Browser Takeover Issue.

NLAlston

NLAlston

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Not too long ago, I was saddled with a browser issue that I don't presently know how to defeat. My attached file shows the unwanted browser screen that I am presented with whenever I connect to the web. It is either that 'Bing' or 'Babylon' mess - and this. I have Firefox installed, and had set Yahoo as my default home page. But what keeps surfacing is this 'Searchus.com'. I have (many times) re-attempted to set up Yahoo as my default homepage, but each time I close out and return to the internet I find myself back to where I didn't want to be.

I have NO idea how this takeover happened, and don't know if it is something that is now a part of Yahoo, itself. If not, I hope that someone could tell me how to successfully defeat it.

Advanced thanks.
 
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Well, it certainly isn't a 'Yahoo' thing.

I went in to Yahoo, and bookmarked the location. I can now get to where I really want to be by calling up the referenced bookmarked page. It's just that whenever I navigate to another site - from Yahoo - and hot the 'Home' button, I am taken right to that 'Searchus.com page. This necessitates yet another press of the respective bookmarked button in order to get back to Yahoo.
 
Start by doing the following.

Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from here or here and save it to your desktop.
  • Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
  • At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to
    • Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
    • and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
  • then click Finish.
  • If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version. Please keep updating until it says you have the latest version.
  • Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
  • When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
  • Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
  • A log will be saved automatically which you can access by clicking on the Logs tab within Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

If for some reason Malwarebytes will not install or run please download and run Rkill.scr, Rkill.exe, or Rkill.com. If you are still having issues running rkill then try downloading these renamed versions of the same program.

EXPLORER.EXE
IEXPLORE.EXE
USERINIT.EXE
WINLOGON.EXE

But DO NOT reboot the system and then try installing or running Malwarebytes. If Rkill (which is a black box) appears and then disappears right away or you get a message saying rkill is infected, keep trying to run rkill until it over powers the infection and temporarily kills it. Once a log appears on the screen, you can try running malwarebytes or downloading other programs.



Download the HijackThis installer from here.
Run the installer and choose Install, indicating that you accept the licence agreement. The installer will place a shortcut on your desktop and launch HijackThis.

Vista and Windows 7 users must right click on the hijackthis icon and click on run as. If the run as option doesn't appear then press and hold the shift key while right clicking on the icon to get it to appear.


Click Do a system scan and save a logfile

Most of what HijackThis lists will be harmless or even essential, don't fix anything yet.

When the hijackthis log appears in a notepad file, click on the edit menu, click select all, then click on the edit menu again and click on copy. Come back to your reply and right click on your mouse and click on paste.

Post the logfile that HijackThis produces along with the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware log
 
