Comp Question

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-06-18 01:57am

I have a question for you guys I'm not sure about..

There's this.. thing.. that we try to open on my comp, and every time we try to do so, it says, "Socket Error." What does that mean, and how do I fix it?

~ver

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-06-18 02:15am

Try getting Hijackthis (link) and posting the resulting scan log here

I'll see what I can do.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-06-18 05:16am

What are you running? Some version of Windows I presume?

Occasionally, if a program was badly written, it'll produce a lot of socket errors. Has something to do with Winsock IIRC, but I'm not really thinking well at the moment (2 AM local time...)

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-06-18 05:37am

Crayz9000 wrote:What are you running? Some version of Windows I presume?

Occasionally, if a program was badly written, it'll produce a lot of socket errors. Has something to do with Winsock IIRC, but I'm not really thinking well at the moment (2 AM local time...)

Talked to Hyperion over IM earlier, and found that this file (an e-book that is in .exe format) would work on one user account, but not the main one. Anyways, here's the Hijackthis log:

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.94.0
Scan saved at 3:38:41 AM, on 6/18/2003
Platform: Windows XP  (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000)

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page=http://www.hotmail.com/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar=http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/ymsgr/defaults/sb/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page=C:\WINNT\System32\blank.htm
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page=%SystemRoot%\system32\blank.htm
O1 - Hosts: 216.177.73.139 auto.search.msn.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.177.73.139 search.netscape.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.177.73.139 ieautosearch
O1 - Hosts: indows.
O1 - Hosts: 217.116.231.7 aimtoday.aol.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.177.73.139 auto.search.msn.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.177.73.139 search.netscape.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.177.73.139 ieautosearch
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {FDD3B846-8D59-4ffb-8758-209B6AD74ACC} - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\mnyviewer.dll
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {390A9306-2CE3-4177-9372-9101742D7109} - (no file)
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINNT\System32\msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] C:\WINNT\System32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINNT\System32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroCheck] C:\WINNT\System32\\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EPSON Stylus C82 Series] C:\WINNT\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\E_S0HIC1.EXE /P23 "EPSON Stylus C82 Series" /O5 "LPT1:" /M "Stylus C82"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [GWMDMMSG] GWMDMMSG.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Hot Key Kbd 9910 Daemon] SK9910DM.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SBHC] C:\Program Files\SuperBar\sbhc.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcmnhdlr.exe" /checktask
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] "c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshld.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] C:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcupdate.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Microsoft Works Update Detection] C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WkDetect.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [AIM] C:\Program Files\AIM95\aim.exe -cnetwait.odl
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo! Pager] C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\ypager.exe -quiet
O9 - Extra button: AIM (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: Real.com (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: MoneySide (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Messenger (HKLM)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: Messenger (HKLM)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger (HKLM)
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: symsupportutil - https://www-secure.symantec.com/techsupp/activedata/symsupportutil.CAB
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Chess - http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/ct0_x.cab
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Pool 2 - http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/potc_x.cab
O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) - http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab
O16 - DPF: {0FC6BF2B-E16A-11CF-AB2E-0080AD08A326} (LiveUpdate Crescendo) - 
O16 - DPF: {15C3C7A4-9676-11D3-9799-0060087190B9} - http://www.interfungmbh.de/spezial/active2.exe
O16 - DPF: {1C955F3B-5B32-4393-A05D-24B4970CD2A1} (Video Class) - http://streamhc.redhotnetworks.com/cabs/videox.cab
O16 - DPF: {30528230-99F7-4BB4-88D8-FA1D4F56A2AB} (YInstStarter Class) - http://download.yahoo.com/dl/installs/yinst.cab
O16 - DPF: {41F17733-B041-4099-A042-B518BB6A408C} - http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/20021205/qtinstall.info.apple.com/borris/us/win/QuickTimeInstaller.exe
O16 - DPF: {4A3CF76B-EC7A-405D-A67D-8DC6B52AB35B} (QDiagAOLCCUpdateObj Class) - http://aolcc.aol.com/computercheckup/qdiagcc.cab
O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} (McAfee.com Operating System Class) - http://download.av.aol.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/en-us/4,0,0,64/mcinsctl.cab
O16 - DPF: {56336BCB-3D8A-11D6-A00B-0050DA18DE71} (RdxIE Class) - http://207.188.7.150/238020c98f49c5cf3117/netzip/RdxIE601.cab
O16 - DPF: {6BD4FB43-470E-11D2-B99D-00104B02C956} (AtDownloadIE Class) - http://www.webex.com/client/webex/atbootie.cab
O16 - DPF: {739E8D90-2F4C-43AD-A1B8-66C356FCEA35} (RunExeActiveX.RunExe) - hcp://system/RunExeActiveX.CAB
O16 - DPF: {74D05D43-3236-11D4-BDCD-00C04F9A3B61} (HouseCall Control) - http://a840.g.akamai.net/7/840/537/2002121801/housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/xscan53.cab
O16 - DPF: {7A32634B-029C-4836-A023-528983982A49} - http://fdl.msn.com/public/chat/msnchat42.cab
O16 - DPF: {917623D1-D8E5-11D2-BE8B-00104B06BDE3} (CamImage Class) - http://www.elsam.com/cgi-bin3/AxisCamControl.ocx
O16 - DPF: {99CDFD87-F97A-42E1-9C13-D18220D90AD1} (StartFirstControl.CheckFirst) - hcp://system/StartFirstControl.CAB
O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer Class) - http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as/asinst.cab
O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} (DwnldGroupMgr Class) - http://download.av.aol.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/en-us/1,0,0,13/mcgdmgr.cab
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab
O16 - DPF: {D53B810F-6219-11D4-95B6-0040950375E7} - http://vad.mainentrypoint.com/dialer/bin/CE10000/dialer_activex.cab
O16 - DPF: {E77C0D62-882A-456F-AD8F-7C6C9569B8C7} (ActiveDataObj Class) - https://www-secure.symantec.com/techsupp/activedata/ActiveData.cab
O16 - DPF: {ED3CE078-BB89-42C6-A748-2EC19EA004D4} (BoxFrogAX Control) - http://www.boxfrog.com/BoxFrogConvert.cab
O16 - DPF: {F58E1CEF-A068-4C15-BA5E-587CAF3EE8C6} (MSN Chat Control 4.5) - http://fdl.msn.com/public/chat/msnchat45.cab

