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New Virus blocks MBAM and HJT, MSA.exe related

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This thread's last reply is from September 24, 2009, 4:14 AM UTC. Software, malware, and removal-tool advice below may be out of date — treat specific steps and download links with caution.

crazybrker
I downloaded a file and Its scary, right clicking on it and scanning with MBAM, mbam pops up on the start bar then closes with no notification. The next time I try to open MBAM I get "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have appropriate permissions to access them." After reinstalling MBAM and updating and running a quick scan it closes without warning and no messages and then it blocks MBAM from opening agian, must be reinstalled did this at least 7 time reinstalled and tried scanning.

Ran HJT and it closes midway through, and now that program is blocked untill the next reinstall.

No Logs are generated, the only odd processes i see are msa.exe, msb.exe, msc.exe and b.exe... i know those are all bad, but i would normally use mbam to remove them... I miss that... Anyway, please help.

Thanks
NonSuch Administrator
We understand that you are having difficulty running certain programs, including HijackThis. However, in order for us to help you it is necessary that you provide us with a HijackThis log, and it is possible you may be able to trick the malware into letting you do this. First, download HijackThis to a clean computer, then rename it from HijackThis.exe to any other name you want, using an .exe extension, for example... YourLastName.exe. Once you have done that, burn it to a CD (preferable to using a flash drive that may easily become infected) then transfer the renamed file to the infected computer and run a scan, then start a new topic and include your HijackThis log.

Please follow the guideline at the link below to start a new topic and post your HijackThis log. If you are unable to create and post a HijackThis log, then your only option may be to reformat your computer and reinstall the operating system.

This topic is now closed. Please start a new topic by following the HijackThis Guideline posted here, just be certain to rename HijackThis: >Guideline for posting your HijackThis log<