Hi John. Following, is that information:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 10:52:32 AM, on 11/15/2012
Platform: Windows 7 SP1 (WinNT 6.00.3505)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v9.00 (9.00.8112.16450)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Acronis\Schedule2\schedhlp.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\SlySoft\AnyDVD\AnyDVDtray.exe
C:\Users\Nate\AppData\Roaming\SanDisk\Sansa Updater\SansaDispatch.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\UWA\AAM Updates Notifier.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Logitech\Vid HD\Vid.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeMeter\Runtime\bin\CodeMeterCC.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\TechSmith\Snagit 10\Snagit32.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Roxio 2011\5.0\CPMonitor.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Roxio 2011\Roxio Burn\RoxioBurnLauncher.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\acrotray.exe
C:\ProgramData\Anti-phishing Domain Advisor\visicom_antiphishing.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice.org 3\program\soffice.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Epson Software\Event Manager\EEventManager.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\Kernel\DMR\PowerDVD12DMREngine.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PowerDVD12Agent.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\YouCam\YouCamService.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice.org 3\program\soffice.bin
C:\Program Files (x86)\Logitech\LWS\Webcam Software\LWS.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\TrueImageHome\TrueImageMonitor.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Acronis\TibMounter\TibMounterMonitor.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\TechSmith\Snagit 10\TSCHelp.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\TechSmith\Snagit 10\snagiteditor.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerPlugin_11_4_402_287.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerPlugin_11_4_402_287.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Trend Micro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://start.search.us.com?guid={FA75DF31-84B3-4F1D-A02B-798A94850FF8}&serpv=1
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = C:\Windows\SysWOW64\blank.htm
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
R3 - URLSearchHook: DVDVideoSoftTB Toolbar - {872b5b88-9db5-4310-bdd0-ac189557e5f5} - C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDVideoSoftTB\prxtbDVDV.dll
R3 - URLSearchHook: uTorrentControl_v2 Toolbar - {7473b6bd-4691-4744-a82b-7854eb3d70b6} - C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrentControl_v2\prxtbuTor.dll
R3 - URLSearchHook: YTNavAssistPlugin Class - {81017EA9-9AA8-4A6A-9734-7AF40E7D593F} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn1\yt.dll
R3 - URLSearchHook: InternetHelper1.5 Toolbar - {1930e38a-deef-4cf4-9bfb-9c4ea3689a9d} - C:\Program Files (x86)\InternetHelper1.5\prxtbInte.dll
F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=userinit.exe,
O2 - BHO: SnagIt Toolbar Loader - {00C6482D-C502-44C8-8409-FCE54AD9C208} - C:\Program Files (x86)\TechSmith\Snagit 10\SnagitBHO.dll
O2 - BHO: &Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn1\yt.dll
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: InternetHelper1.5 - {1930e38a-deef-4cf4-9bfb-9c4ea3689a9d} - C:\Program Files (x86)\InternetHelper1.5\prxtbInte.dll
O2 - BHO: uTorrentControl_v2 - {7473b6bd-4691-4744-a82b-7854eb3d70b6} - C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrentControl_v2\prxtbuTor.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In SSV Helper - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: DVDVideoSoftTB - {872b5b88-9db5-4310-bdd0-ac189557e5f5} - C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDVideoSoftTB\prxtbDVDV.dll
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Conversion Toolbar Helper - {AE7CD045-E861-484f-8273-0445EE161910} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: SmartSelect - {F4971EE7-DAA0-4053-9964-665D8EE6A077} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Snagit - {8FF5E183-ABDE-46EB-B09E-D2AAB95CABE3} - C:\Program Files (x86)\TechSmith\Snagit 10\SnagitIEAddin.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Adobe PDF - {47833539-D0C5-4125-9FA8-0819E2EAAC93} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O3 - Toolbar: DVDVideoSoftTB Toolbar - {872b5b88-9db5-4310-bdd0-ac189557e5f5} - C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDVideoSoftTB\prxtbDVDV.dll
O3 - Toolbar: uTorrentControl_v2 Toolbar - {7473b6bd-4691-4744-a82b-7854eb3d70b6} - C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrentControl_v2\prxtbuTor.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn1\yt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: InternetHelper1.5 Toolbar - {1930e38a-deef-4cf4-9bfb-9c4ea3689a9d} - C:\Program Files (x86)\InternetHelper1.5\prxtbInte.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RoxWatchTray] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\13.0\SharedCOM\RoxWatchTray13.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CPMonitor] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Roxio 2011\5.0\CPMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Desktop Disc Tool] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Roxio 2011\Roxio Burn\RoxioBurnLauncher.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe ARM] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Acrobat Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\Acrobat_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Acrobat Assistant 8.0] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [UVS11 Preload] C:\Program Files (x86)\Ulead Systems\Ulead VideoStudio 11\uvPL.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Anti-phishing Domain Advisor] "C:\ProgramData\Anti-phishing Domain Advisor\visicom_antiphishing.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SwitchBoard] C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\SwitchBoard\SwitchBoard.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdobeCS6ServiceManager] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CS6ServiceManager\CS6ServiceManager.exe" -launchedbylogin
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EEventManager] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Epson Software\Event Manager\EEventManager.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PowerDVD12DMREngine] "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\Kernel\DMR\PowerDVD12DMREngine.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PowerDVD12Agent] "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PowerDVD12Agent.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [YouCam Service] "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\YouCam\YouCamService.exe" /s
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [APSDaemon] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\APSDaemon.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LWS] C:\Program Files (x86)\Logitech\LWS\Webcam Software\LWS.exe -hide
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TrueImageMonitor.exe] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\TrueImageHome\TrueImageMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AcronisTibMounterMonitor] C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Acronis\TibMounter\TibMounterMonitor.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [AvgUninstallURL] cmd.exe /c start http://www.avg.com/ww.special-uninstallation-feedback-app?lic=OQBJAC0AQQAwAEUAMgBQAC0AQgBZADIANwBRAC0AOQAyAEEAVABBAC0AMAA0AFEASwAyAC0ASgBKAEgAMABQAA"&"inst=NwA2AC0AMQAyADgANgA5ADMANgA0ADMAMAAtAEQARABUACsAMAAtAFMAVAA5ADAAQQBQAFAAKwAxAC0AUABMACsAOQAtAEMASQBEACsAMQAtAEkASQBTAEEAKwA2AC0ATgAxAEQAKwAxAA"&"prod=94"&"ver=9.0.914
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [AnyDVD] C:\Program Files (x86)\SlySoft\AnyDVD\AnyDVDtray.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SansaDispatch] C:\Users\Nate\AppData\Roaming\SanDisk\Sansa Updater\SansaDispatch.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Logitech Vid] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Logitech\Vid HD\Vid.exe" -bootmode
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [CAHeadless] C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Elements 10 Organizer\CAHeadless\ElementsAutoAnalyzer.exe
O4 - Startup: OpenOffice.org 3.1.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice.org 3\program\quickstart.exe
