spy sherrif

[Alias Smith]

Who are you? can you help him? are attachments allowed in this group? I can
send attachments if they are allowed. Is this a private group? I didn't know
that everybody here knew each other. It's not like that in other groups.

 

[Leythos]

Why would anyone trust an unknown source for help when trusting an unknown
source probably got them in the shape they are in?
Alias Smith AKA pcbutts is not to be trusted. LOL Does he actually think
someone believes his crap.

It was expected that he would have to post messages telling people to
email him for the link with a user/password for his site now that he's
locked it from open public access.

Just watch for posts like the above telling people to email for help -
and in Usenet of all places!

 

[Alias Smith]

What is this who is pcbutt1, are all MS groups like this. I offered to help
because the other guy was getting nowhere. Have any of you made any offer of
help?

 

[Leythos]

Who are you? can you help him? are attachments allowed in this group? I can
send attachments if they are allowed. Is this a private group? I didn't know
that everybody here knew each other. It's not like that in other groups.

In Usenet you don't post that you can help someone if they email you -
since this is PUBLIC and not email, not private, then you help them here
in public where everyone can benefit from your experience and help.

It also means that you are ethical and not going to back-door the person
seeking help.

It's also a way for others to help you learn.

If you need them to post logs/hijack files, there are public Forums for
that as well as Usenet groups for it.

In most cases posting of logs is not needed.

So, when there is a PUBLIC post seeking help, all the red flags go up
when you ask them to contact you privately for the help they need -
especially when we all do it publically here all the time.

 

[Alias Smith]

What about attachments are they acceptable in this forum.

 

[Leythos]

What is this who is pcbutt1, are all MS groups like this. I offered to help
because the other guy was getting nowhere. Have any of you made any offer of
help?

Your offer didn't include anything that would be consider help, it only
included a method to ask for help again this is a normal security threat
to anyone wanting to get help.

Post your help method here in public to help the chap/person or be seen
as the same type of threat that butts is.

 

[Leythos]

What about attachments are they acceptable in this forum.

Why do you need attachments to help the person. If you require that much
in the way of feedback you need to consider another means to help them.

Here - this is help directly for the person asking, the antispyware
tools are to clean as are the AV products, there is little point in
doing much until the system is clean:

Only download software you can validate as uncompromised - in the case
of non-vendor site you have no guarantee that the files are unmodified
or uncompromised. Anyone providing a link to a non-vendors site with a
direct download should not be trusted, the vendors sites are the safest
place to download their application.

Always remember - only download files from Trusted Sites.

After you install any of these applications and update them, run them in
SAFE MODE to allow them to properly clean your system.

These sites are for downloading Anti-Spyware tools, in order that I
would use them myself:

AdAwareSE can be found here:
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/

SpyBot Search and Destroy can be found here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

HiJack can be found here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Ewido Security Suite Trial can be found here:
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

CrapCleaner can be found at the vendors site here:
http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp

CleanUp can be found at the vendors site here:
http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/download.html
or from another reputable source:
http://www.tucows.com/get/405276_152071

The following are two links to Antivirus software in order that I would
use them:

You can also download Symantec Trial version of their Antivirus software
from here:
http://www.symantec.com/downloads/

Download AVG Personal Free edition from here:
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/

These are the actual vendors sites, not some unknown or authorized no-
name site. They also don't artificially increase the hits for sites that
get paid for the amount of traffic they can generate like one poster has
admitted to in this group.

As for the desktop and not being able to do anything, even clicking on
the Start Button, that may be cleaned up once the malware is removed, if
not, a simple repair/reinstall will fix that.

So, in about 1 hour the machine can be cleaned and back up and running.

 

[Michael Stevens]

In

What is this who is pcbutt1, are all MS groups like this. I offered
to help because the other guy was getting nowhere. Have any of you
made any offer of help?

