ADFly malware program HELP!

Somehow (I’m still figuring out how) a trojan installed Adf.ly in my computer and now all my internet browsers have the damned thing on them. Everytime I Google anything the malware redirects my search to a blue screen with a bee and a message stating to click on it to make money.

I ran CCleaner to no avail

I ran one malware removal tool with update files and it detected nothing…

I just don’t want to reformat the machine and start from scratch due to a damned malware trojan! Do anyone here have had dealings with this bug and know a safe and certain way to remove it from the machine?

Please let me know!

if you dont have trend micro security, try the house call:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

before i actually paid for it, i would use that all the time and it cleared up my computer of all the issues i was having.

you also want to get your hands on malwarebytes’s trial, you could purchase it, but you get the same effect on the trial:

http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?part=dl-10804572&subj=dl&tag=button

run malware bytes in safemode.

if that clears everything enough to where you can use google, then google adf.ly to see how to remove it. granted it should be removed thanks to those programs, but this way you can go check to see if it’s still hanging out on your computer.

if you can go to Malwarebytes and get thier software it may remove it. You’ll have to access it through your computer in “safe” mode since your browser is infected or I found this for you:

http://www.exterminate-it.com/malpedia/remove-adfly

Aliases of AdFly (AKA):

[Other] Trojan.Agent.SpyFly.A, Backdoor.Symfly

How to Remove AdFly from Your Computer

To completely purge AdFly from your computer, you need to delete the files, folders, and Windows registry keys, and registry values associated with AdFly. These files, folders, and registry keys are respectively listed in the Files, Folders, Registry Keys, and Registry Values sections on this page.

How to Remove AdFly from the Windows Registry

The Windows registry stores important system information such as system preferences, user settings, and installed programs details as well as the information about the applications that are automatically run at start-up. Because of this, spyware, malware, and adware often store references to their own files in your Windows registry so that they can automatically launch every time you start up your computer.

To effectively remove AdFly from your Windows registry, you must delete all the registry keys and values associated with AdFly, which are listed in the Registry Keys and Registry Values sections on this page.

IMPORTANT: Because the registry is a core component of your Windows system, it is strongly recommended that you back up the registry before you begin deleting keys and values. For information about backing up the Windows registry, refer to the Registry Editor online help.

To remove the AdFly registry keys and values:

1.On the Windows Start menu, click Run.

2.In the Open box, type regedit and click OK.

The Registry Editor window opens. This window consists of two panes. The left pane displays folders that represent the registry keys arranged in hierarchical order. The right one lists the registry values of the currently selected registry key.

3.To delete each registry key listed in the Registry Keys section, do the following:

Locate the key in the left pane of the Registry Editor window by sequentially expanding the folders according to the path indicated in the Registry Keys section. For example, if the path of a registry key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\FolderA\FolderB\KeyName1, sequentially expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, software, FolderA, and FolderB folders.

Select the key name indicated at the end of the path (KeyName1 in the example above).

Right-click the key name and select Delete on the menu.

Click Yes in the Confirm Key Delete dialog box.

4.To delete each registry value listed in the Registry Values section, do the following:

Display the value in the right pane of the Registry Editor window by sequentially expanding the folders in the left pane according to the path indicated in the Registry Values section and selecting the specified key name. For example, if the path of a registry value is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\FolderA\FolderB\KeyName2,valueC=, sequentially expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, software, FolderA, and FolderB folders and select the KeyName2 key to display the valueC value in the right pane.

In the right pane, select the value name indicated after a comma at the end of the path (valueC in the example above).

Right-click the value name and select Delete on the menu.

Click Yes in the Confirm Value Delete dialog box.

Registry Keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid{1b84ddf4-71b2-4ad3-a066-81e7eb292fbb}

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid{881f6f06-4620-4070-ad05-bd77d4c56661}

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid{c61a70f3-505e-4b90-916f-627a8706b4bc}

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface{468262b9-8400-4a49-b2e5-ce8550eb1347}

For instructions on deleting the AdFly registry keys and registry values, see How to Remove AdFly from the Windows Registry.

For instructions on deleting the AdFly files and folders,

see How to Delete AdFly Files (.exe, .dll, etc.)

