I an annoying pop up in my system tray, which appears every few minutes
notifying me of having infected computer, which has come from a malware.

How can I get rid of this from my system tray, as the pop up even apears
over videos that play full screen too.

Thanks for your help.

From: "MichaelB" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| I an annoying pop up in my system tray, which appears every few minutes
| notifying me of having infected computer, which has come from a malware.
|
| How can I get rid of this from my system tray, as the pop up even apears
| over videos that play full screen too.
|
| Thanks for your help.



Two part reply..

Perform Part 1 then perform Part 2.

If the first two parts don't work, perform the alternate section.

It is suggested that you execute each tool in Normal Mode then in Safe Mode.



Part 1
-----------

Use noahdfear's SmitFraud, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, et. al., removal tool -- SmitRem.exe
http://noahdfear.geekstogo.com/click...click.php?id=1

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic43659.html


Part 2
-----------

Download SmitFraud.exe from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/SmitFraud.exe

Execute; SmitFraud.exe { Note: You must accept the default of C:\McAfee }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to enable WGET.EXE to download the needed McAfee related files.

Execute; c:\mcafee\clean.bat
{ or Double-click on 'Clean Link' in c:\mcafee }

A final report in HTML format called C:\mcafee\Normal_ScanReport.HTML or
C:\mcafee\Safe_ScanReport.HTML will be generated. At the end of the scan, it will be
displayed in your browser (Opera, FireFox or Internet Explorer). However, if you are using
WinXP, Win2K or Win2003 your system will be left in a state where you will have to manually
shutdown/reboot the PC. On Win9x/ME platforms the report will not be shown in your bowser
but your PC will automatically be shutdown. It is suggested that you move the report out of
c:\mcafee before performing another scan.

It would be best to scan in both Safe Mode and in Normal Mode and save a copy of the HTML
report for each session.


ALTERNATE:

S!ri's SmitfraudFix
http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php



Please Copy and Paste the contents of the HTML Log files;
C:\mcafee\Normal_ScanReport.HTML & C:\mcafee\Safe_ScanReport.HTML in your reply.

* * * Please report back your results * * *


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

it depends on what is producing the pop up, it could be malware, or it could
be windows messenger, if malware try adaware, and get spybot search and
destroy and enable tea timer on install.

"MichaelB" wrote:

> I an annoying pop up in my system tray, which appears every few minutes
> notifying me of having infected computer, which has come from a malware.
>
> How can I get rid of this from my system tray, as the pop up even apears
> over videos that play full screen too.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

MichaelB wrote:
>I an annoying pop up in my system tray, which appears every few minutes
>notifying me of having infected computer, which has come from a malware.
>
>How can I get rid of this from my system tray, as the pop up even apears
>over videos that play full screen too.
>
>Thanks for your help.


You can always disable the messenger service in windows if you don't need it.
Quite a few shady programs are using it as a form of spam.

I would try to remove the offending software first, but that is always
guaranteed to work.

From: "Chester" <u27655@uwe>


|
| You can always disable the messenger service in windows if you don't need it.
| Quite a few shady programs are using it as a form of spam.
|
| I would try to remove the offending software first, but that is always
| guaranteed to work.

NetBIOS Pop-Ups don'r exhibit themselves in the system tray as noted by...

"I an annoying pop up in my system tray, which appears every few minutes notifying me of
having infected computer,"

This is a FakeAlert or ZLob Trojan associated with a SmitFraud Family infection.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm