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Anchor.Hss - spyware?

New Here ,
Jun 23, 2013 Jun 23, 2013

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Hello, I scanned my computer, and  Spybot has detected spyware Anchor.HSS every time I used it. It belongs   to: PUPSC - it stands for potentionally unwanted program.

By searching for .hss on google, I found out .hss belongs to Adobe.

I  use other programs to detect malware/virus/spyware/adaware as well.  Programs are Spybot SD2, Malwarebytes, Advanced SystemCare 6, IOBit  MalwareFighter, AVG, Super AntiSpyware. Only Spybot SD (1 - the old one)  has detected the same problem again and again.

Every time I  decide to scan my computer, I go to safe mod, since it is able to catch  more unwanted stuff in my PC. Only spyware I have ever had problem  removing was this one.

I looked at malware removal guide - Anchor.Hss thread here:

http://forums.spybot.info/showthread...for-Anchor-Hss but none of what  was mentioned there I found anywhere on my PC. I checked regedit, I  checked appdata,etc.

Not sure where can I located sysdir though, is it basically system32 folder? I checked that one, nothing there either.

Spyware still keeps coming back :/.

Any suggestions please? Is Anchor.Hss harmless or harmful? Does it actually belong to you?

I   have noticed Adobe Acrobat among addons in Firefox, I think it asked me  for update few days ago, I declined it, and I can still see it asking  for update among Firefox Addons.

Thanks.                


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Community Expert ,
Jun 23, 2013 Jun 23, 2013

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in what directory is Anchor.Hss?

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New Here ,
Jun 24, 2013 Jun 24, 2013

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Kglad: I have no idea which directory, but it is in my pc for sure and keeps reappearing after each restart. Or at least used to.  Hm, it has not showed up during last few restarts and spybot scans. Not sure what happened. I haven't done anything different. I've had this problem for last couple of days though.

Either Adobe fixed it (if it belongs to them) and made it not show up, or spyware (if it does not belong to adobe) received some kind of update so it would not be detectable by spybot.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 24, 2013 Jun 24, 2013

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didn't spybot indicate its directory?

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New Here ,
Jun 24, 2013 Jun 24, 2013

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It appeared again today :/.

Oh, actually it does give me more information, there is shorter log and longer log.

This is the shorter log:

Anchor.Hss: [SBI $5B773E15] Používateľské nastavenia (Kľúč v registri, nothing done)

  HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-3878205609-505246965-1532686573-1001\Software\Conduit

--- Spybot - Search & Destroy version: 1.6.2  (build: 20090126) ---

2009-01-26 blindman.exe (1.0.0.8)

2009-01-26 SDFiles.exe (1.6.1.7)

2009-01-26 SDMain.exe (1.0.0.6)

2009-01-26 SDShred.exe (1.0.2.5)

2009-01-26 SDUpdate.exe (1.6.0.12)

2009-01-26 SDWinSec.exe (1.0.0.12)

2009-01-26 SpybotSD.exe (1.6.2.46)

2009-03-05 TeaTimer.exe (1.6.6.32)

2013-01-12 unins000.exe (51.49.0.0)

2009-01-26 Update.exe (1.6.0.7)

2009-11-04 advcheck.dll (1.6.5.20)

2007-04-02 aports.dll (2.1.0.0)

2008-06-14 DelZip179.dll (1.79.11.1)

2009-01-26 SDHelper.dll (1.6.2.14)

2008-06-19 sqlite3.dll

2009-01-26 Tools.dll (2.1.6.10)

2009-01-16 UninsSrv.dll (1.0.0.0)

2013-04-11 Includes\Adware.sbi (*)

2013-06-19 Includes\AdwareC.sbi (*)

2010-08-13 Includes\Cookies.sbi (*)

2012-11-14 Includes\Dialer.sbi (*)

2013-04-11 Includes\DialerC.sbi (*)

2013-04-11 Includes\HeavyDuty.sbi (*)

2012-11-14 Includes\Hijackers.sbi (*)

2013-04-11 Includes\HijackersC.sbi (*)

2012-11-14 Includes\iPhone.sbi (*)

2012-11-14 Includes\Keyloggers.sbi (*)

2013-04-11 Includes\KeyloggersC.sbi (*)

2004-11-29 Includes\LSP.sbi (*)

2013-05-29 Includes\Malware.sbi (*)

2013-06-19 Includes\MalwareC.sbi (*)

2012-11-14 Includes\PUPS.sbi (*)

2013-06-19 Includes\PUPSC.sbi (*)

2010-01-25 Includes\Revision.sbi (*)

2012-11-14 Includes\Security.sbi (*)

2013-04-11 Includes\SecurityC.sbi (*)

2008-06-03 Includes\Spybots.sbi (*)

2008-06-03 Includes\SpybotsC.sbi (*)

2013-05-22 Includes\Spyware.sbi (*)

2013-06-19 Includes\SpywareC.sbi (*)

2012-11-19 Includes\Tracks.uti

2013-01-16 Includes\Trojans.sbi (*)

2013-05-13 Includes\TrojansC-02.sbi (*)

2013-06-19 Includes\TrojansC-03.sbi (*)

2013-05-16 Includes\TrojansC-04.sbi (*)

