localhost


¤¤¤ MBR Check: ¤¤¤

+++++ PhysicalDrive0: ST380013A +++++
--- User ---
[MBR] 031099d2871845ab8309953ce80d88af
[bSP] cb5c6d4d10172c38b46246562b823fcc : Windows XP MBR Code
Partition table:
0 - [ACTIVE] NTFS (0x07) [VISIBLE] Offset (sectors): 63 | Size: 39997 Mo
1 - [XXXXXX] EXTEN-LBA (0x0f) [VISIBLE] Offset (sectors): 81915435 | Size: 36310 Mo
User = LL1 ... OK!
User = LL2 ... OK!

+++++ PhysicalDrive1: ST380013A +++++
--- User ---
[MBR] fbb62b50edccfee2acb93d19dbb15866
[bSP] 99ae7c83941e693fe6415400241f8bbe : Windows XP MBR Code
Partition table:
0 - [XXXXXX] NTFS (0x07) [VISIBLE] Offset (sectors): 63 | Size: 134003 Mo
1 - [XXXXXX] EXTEN-LBA (0x0f) [VISIBLE] Offset (sectors): 274438395 | Size: 104461 Mo
User = LL1 ... OK!
User = LL2 ... OK!

Finished : << RKreport[0]_S_08242013_124050.txt >>



 

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Done. Nothing found. Processes are still running. Please see the attached screen shots from Task Manager and Glary Utilities Process manager. Same issues as explained in first post. Please refer to that for an explanation.Task Manager still won't allow ending processes because they are critical system ones while Glarysoft won't either. The system path with the questionmarks in front and high priority looks like they are disquised and rogue.Thanks.

Windows Task Mgr 8-24-13.bmp

Screen Capture 8-24-13.bmp

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Next......

Please download and run ComboFix.

 

The most important things to remember when running it is to disable all your malware programs and run Combofix from your desktop.

 

Please visit this webpage for download links, and instructions for running ComboFix

 

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix

 

Ensure you have disabled all anti virus and anti malware programs so they do not interfere with the running of ComboFix.

 

Information on disabling your malware programs can be found Here.

 

Make sure you run ComboFix from your desktop.  

 

Give it at least 30-45 minutes to finish if needed.

 

Please include the C:\ComboFix.txt in your next reply for further review.

 

---------->NOTE<----------

If you get the message Illegal operation attempted on registry key that has been marked for deletion after you run ComboFix....please reboot the computer, this should resolve the problem. You may have to do this several times if needed.

 

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