~ver

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-06-18 09:46am

Looks like a poorly-written program designed for 9X - and doesn't take into account NT's security model.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-06-18 02:30pm

You got other trouble beyond a simple 'socket error' warning. These need fixing. Light Blue is an IGetNet Browser Hijack, Red is a SuperBar Browser Parasite, Blue is RealPlayer Spyware/Bloat, and Yellow is a Fucking Huge Boatload of Porn Dialers. Stay away from hetero porn sites while using M$IE...

O1 - Hosts: 216.177.73.139 auto.search.msn.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.177.73.139 search.netscape.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.177.73.139 ieautosearch
O1 - Hosts: indows.
O1 - Hosts: 217.116.231.7 aimtoday.aol.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.177.73.139 auto.search.msn.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.177.73.139 search.netscape.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.177.73.139 ieautosearch
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {390A9306-2CE3-4177-9372-9101742D7109} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SBHC] C:\Program Files\SuperBar\sbhc.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O16 - DPF: {15C3C7A4-9676-11D3-9799-0060087190B9} - http://www.interfungmbh.de/spezial/active2.exe
O16 - DPF: {1C955F3B-5B32-4393-A05D-24B4970CD2A1} (Video Class) - http://streamhc.redhotnetworks.com/cabs/videox.cab
O16 - DPF: {56336BCB-3D8A-11D6-A00B-0050DA18DE71} (RdxIE Class) - http://207.188.7.150/238020c98f49c5cf31 ... xIE601.cab
O16 - DPF: {6BD4FB43-470E-11D2-B99D-00104B02C956} (AtDownloadIE Class) - http://www.webex.com/client/webex/atbootie.cab
O16 - DPF: {739E8D90-2F4C-43AD-A1B8-66C356FCEA35} (RunExeActiveX.RunExe) - hcp://system/RunExeActiveX.CAB
O16 - DPF: {917623D1-D8E5-11D2-BE8B-00104B06BDE3} (CamImage Class) - http://www.elsam.com/cgi-bin3/AxisCamControl.ocx
O16 - DPF: {99CDFD87-F97A-42E1-9C13-D18220D90AD1} (StartFirstControl.CheckFirst) - hcp://system/StartFirstControl.CAB
O16 - DPF: {D53B810F-6219-11D4-95B6-0040950375E7} - http://vad.mainentrypoint.com/dialer/bi ... ctivex.cab
O16 - DPF: {ED3CE078-BB89-42C6-A748-2EC19EA004D4} (BoxFrogAX Control) - http://www.boxfrog.com/BoxFrogConvert.cab

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-07-07 05:47am

New log:

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.94.0
Scan saved at 3:49:21 AM, on 7/7/2003
Platform: Windows XP  (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000)

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page=http://www.hotmail.com/
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page=C:\WINNT\System32\blank.htm
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page=%SystemRoot%\system32\blank.htm
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.kazaagold.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 kazaagold.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.k-lite.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.kazaa-download.de
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.mp3downloadhq.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.easymusicdownload.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 easymusicdownload.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.mp3madeeasy.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.monstershare.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.kazaa-plus.net
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 kazaa-plus.net
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.kazaa-plus.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.edonkey.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.kazaa-file-sharing-downloads.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.kazaaplatinum.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.madeformusic.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 ikazaa.net
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.mp3u.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.mp3specialty.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 music-download-world.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 song-download-world.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.flixs.net
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.ishareit.net
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.ishareit.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.239.37.101 www.download-doctor.com
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CleanUp] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Shared\mcappins.exe /v=3 /cleanup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Fix-It AV] C:\PROGRA~1\Ontrack\SYSTEM~1\MemCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [AIM] C:\Program Files\AIM95\aim.exe -cnetwait.odl
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Microsoft Works Update Detection] C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WkDetect.exe
O9 - Extra button: AIM (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Messenger (HKLM)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger (HKLM)
O10 - Broken Internet access because of LSP provider 'wps.dll' missing
O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) - http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab
O16 - DPF: {F58E1CEF-A068-4C15-BA5E-587CAF3EE8C6} (MSN Chat Control 4.5) - http://fdl.msn.com/public/chat/msnchat45.cab

~ver

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-07-07 06:16am

MUCH BETTER!!!! I see you also got the Google "Hijack" too. Keep it.

Fix these tho.

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot <==Realplayer Bloatware
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Microsoft Works Update Detection] C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WkDetect.exe <==Do you use Microsoft Works (DANGER! OXYMORON DETECTED !!)? If no, kill this.
O10 - Broken Internet access because of LSP provider 'wps.dll' missing <== You were saying something about a 'Socket Error'? This might be causing it.