2013-06-13 Includes\TrojansC-05.sbi (*)

2013-04-19 Includes\TrojansC.sbi (*)

2008-03-04 Plugins\Chai.dll

2008-03-05 Plugins\Fennel.dll

2008-02-26 Plugins\Mate.dll

2007-12-24 Plugins\TCPIPAddress.dll

and the longer log:

--- Search result list ---

Anchor.Hss: [SBI $5B773E15] Používateľské nastavenia (Kľúč v registri, nothing done)

  HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-3878205609-505246965-1532686573-1001\Software\Conduit

--- Spybot - Search & Destroy version: 1.6.2  (build: 20090126) ---

2009-01-26 blindman.exe (1.0.0.8)

2009-01-26 SDFiles.exe (1.6.1.7)

2009-01-26 SDMain.exe (1.0.0.6)

2009-01-26 SDShred.exe (1.0.2.5)

2009-01-26 SDUpdate.exe (1.6.0.12)

2009-01-26 SDWinSec.exe (1.0.0.12)

2009-01-26 SpybotSD.exe (1.6.2.46)

2009-03-05 TeaTimer.exe (1.6.6.32)

2013-01-12 unins000.exe (51.49.0.0)

2009-01-26 Update.exe (1.6.0.7)

2009-11-04 advcheck.dll (1.6.5.20)

2007-04-02 aports.dll (2.1.0.0)

2008-06-14 DelZip179.dll (1.79.11.1)

2009-01-26 SDHelper.dll (1.6.2.14)

2008-06-19 sqlite3.dll

2009-01-26 Tools.dll (2.1.6.10)

2009-01-16 UninsSrv.dll (1.0.0.0)

2013-04-11 Includes\Adware.sbi (*)

2013-06-19 Includes\AdwareC.sbi (*)

2010-08-13 Includes\Cookies.sbi (*)

2012-11-14 Includes\Dialer.sbi (*)

2013-04-11 Includes\DialerC.sbi (*)

2013-04-11 Includes\HeavyDuty.sbi (*)

2012-11-14 Includes\Hijackers.sbi (*)

2013-04-11 Includes\HijackersC.sbi (*)

2012-11-14 Includes\iPhone.sbi (*)

2012-11-14 Includes\Keyloggers.sbi (*)

2013-04-11 Includes\KeyloggersC.sbi (*)

2004-11-29 Includes\LSP.sbi (*)

2013-05-29 Includes\Malware.sbi (*)

2013-06-19 Includes\MalwareC.sbi (*)

2012-11-14 Includes\PUPS.sbi (*)

2013-06-19 Includes\PUPSC.sbi (*)

2010-01-25 Includes\Revision.sbi (*)

2012-11-14 Includes\Security.sbi (*)

2013-04-11 Includes\SecurityC.sbi (*)

2008-06-03 Includes\Spybots.sbi (*)

2008-06-03 Includes\SpybotsC.sbi (*)

2013-05-22 Includes\Spyware.sbi (*)

2013-06-19 Includes\SpywareC.sbi (*)

2012-11-19 Includes\Tracks.uti

2013-01-16 Includes\Trojans.sbi (*)

2013-05-13 Includes\TrojansC-02.sbi (*)

2013-06-19 Includes\TrojansC-03.sbi (*)

2013-05-16 Includes\TrojansC-04.sbi (*)

2013-06-13 Includes\TrojansC-05.sbi (*)

2013-04-19 Includes\TrojansC.sbi (*)

2008-03-04 Plugins\Chai.dll

2008-03-05 Plugins\Fennel.dll

2008-02-26 Plugins\Mate.dll

2007-12-24 Plugins\TCPIPAddress.dll

--- System information ---

Unknown Windows version 6.1 (Build: 7601) Service Pack 1 (6.1.7601)

--- Startup entries list ---

Located: HK_LM:Run,

command:

   file:

   size: 0

    MD5: D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E

         Warning: if the file is actually larger than 0 bytes,

         the checksum could not be properly calculated!

Located: HK_LM:Run, Adobe ARM

command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"

   file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe

   size: 948672

    MD5: 73BB442A717B9BB0097C243374C14A3E

Located: HK_LM:Run, Adobe Reader Speed Launcher

command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"

   file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe

   size: 35760

    MD5: 466CE40EAA865752F4930A472563E4E1

Located: HK_LM:Run, AVG_UI

command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG2013\avgui.exe" /TRAYONLY

   file: C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG2013\avgui.exe

   size: 4408368

    MD5: 3D24A66867ECE2A70223A83A1B18248D

<hundreds of lines unreleated to Anchor.Hss removed by mod>

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Jun 24, 2013 Jun 24, 2013

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that's a registry entry.

it's not in my windows 7 registry so it's not needed for flash cs 6, flash cc or the flash player.

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Adobe Employee ,
Jun 23, 2013 Jun 23, 2013

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Also, can you please confirm whether you have installed Photoshop and/or Dreamweaver on your system ??

Rgds,

Mukesh

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Jun 24, 2013 Jun 24, 2013

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mukeshrshah: No, not at all . I do have adobe reader 9 installed, and then addon on mozilla: Adobe Acrobat 9.3.0.148, and that's it. Nothing else from adobe.

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