alternate method
I used Panda Internet Security 2006 to remove the AT.144 virus, which appeared to be downloading spyware and adware continually
Browser windows kept opening in IE (even in safe mode with nothing open) and Opera. With links that usually had a variety of domain names with the html files yyy34.html and yyy54.html. I tried everything I could think of. I restarted many times, killing absolutely all non-essential processes, but some application/virus behind the scenes was not budging.
I ended up finding at least an estimated 50 spyware/adware infections over the total. New infections kept appearing. There was a virus on there, but I didn't know how to remove it I tried many products. I found one virus which only "Panda Internet Security 2006 /w updates" could detect (it also cleaned it). Non of the other antivirus/antispyware products could find this. It was called AT.144. Norton Antivirus found a few viruses, but couldn't stop the main application virus from downloading more and more adware/spyware.
I used "Panda Internet Security 2006" and did a complete scan after updating to the latest definitions. Panda works fantastic. Prior to installing Panda Internet Security, I tried "Panda Anti-Virus Titanium", but that didn't fix it (despite updating). Since "Panda Internet Security" combines anti-virus with anti-spyware, I don't have to worry about having any other resource
hungry anti-virus applications on the machine.
I found a couple of viruses on the computer with some anti-spyware applications. The applications I used to remove a lot of the viruses that were downloaded by the spyware are:
Itty Bitty Process Manager IE-SPYAD Kill2Me.exe (remover) l2mfix.exe miniremoval_coolwebsearch_smartkiller.exe Spyware Blaster Bugoff X-RayPC (block.com) HiJackThis CWShredder CleanCache Spybot Norton Antivirus
I used norton antivirus initially (I did at least four full-system scanns (on high heuristics mode), and that found a heap of viruses and spyware, but no matter how many times I scanned, the IE windows kept popping up. In the end, Panda Antivirus found and deleted the AT.144 virus.
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I also received a number of cookies that may be related to this unknown virus, but then again, this could just be remnants of some of the spyware that was installed.
z1.adserver.com .yadro.ru .xiti.com .
www.myaffiliateprogram.com .tribalfusion.com .toplist.cz .centrport.net spylog.com dist.belnk.com .casalemedia.com .urstnet.com .belnk.com .statcounter.com stat.onestat.com .ads.pointroll.com .adopt.hbmediapro.com .2o7.net z1.adserver.com and "com.com"
I found that I was infected by the AT.144 virus, which infected cmdinst.exe in my temporary folder of the current user. There were a number of infected DLLs which were disinfected, in addition to several registry entries used for "Add/Remove Programs caching" (ARPCACHE),
http://www.superwin.com/arpcache.htm
Potentially unwanted program detecte... On-demand antivirus scan 10/25/05 12:48:18 Deleted Path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Process.exe
Adware detected: Adware/Look2Me On-demand antivirus scan 10/25/05 12:46:11 Disinfected Path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\fp2q03f5e.dll
Potentially unwanted program detecte... On-demand antivirus scan 10/25/05 12:30:51 Notified Path: C:\temp\l2mfix\l2mfix\Process.exe
Suspicious file On-demand antivirus scan 10/25/05 11:38:57 Moved File: C:\Program Files\general\opera\Cache4\opr007XO.exe
Suspicious file On-demand antivirus scan 10/25/05 11:38:55 Moved File: C:\Program Files\general\opera\Cache4\opr007NI.exe
Adware detected: Adware/Sqwire On-demand antivirus scan 10/25/05 11:19:59 Disinfected Path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\mfom\mfomd\mfomc.dll
Adware detected: Adware/ISearch On-demand antivirus scan 10/25/05 11:02:30 Disinfected Path: C:\mte3ndi6odoxng.exe
Adware detected: Adware/ISearch On-demand antivirus scan 10/25/05 10:59:44 Disinfected Path: C:\Documents and Settings\oceanborn\Local Settings\Temp\cmdinst.exe
Virus detected: AT.144 On-demand antivirus scan 10/25/05 10:57:55 Moved Path: C:\Documents and Settings\oceanborn\Desktop\zip\MyNewsGroups-0.6b.zip[layersmenu.inc.php]
[Process.exe]
Adware detected: Adware/Look2Me Antivirus protection 10/25/05 10:44:30 Disinfected Path: c:\windows\system32\ho23msp.dll