<groan> That would be you, but I guess you have changed your name so much
you are now having an identity crisis. BTW, you are pcbutts1, not pcbutt1.
So sad you continue this pathetic charade after being so thoroughly
documented as a thief of noahdfear's intellectual property.
Are you really so stupid to think password protecting your web site makes
you look less guilty? Plus, I guess this really put a big hit in your web
site revenue. You really must have something you don't want people to see.
LOL You need not bother, we already have all the files you plagiarized
before you were confronted by the real author of smitRem.exe. The more you
post, the more you validate you're a fraud and the deeper you dig your
grave.
Oh! BTW, it's munged, not mungled. But it was good advice if you had got it
right. LOL

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(e-mail address removed)
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[Nightowl]

Who are you? can you help him? are attachments allowed in this group? I can
send attachments if they are allowed. Is this a private group? I didn't know
that everybody here knew each other. It's not like that in other groups.

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/1afc7fb15bdd81e6

Why, pcbutts1, suffering an attack of amnesia? Never mind, surely you
should know by now that everyone in this group knows *you*, posting
from:

NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-69-229-163-39.dsl.bkfd14.pacbell.net 69.229.163.39

You see, you did the same posting as "Jim" <[email protected]>, in the
thread "Not able to remove spy wallpaper" where you were revealed as a
thief. You even helpfully identified yourself, writing:

I, pcbutts1, want to set the record straight>

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/5c79b962a256394b

So don't bother trying to deny "Alias Smith" is the latest in the long
line of your multiple personalities.

LOL

 

[Alias Smith]

I'm having a little fun with Leythos the stalker.

 

[Alias Smith]

I already proved to my hosting company that the file was mine. If he wants
to dispute it he will have to sue me. My hosting company has closed the
case.

 

[Leythos]

I'm having a little fun with Leythos the stalker.

Not fun, I already knew it was you, but I was being polite to prove that
if you don't post lame things I have no issues with you.

If you post things that violate security norms I will call you or anyone
to task for it.

 

[Guest]

David i can start my computet, i dont' see my background but i can see the
icons.. however i cannot click on anything
not even the start button. i tried wat u told me with the crtl, alt, del,
but wen i enter it in "new task" it says it cannot be found. I was having
problems with explorer prior to this...it would just close automatically.. so
i used msn explorer instead
with "new tast" i can open msn explorer but i can't sign in.. there mite be
a problem with internet connection..i use wireles with a router.. waiting for
help.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "duke" <[email protected]>

| David i can start my computet, i dont' see my background but i can see the
| icons.. however i cannot click on anything
| not even the start button. i tried wat u told me with the crtl, alt, del,
| but wen i enter it in "new task" it says it cannot be found. I was having
| problems with explorer prior to this...it would just close automatically.. so
| i used msn explorer instead
| with "new tast" i can open msn explorer but i can't sign in.. there mite be
| a problem with internet connection..i use wireles with a router.. waiting for
| help.


You should be able execute any program by bringing up the Task Manager bit hitting the
"Ctrl + Alt + Del" key combo.

Then in Task Manger go to File --> New Task

You can then execute; c:\windows\explorer.exe

You can also execute; c:\windows\system32\USERINIT.EXE

You can also execute; "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/SmitFraud.exe

and save SmitFraud.exe to c:\

You can then execute; c:\SmitFraud.exe { you must accept the default of C:\AV-CLS }

You can then execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT

 

[Guest]

I already proved to my hosting company that the file was mine. If he wants
to dispute it he will have to sue me. My hosting company has closed the
case.

You did not prove anything, but I did, and I will again. You know I dispute
it and you know you wrote nothing except for your name in place of mine. See
you in court!

David,

It's likely that wininet is infected and has explorer shut down. If he can
get smitRem.exe on a floppy, or even the replace.cmd and delfiles.cmd files,
copy them to C: via task manager, then run replace.cmd and reboot, if there's
a good copy on the drive the infected file will be replaced and explorer and
IE should both work again.