How to Delete AdFly Files (.exe, .dll, etc.)

The files and folders associated with AdFly are listed in the Files and Folders sections on this page.

How to Delete AdFly Files (.exe, .dll, etc.)

The files and folders associated with AdFly are listed in the Files and Folders sections on this page.

To delete the AdFly files and folders:

1.Using your file explorer, browse to each file and folder listed in the Folders and Files sections.

Note: The paths use certain conventions such as [%PROGRAM_FILES%]. These conventions are explained here.

2.Select the file or folder and press SHIFT+Delete on the keyboard.

3.Click Yes in the confirm deletion dialog box.

IMPORTANT: If a file is locked (in use by some application), its deletion will fail (the Windows will display a corresponding message).You can delete such locked files with the RemoveOnReboot utility. To delete a locked file, right-click on the file, select Send To->Remove on Next Reboot on the menu, and restart your computer. You can install the RemoveOnReboot utility from here.

Files:

[%SYSTEM%]\COMAdEvent.dll

[%SYSTEM%]\COMBoHEvent.dll

[%SYSTEM%]\COMEventHelper.dll

To delete the AdFly files and folders:

1.Using your file explorer, browse to each file and folder listed in the Folders and Files sections.

Note: The paths use certain conventions such as [%PROGRAM_FILES%]. These conventions are explained here.

2.Select the file or folder and press SHIFT+Delete on the keyboard.

3.Click Yes in the confirm deletion dialog box.

IMPORTANT: If a file is locked (in use by some application), its deletion will fail (the Windows will display a corresponding message).You can delete such locked files with the RemoveOnReboot utility. To delete a locked file, right-click on the file, select Send To->Remove on Next Reboot on the menu, and restart your computer. You can install the RemoveOnReboot utility from here.

good luck!

Here’s my general “nuke it from orbit” approach to malware removal. It seems to work on about 99% of the infected machines I clean out daily, though nothing is as sure a bet as a fresh OS install (with an overwrite of the MBR for any nasty bootkits).

Following the instructions on the pages, try these programs, in this order:

HitMan Pro

ComboFix (For this one, it’s VERY important that you follow the instructions)

Sophos Anti-Rootkit

GMER

MalwareBytes Anti-Malware

Spybot - Search & Destroy

Run them first in Safe Mode with Networking (so they can update). Smack the F8 key repeatedly as your PC starts up and choose the option. Run them under each user account, starting with Administrator (if available), then the one that was infected first, until they each come up clean.

Start up in Normal Mode and run additional batteries of MalwareBytes and SpyBot under each user account, starting with the one that was infected first, until they come up clean.

I don’t recommend doing ANYTHING in the registry unless you’re incredibly familiar with it. There are no safeguards in place to prevent you from deleting key Operating System entries (as there are with system files), so one mislick and you could need a complete Windows reinstallation.

You say you don’t want to reformat and start from scratch, but in my experience, reformating and reinstalling Windows the only guaranteed fix. Once you’ve been hit with a real nasty one, you’ll find minor quirks, missing files, traces and remnants of infection, keyloggers, and all kinds of leftover crumbs.

It’s a bit like trying to remove an ounce of gunpowder from a jar of sand with chopsticks: You may get most of it out with enough work, but you may never fully get rid of all the traces.

Ccleaner is NOT an antivirus program, its only a clean up program.

I agree with Jairus’ suggestion, although I’d use Malwarebytes first personally.

what i did was to use Ccleaner to clean house and then I immediately used Malwarebytes trying to catch it, but the MB didn’t sniffed it out.

I’ll try following the steps you guys have provided and see what happens. i’ll keep you posted but if in the meantime someone that had to deal with this particular bug and busted it’s ass finds this thread, please let me know what you did.

my OD is Windows 7 (64)

Thanks guys.

I’ve seen it before but its been a while. I believe combofix cleaned it, but I really don’t remember. I clean a lot of virused computers.

This is an almost daily part of my profession, and I can tell you that Jarius’ approach is pretty close to what I would do. Especially heed the advice of running the removal programs in ‘safe mode with networking’ as these tools have a much better success rate in safe mode.