Spyware infection

[Guest]

Hello Peep's,

I have a notice that apears everytime I sign in to my computer. "Your
computer is infected". I've tried spyware installs from Norton and also
"system restore" but nothing seems to erase this annoying notice. Can someone
please help??

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have a notice that apears everytime I sign in to my computer. "Your
computer is infected". I've tried spyware installs from Norton

You don't want "spyware installs," you want to install *anti*-spyware
software. And Norton is among the poorest products available.

Moreover, one anti-spyware program isn't enough. You need several for
adequate protection. Note
what Eric Howes, who has done extensive testing on Anti-Spyware products,
states:

"No single anti-spyware scanner removes everything. Even the best-performing
anti-spyware scanner in these tests missed fully one quarter of the
"critical" files and Registry entries" See
http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm


Go to Malke's Malware Removal site at
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware and follow
the instructions there.

 

[Steven L.]

You don't want "spyware installs," you want to install *anti*-spyware
software. And Norton is among the poorest products available.

It's not that simple.

Some applications require you to allow spyware to be installed on your
computer. Kazaa, for example. You have to allow Kazaa to put spyware
on your PC if you want Kazaa to install properly and work properly.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "jesse1" <[email protected]>

| Hello Peep's,
|
| I have a notice that apears everytime I sign in to my computer. "Your
| computer is infected". I've tried spyware installs from Norton and also
| "system restore" but nothing seems to erase this annoying notice. Can someone
| please 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
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Use noahdfear's SmitFraud, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, et. al., removal tool -- SmitRem.exe
http://noahdfear.geekstogo.com/click counter/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:

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

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


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

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 * * *

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

It's not that simple.

Some applications require you to allow spyware to be installed on your
computer. Kazaa, for example. You have to allow Kazaa to put spyware
on your PC if you want Kazaa to install properly and work properly.

I couldn't disagree more. As far as I'm concerned, yes, it's *exactly* that
simple. If an application has to be allowed to put spyware on my system, I
won't allow that application on my system.