Smitfraud cant be deleted on my VISTA system, any ideas?

[drogan88]

I have used Avast, spyware doctor, and spyhunter. Spyware doctor
detects it and cant remove it until it reboots the system. It reboots
and runs again but the trojan is still detected and not deleted. The
popup iexplorer windows are still there. Is there a guaranteed tool to
get rid of this on VISTA?

 

[dap]

Look here:
http://www.smitfraud-removal.com.removal-instructions.com/removeSmitfraud.html

 

[MICHAEL]

Try Comodo's BOClean, it's free.
http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html

Works just fine on Vista. Be sure to right click
the setup/install file and select "Run as Administrator".
After installing you'll need to reboot.

I also suggest that you might want to invest in a better
AV. Avast is fine, but NOD32 is better. It's not free
but it is worth paying for, and they do have a free trial.
www.eset.com

Let me know if BOClean solves your problem.

-Michael

* drogan88:

 

[MICHAEL]

I should add, BOClean is not a manual scanner;
<quote>
BOClean watches memory, registry, and the file system waiting for malware to load up and then
shuts it down before they have a chance to operate. This is the ONLY method which ensures that
malware cannot steal your data since it never got a chance to do its dirty deeds. In addition,
we remove all of its hooks and restore your system to its original condition AUTOMATICALLY. No
removal instructions to look up and apply manually, no down time.
</quote>

Just install it and reboot, hopefully it catches the critter.


-Michael

* MICHAEL:

 

[Alan]

I'm not saying that YOUR site is fraudulent, but how can any user tell for
sure that any 'fix' for SmitFraud that's found on some anonymous Web page
isn't just another trojan waiting to be downloaded by some poor schmuck?

Alan

 

[Kerry Brown]

I have used Avast, spyware doctor, and spyhunter. Spyware doctor
detects it and cant remove it until it reboots the system. It reboots
and runs again but the trojan is still detected and not deleted. The
popup iexplorer windows are still there. Is there a guaranteed tool to
get rid of this on VISTA?

I'm interested in how smitfraud got onto your system. Do you have UAC turned
off?

Spybot Search and Destroy can remove some variants of smitfraud.

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html

I haven't seen smitfraud on a Vista machine yet so I don't know if the
manual removal tools and steps for XP will work or just cause more problems.

 

[Richard Urban]

How did you get this on your computer? Are we to understand that you got
absolutely NO warnings from any of the protection programs you had running
or that UAC didn't burp and give you a choice?

I would love to go to the web site where you got this and allow it to try to
infect a well protected computer.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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