Spy Sheriff calamity

[Guest]

Hello,
i have just been hit by the terrible Spy Sheriff trojan or whatever which
seems to be affecting my computer a lot. I have run AdAware, Spybot and even
Window's version of its anti spyware but the problem remains. In fact, Spy
sheriff disables the wallpaper by placing its own with a black box in which
theres a warning that if you keep using the infected PC, it may cause further
damage.
When you right click on desktop and choose properties and Desktop, you
simply cannot choose any design because spy sheriff has disabled them all.
Can anyone urgently help me please?
many thanks in advance

 

[GHalleck]

Hello,
i have just been hit by the terrible Spy Sheriff trojan or whatever which
seems to be affecting my computer a lot. I have run AdAware, Spybot and even
Window's version of its anti spyware but the problem remains. In fact, Spy
sheriff disables the wallpaper by placing its own with a black box in which
theres a warning that if you keep using the infected PC, it may cause further
damage.
When you right click on desktop and choose properties and Desktop, you
simply cannot choose any design because spy sheriff has disabled them all.
Can anyone urgently help me please?
many thanks in advance

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of Spy Sheriff.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Viksing" <[email protected]>

| Hello,
| i have just been hit by the terrible Spy Sheriff trojan or whatever which
| seems to be affecting my computer a lot. I have run AdAware, Spybot and even
| Window's version of its anti spyware but the problem remains. In fact, Spy
| sheriff disables the wallpaper by placing its own with a black box in which
| theres a warning that if you keep using the infected PC, it may cause further
| damage.
| When you right click on desktop and choose properties and Desktop, you
| simply cannot choose any design because spy sheriff has disabled them all.
| Can anyone urgently help me please?
| many thanks in advance



Two part reply..

Perform Part 1 then perform Part 2.

Use the alternate if the first two parts are ineffective...
Note: Alternate only for Win2K, WinXP and Win2003 Server

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

Use noahdfear's SmitFraud and SpyAxe removal tool -- SmitRem.exe
http://noahdfear.geekstogo.com/click counter/click.php?id=1

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic36868.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\ScanReport.HTML will be generated. At the
end of the scan, it will be displayed in your browser (Opera, FireFox or Internet Explorer).
It is suggested that you move the report out of c:\mcafee before performing another scan.

Alternate:

Secured2K's SpyAxe, PSGuard, Smitfraud, Sinnaka and Alemod removal tool.

http://secured2k.home.comcast.net/tools/AntiPuper.exe

http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=65072


Please Copy and Paste the contents of the HTML Log file; C:\mcafee\ScanReport.HTML in your
reply.

* * * Please report back your results * * *

 

[Mark Williams]

If you have SpyAxe, PSGuard, Smitfraud, Sinnaka Advertisments or detections
for Puper or Alemod that can not seem to be removed automatically, please
try this automated removal tool.

AntiPuper v1.0 by secured2k
http://secured2k.home.comcast.net/tools/AntiPuper.exe

What does this tool do?
This tool will attempt to delete several known Trojan files. These files are
modified by the malware authors and encrypted to avoid detection.
Fortunately, many of these tend to use the exact same file names. If the
files are in use, locked, protected, etc, this program will schedule Windows
to remove the files upon restarting.

This program will also remove some common security policies that are changed
by viruses and worms. Policies that lock out your desktop changes, windows
update, Windows Firewall, Explorer Run policies, Registry editing, and more
are all reset.

Finally, if you have an infected Alemod WININET.DLL file, this program will
try to copy a clean version from your Windows File Protection folder and
replace the bad copy on restart. If a backup copy can not be found, the tool
will quickly look for McAfee Antivirus files and attempt to clean a copy of
the file to replace the bad one on reboot. If all of this fails, you will
need to manually replace/clean your WININET.DLL file.

 

[Leythos]

NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-69-237-53-123.dsl.bkfd14.pacbell.net 69.237.53.123

Why do you keep changing names PCBUTTS1?

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Viksing" <[email protected]>

| Hello,
| i have just been hit by the terrible Spy Sheriff trojan or whatever which
| seems to be affecting my computer a lot. I have run AdAware, Spybot and even
| Window's version of its anti spyware but the problem remains. In fact, Spy
| sheriff disables the wallpaper by placing its own with a black box in which
| theres a warning that if you keep using the infected PC, it may cause further
| damage.
| When you right click on desktop and choose properties and Desktop, you
| simply cannot choose any design because spy sheriff has disabled them all.
| Can anyone urgently help me please?
| many thanks in advance



Two part reply..

Perform Part 1 then perform Part 2.

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

If you are using any version of Sun Java that is prior to JRE Version 5.0, then
you are are strongly urged to remove any/all versions that are prior to JRE
Version 5.0. There are vulnerabilities in them and they are actively being exploited.
It is possible that is how you got infected with malware.

Therefore, it is highly suggested that if there are any prior versions of Sun Java
to Version 5 on the PC that they be removed and Sun Java JRE Version 5.0 Update 6
be installed ASAP.

http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp




Use the alternate if the first two parts are ineffective...
Note: Alternate only for Win2K, WinXP and Win2003 Server

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

Use noahdfear's SmitFraud and SpyAxe removal tool -- SmitRem.exe
http://noahdfear.geekstogo.com/click counter/click.php?id=1

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic36868.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\ScanReport.HTML will be generated. At the
end of the scan, it will be displayed in your browser (Opera, FireFox or Internet Explorer).
It is suggested that you move the report out of c:\mcafee before performing another scan.

Alternate:

Secured2K's SpyAxe, PSGuard, Smitfraud, Sinnaka and Alemod removal tool.

http://secured2k.home.comcast.net/tools/AntiPuper.exe

http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=65072


Please Copy and Paste the contents of the HTML Log file; C:\mcafee\ScanReport.HTML in your
reply.

* * * Please report back your results * * *