From Google to "http://clickfraudmanager.com" wtfk is that?

OK I've been having this problem for a week or so.

When I click on some links going through Google, it takes me to "http://clickfraudmanager.com" page which then takes me to some weird places.

I thought it might be some malware, so I ran AdAwara and Malwarebytes as well as Avast Antivirus in Windows safe mode, but the problem still persists.

is there something wrong with my machiene, or has something gone drasticaly wrong with Google.

I run WinXP with Avast antivirus and Firefox as a browser of choice.

Any ideas?

Greetings NightCat

I posted a "guide" if you would not that long ago. :)

It would most likely have relevance to what you are experiencing. :)

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Originally Posted by t34b4g5

I recently had to fix a friends computer that was doing the same thing..

here's the way that i was able to fix it.


try going to my computer.
Click the folder button and make sure view hidden files/folders is turned on and check your drives for "resycled" and "autorun.inf" files/folder
They will appear in the root directory..

If they are there then go to a command prompt and change the attrib settings to the "resycled" folder and the “autorun.inf” file

attrib -r -s -h

then while still in the command prompt just use the del command on both.

then do a search for autorun.inf on your drives and after the scan just right click on each one and open with notepad or wordpad and check each one, and if any happen to have "boot.com" before a string of jumbled letters numbers then delete.
the "boot.com hides in the “recycled” folder and when the “autorun.inf” files is loaded it loads the “boot.com” file and your browser will continually get redirected.

restart computer and then go to my computer and click folder and check to make sure there both gone..

this thing was not only not letting me access the computers drives it also decided that it would re-direct the browser to www{X}copy-book{X}com {Note don't click site got active malware} all the time a little and i did the above and it should solve the issue.


Also
Start Windows in safe mode, then click Start -> Run. Type in regedit and click okay.

Now at the top of the registry editor,
click Edit -> Find.
Type boot.com and click Find Next. Every time it finds a new boot.com, press the delete key and then enter. It should find a dozen or so copies.

Now, plug in any external drives or flash drives you have used with this computer.
Open
My Computer. Click Tools -> Folder Options -> View and select "Show Hidden Files and Folders" and click okay.

For each drive, open it and delete the “recycled” folder and “autorun.inf”. Back up each “autorun.inf” before deleting them off external drives, because they might be important.

Restart the computer and the problem should be gone.

Any removable usb drives you've plugged into that computer will also be infected with the virus, so make sure you clean them out too (note if you clean your comp, then plug-in the usb drives it'll re-install itself)
any computers you've plugged that usb drive into are also infected

a summary of what this thing does - its installed itself as a windows driver with a random dll file name, you'll have to track down ALL instances of it and eradicate it completely. Booting in safe-mode will assist, the drivers wont show up in control panel or admin tools either as its hidden

other things you will need to remove this damn virus
malware-bytes anti malware
SmitFruadFix Scan
hijack this
gmer

this thread should help you: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic191577.html

if you download and install the latest version of those programs they should work fine without and update, the virus re-directs the update URL's as well. You will find its system-wide not browser specific!

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Also i would suggest downloading and running ComboFix.exe

It will help remove majority of the left overs.

Disconnect your machine from the network/Internet and follow the instructions and disable your AV when running combofix. ;)

please report back if you need further assistance.

Also apparently it has something to do with The nasty Conficker worm.;)

If it is a home computer, you may want to take a look at this:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

It replaces your host file with one that redirects connection attempts to 127.0.0.1 [localhost]. It isn't an end all be all solution to malware problems, but adds an additional layer of security.

It is current as of this month, and I think they update it pretty often. Anyone else using this?

Hi,

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It is current as of this month, and I think they update it pretty often. Anyone else using this?

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No, but I use Spybot S&D which has something similar. You will probably have to activate it:

Open (in advanced mode?)
Tools
Check the hosts file box
Click hosts file button on left
Select: "Add Spybot S&D hosts list"

It will update when you update Spybot S&D

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Originally Posted by nihil

Hi,



No, but I use Spybot S&D which has something similar. You will probably have to activate it:

Open (in advanced mode?)
Tools
Check the hosts file box
Click hosts file button on left
Select: "Add Spybot S&D hosts list"

It will update when you update Spybot S&D

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Hey nihil thanks for the tip. I will have to check that out. I wonder what the overlap is between the two lists.

I just use The Proxomitron

Although it is a old app it still seems to work fine. You can even get it to load up custom .txt files and use it as an adblock amongst other things. :)

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No, but I use Spybot S&D which has something similar. You will probably have to activate it:

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I have tried both of these, and I've found the hosts from mpvs.org to be very much more complete, so I just moved to that. From that website you can get software called Hosts man, which automatically updates it. The Spybot hosts did seem to work alright though.

Hi Guys

Sorry for not comming back for so long on this one, just been a bit rush lately :(

The issue is resolved by deleting a file from one of the folders in
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\"

For the life of mine can not remember which one it was. Once I have a minute I'll try to find it's name and post it here. None of the modern scanners seem to catch thus far :(

We have the same issue with updating Panda here.

Conficker redirects all the DNS to some 85. IP 0_o

What a headache to get out ...

Microsoft malicious software remover apparently works wonders here.

But I am not allowed to use 3rd party tools 0_o