O4 - Global Startup: CodeMeter Control Center.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeMeter\Runtime\bin\CodeMeterCC.exe
O4 - Global Startup: ColorVisionStartup.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\ColorVision\ColorVisionStartup\ColorVisionStartup.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Event Reminder.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\The Print Shop 23.1\Remind.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Snagit 10.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\TechSmith\Snagit 10\Snagit32.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: Append Link Target to Existing PDF - res://C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppendSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Append to Existing PDF - res://C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert Link Target to Adobe PDF - res://C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECaptureSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert to Adobe PDF - res://C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Free YouTube Download - C:\Users\Nate\AppData\Roaming\DVDVideoSoftIEHelpers\freeytvdownloader.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter - C:\Users\Nate\AppData\Roaming\DVDVideoSoftIEHelpers\freeyoutubetomp3converter.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Locate Spot on Map by GPS - C:\Program Files (x86)\Opanda\IExif 2.3\IExifMap.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: View Exif/GPS/IPTC with IExif - C:\Program Files (x86)\Opanda\IExif 2.3\IExifCom.htm
O11 - Options group: [ACCELERATED_GRAPHICS] Accelerated graphics
O23 - Service: Roxio SAIB Service (9734BF6A-2DCD-40f0-BAB0-5AAFEEBE1269) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\Roxio\BackOnTrack\App\SaibSVC.exe
O23 - Service: Acronis Scheduler2 Service (AcrSch2Svc) - Acronis - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Acronis\Schedule2\schedul2.exe
O23 - Service: Adobe Active File Monitor V10 (AdobeActiveFileMonitor10.0) - Adobe Systems Incorporated - C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Elements 10 Organizer\PhotoshopElementsFileAgent.exe
O23 - Service: Adobe Active File Monitor V7 (AdobeActiveFileMonitor7.0) - Adobe Systems Incorporated - C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 7.0\PhotoshopElementsFileAgent.exe
O23 - Service: Adobe Flash Player Update Service (AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc) - Adobe Systems Incorporated - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe
O23 - Service: Acronis Nonstop Backup Service (afcdpsrv) - Acronis - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Acronis\CDP\afcdpsrv.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Alg.exe,-112 (ALG) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: ASP.NET State Service (aspnet_state) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_state.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: BOT4Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\Roxio\BackOnTrack\App\BService.exe
O23 - Service: Capture Device Service - InterVideo Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InterVideo\DeviceService\DevSvc.exe
O23 - Service: CLHNServiceForPowerDVD12 - CyberLink Corp. - C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\Kernel\DMP\CLHNServer\CLHNServiceForPowerDVD12.exe
O23 - Service: CodeMeter Runtime Server (CodeMeter.exe) - WIBU-SYSTEMS AG - C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeMeter\Runtime\bin\CodeMeter.exe
O23 - Service: CyberLink PowerDVD 12 Media Server Monitor Service - CyberLink - C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\Kernel\DMS\CLMSMonitorServicePDVD12.exe
O23 - Service: CyberLink PowerDVD 12 Media Server Service - CyberLink - C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\Kernel\DMS\CLMSServerPDVD12.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\efssvc.dll,-100 (EFS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: EpsonBidirectionalService - SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\EPSON\EBAPI\eEBSVC.exe
O23 - Service: FABS - Helping agent for MAGIX media database (Fabs) - MAGIX AG - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\MAGIX Services\Database\bin\FABS.exe
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\fxsresm.dll,-118 (Fax) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Firebird Server - MAGIX Instance (FirebirdServerMAGIXInstance) - MAGIX® - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\MAGIX Services\Database\bin\fbserver.exe
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe
O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdate) (gupdate) - Google Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdatem) (gupdatem) - Google Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: @keyiso.dll,-100 (KeyIso) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: MBAMScheduler - Malwarebytes Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamscheduler.exe
O23 - Service: MBAMService - Malwarebytes Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exe
O23 - Service: Mozilla Maintenance Service (MozillaMaintenance) - Mozilla Foundation - C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe
O23 - Service: @comres.dll,-2797 (MSDTC) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\System32\netlogon.dll,-102 (Netlogon) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: NMSAccess - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\Blaze Media Pro\NMSAccess32.exe
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\psbase.dll,-300 (ProtectedStorage) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: RoxMediaDB13 - Sonic Solutions - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\13.0\SharedCOM\RoxMediaDB13.exe
O23 - Service: Roxio Hard Drive Watcher 12 (RoxWatch12) - Sonic Solutions - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\13.0\SharedCOM\RoxWatch13.exe
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\Locator.exe,-2 (RpcLocator) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\locator.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\samsrv.dll,-1 (SamSs) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: ScsiAccess - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\Photodex\ProShow Producer\ScsiAccess.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\snmptrap.exe,-3 (SNMPTRAP) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\snmptrap.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Splashtop® Remote Service (SplashtopRemoteService) - Splashtop Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Splashtop\Splashtop Remote\Server\SRService.exe
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\spoolsv.exe,-1 (Spooler) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\sppsvc.exe,-101 (sppsvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\sppsvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Splashtop Software Updater Service (SSUService) - Splashtop Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Splashtop\Splashtop Software Updater\SSUService.exe
O23 - Service: Adobe SwitchBoard (SwitchBoard) - Adobe Systems Incorporated - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\SwitchBoard\SwitchBoard.exe
O23 - Service: Acronis Sync Agent Service (syncagentsrv) - Acronis - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Acronis\SyncAgent\syncagentsrv.exe
O23 - Service: Trend Micro AntiVirus Protection Service (tavsvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\Trend Micro\AntiVirus 2007\tavsvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Trend Micro Proxy Service (tmproxy) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\Trend Micro\AntiVirus 2007\Components\tmproxy.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\ui0detect.exe,-101 (UI0Detect) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\UI0Detect.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: UMVPFSrv - Logitech Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\logishrd\LVMVFM\UMVPFSrv.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\vaultsvc.dll,-1003 (VaultSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\vds.exe,-100 (vds) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\vssvc.exe,-102 (VSS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\wbengine.exe,-104 (wbengine) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%Systemroot%\system32\wbem\wmiapsrv.exe,-110 (wmiApSrv) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe,-101 (WMPNetworkSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Yahoo! Updater (YahooAUService) - Yahoo! Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Yahoo!\SoftwareUpdate\YahooAUService.exe

