Suspicious HijackThis Entry? - Soundman.exe

[Mark L]

There's a naughty-looking one in here:

Running processes:
D:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
D:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
D:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
D:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
D:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE
D:\Program Files\Thomson\SpeedTouch USB\Dragdiag.exe
D:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\CLI.EXE
D:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\point32.exe
D:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
D:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
D:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
D:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
D:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\lib\NMBgMonitor.exe
D:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe
D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe
D:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\cli.exe
D:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\cli.exe
D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
D:\DOCUME~1\Mort\LOCALS~1\Temp\Temporary Directory 2 for hijackthis.zip\HijackThis.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SoundMan] SOUNDMAN.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATICCC] "D:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\CLIStart.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SpeedTouch USB Diagnostics] "D:\Program Files\Thomson\SpeedTouch USB\Dragdiag.exe" /icon
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IntelliPoint] "D:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\point32.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "D:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "D:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] D:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] D:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "D:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [BgMonitor_{79662E04-7C6C-4d9f-84C7-88D8A56B10AA}] "D:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\lib\NMBgMonitor.exe"
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - D:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - D:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {0E5F0222-96B9-11D3-8997-00104BD12D94} (PCPitstop Utility) - http://www.pcpitstop.com/pcpitstop/PCPitStop.CAB
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1155622268484
O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer Class) - http://acs.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5free/asinst.cab
O16 - DPF: {B1826A9F-4AA0-4510-BA77-9013E74E4B9B} - http://www.trendmicro.com/spyware-scan/as4web.cab
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{EB4C5898-5C70-46C6-BD7F-A2B006D3D4DE}: NameServer = 62.241.162.200 62.241.163.201
O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - Unknown owner - D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - D:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - D:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2sgag.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - Unknown owner - D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - Unknown owner - D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe" /service (file missing)
O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - Unknown owner - D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe" /service (file missing)
O23 - Service: AVG E-mail Scanner (AVGEMS) - Unknown owner - D:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - D:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPodService - Apple Computer, Inc. - D:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe


I don't know who this Soundman is, but it's not anything I recognise. Off to Google I think.

 

[Adywebb]

Soundman is part of the Realtek onboard sound drivers - your log is clean

 

[muckshifter]

Please ... do not post in an information thread.

Start you own Thread

 

[Adywebb]

Good point Mucks - I've moved it as new thread here