Hey guys,

I seem to have a virus that won't go away and isn't detected by any of the scanners I have tried (AVG, Nod32, McAfee and a bunch of anti-malware things like S&D, AdAware etc)

What it seems to do is add a bunch of files to my Documents folder, add a locked Documents and Settings folder in C: and D: drives, replace or add shortcuts to all the usual places like (in the my documents folder):

My Music
My Pictures
My Documents
My Videos

etc etc.

By locked I mean it goes over each folder and applies an 'Everyone' security permission, not allowing or denying anything - so I have to go through manually and reset that.

It also adds the following files in this folder - *:\Documents and Settings\*USER*:

ntuser.dat
ntuser.dat.LOG1
ntuser.dat.LOG2
ntuser.dat{4eb2ce50-ab28-11de-9e5c-00221599bc5d}.TM.blf
ntuser.dat{4eb2ce50-ab28-11de-9e5c-00221599bc5d}.TMContainer00000000000000000001.regtrans-ms
ntuser.dat{4eb2ce50-ab28-11de-9e5c-00221599bc5d}.TMContainer00000000000000000002.regtrans-ms
ntuser.ini

I'm not sure if this is something I particularly need to worry about, and a previous system restore did get rid of everything (for about an hour, I'm guessing either when Windows Search or Nod32 went over a file it did it's magic again)
Although, the reason I formatted this system in the first place was that it had come to a crawl and had a lot of popups appearing... Either this Virus is just a little bit annoying, or it downloads more files and hides itself everywhere.


HijackThis Log:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 6:15:45 p.m., on 29/09/2009
Platform: Unknown Windows (WinNT 6.01.3504)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.7600.16385)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\ASUS\EPU-6 Engine\SixEngine.exe
C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
C:\Program Files\ASUS\AI Suite\AiNap\AiNap.exe
C:\Program Files\ASUS\AI Suite\QFan3\QFanHelp.exe
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 Antivirus\egui.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\MOM.exe
C:\Program Files\ClamWin\bin\ClamTray.exe
C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\daemon.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CCC.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
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 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [StartCCC] "C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe" MSRun
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Ai Nap] "C:\Program Files\ASUS\AI Suite\AiNap\AiNap.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QFan Help] "C:\Program Files\ASUS\AI Suite\QFan3\QFanHelp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Cpu Level Up help] "C:\Program Files\ASUS\AI Suite\CpuLevelUpHelp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [egui] "C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 Antivirus\egui.exe" /hide /waitservice
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ClamWin] "C:\Program Files\ClamWin\bin\ClamTray.exe" --logon
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [DAEMON Tools Lite] "C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\daemon.exe" -autorun
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/get/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab
O23 - Service: AMD External Events Utility - AMD - C:\Windows\system32\atiesrxx.exe
O23 - Service: ASUS System Control Service (AsSysCtrlService) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\ASUS\AsSysCtrlService\1.00.02\AsSysCtrlService.exe
O23 - Service: ESET HTTP Server (EhttpSrv) - ESET - C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 Antivirus\EHttpSrv.exe
O23 - Service: ESET Service (ekrn) - ESET - C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 Antivirus\ekrn.exe

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End of file - 3546 bytes



I'm reasonably experienced with Windows systems and getting rid of malware, but this one I just can't track down - I don't want to wipe all my drives either. If anyone can let me know what the hell it is so I can start looking for ways to get rid of it that would? be awesome!

If theres any more information you need please let me know!

Regards,
JC