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After a bit more researching on this SearchUS.com thing, I seemed to have stumbled up on what this mess is all about. According to me new-found information, it is a backdoor virus?hack vehicle. I have run MalwareBytes, as well as my Microsoft Security Essentials programs, and nothing malicious was revealed by either. So, it must be to say that this particular headache has elements about it that the malware/virus programs (at least the ones that "I" have) cannot see/eradicate.

If I cannot find another manner by which to rid myself of this, my next course of action would be to format & restore my computer. The only thing about that is the fact that I don't know what I might have done to get this thing in the first place. And that means that I wouldn't know what NOT to do again.
 
NLAlston said:
Well, I am straight now. I am now on the upside of restoring my computer, after formatting. But thanks.
Click to expand...

You reformatted over something easily fixable? All you had to do was wait until I got home from work and I would have helped you. Oh well.
 
johnb35 said:
You reformatted over something easily fixable? All you had to do was wait until I got home from work and I would have helped you. Oh well.
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John, believe me - I appreciated what you were trying to do for me. I also would have waited to have heard back from you, on my updated response, had the time factor been more favorable. I had a project which had to be finished as soon as possible, and that was the reason why I had to do as I did - when I did it. It wasn't just that one issue, either, that had gotten to me, but a number of things which were causing my computer to act finicky. I was just in the dark about what was causing those issues to be, just as I was about that SearchUS.com thing.

But I really DO thank you for your efforts.
 
Not a problem. I just can't see a reformat over something like this. Basically it was browser addon, which we could have disabled/uninstalled. Did it take over your home page as well? You definately don't want babylon installed. And I don't think Bing would be causing it. You probably had a multitude of addons installed that you probably didn't know you were aware of.
 
johnb35 said:
Not a problem. I just can't see a reformat over something like this. Basically it was browser addon, which we could have disabled/uninstalled. Did it take over your home page as well? You definately don't want babylon installed. And I don't think Bing would be causing it. You probably had a multitude of addons installed that you probably didn't know you were aware of.
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You are right, and I (too) feel the same way. I really try to hold formatting as the absolute LAST resort, but had to get some computer work taken care of.

I don't know how I came across that mess, in the first place, and fear for inadvertently stepping into that poop pit again. I do know this, though: After getting my PC back up, again, all was well (and still is) with my Yahoo browser. I kinda wanted the Google browser so that I could have tabs for, both, my Gmail & Yahoo mail accounts. So I proceeded to download & install Google Chrome. The second time that I opened that browser up, what do you think happened? Yep - it had been taken over by that Searchus.com. I immediately jumped to my Yahoo (Firefox enabled) homepage to see if it had also affected that. But it hadn't. My next step was to move right into the process of uninstalling Chrome. A shame, too, because I did like that browser.
 
Even a reinstall of firefox would've most likely fixed it.

And this is capable of happening to Chrome, also. Just be careful what you click on.
 
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