Re: smitfraudfix failed

"Tommy McClure" <tmDELccDEL72AThalDASHpcDOTorg> wrote in
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Dustin Cook wrote:
"Tommy McClure" <tmDELccDEL72AThalDASHpcDOTorg> wrote in
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I am trying to get the smitfraud popups off an xp pro machine, went
to safe mode and ran the fix.
http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php

on reboot it was still popping up [in browser along with other ads
(each in their own browser) , did not have the traditional system
popup for smitfraud that I have seen before ] , internet access is
shakey, cannot download AV updates

have run aaw2008 wo updates found lots of troj downloaders, deleted
supposedly. PC still slow on bootup, Also ran AVG 7.5 wo updates.
Popup browser ads still come up with main feature something like
super master antispyware needed on your sys [not exact wording or
descrip, master key word] -- IE6 browser crashes freq. Can get one
page usually google.com. Machine has 8 users in family of girls.
They have MySpace running as a process.

Any suggestions, this one has me stumped. Any appreciated.

Tried malwarebytes antimalware?
http://www.malwarebytes.org

Malwarebytes is the smallest of these "anti" programs. Yet when I ran
it on my own machine in normal mode, it crashed. Had to use Safe Mode.
Then it tagged my log off in Start Menu as a threat.

If you'd like to create an account at the malware bytes forum, we would
be very interested in determining what caused the crash. As the free
version doesn't remain resident, I'm unsure how it could tag anything you
might click on as a threat...

This is all ancient history, I got the smitfraud off long ago [~1wk]
using ST, and Spysweeper, but Spysweeper was too tight on security to
allow the cust to play partypoker, so he's using ST as a shield now.
Never tried MB on his machine.

Ahh, I see. Sorry for jumping into the discussion so late then. I've had
my nose in spyware samples and service panels for weeks now.

I have a "friend" that claims getting it off is easy, he's done it
dozens of times, just takes the registry keys off. He's the same one
that claims he's put AVG 8.0 free on dozens of them also and no slow
downs.

Well, typically, it's not too difficult for an experienced individual to
remove it. We've found more intrusive software, much more intrusive, and
downright difficult to remove due to the rootkit aspects some are now
exploiting. I've put AVG 8.0 free on many machines as well, but I can't
say that no slow downs were reported. Some of the machines I installed it
on didn't take too well to it, so I switched them to Antivir; which has a
higher detection rate anyway; for 0day samples.

Malware isn't everyones cup of tea, and many of the old tricks some
techies use just don't work well at removing the stuff.

Anyways, if you have a problem like this in the future, the forums Dave
suggested would be more likely to help than posting here.



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Regards,
Dustin Cook - http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
BugHunter v2.2e AntiMalware Removal Utility
For Windows users, I highly recommend:
http://www.malwarebytes.org - MalwareBytes AntiMalware

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