Free Malware removal downloads.

dbaumforever · Mar 6, 2007

I have a seroius problem with all of the free spyware removal downloads. They take forever to download (I have Satellite Internet, so it takes forever to send infomation back and forth) and then when I get it it tells me all the things wrong with my computer. The problem is that the spyware removal program will only remove the spyware it has discovered if I purchase the software. How is that free? The other day, I was online and got a warning that there was spyware on my computer and a little icon appeared down in the right corner of my computer that pops up a bubble every so often telling me that it has detected Malware on my computewr and to click it to get rid of the malware. It opens up a link to Spydawn. It offers the free scan, then asks for money to get rid of all the Malware found. I cant get rid of this icon/link no matter what i try. I dont want some link on my bar that interferes with what I am doing and is not beneficial to me. How do I get rid of this?

chaslang · Mar 6, 2007

Welcome to Majorgeeks!

You are downloading the wrong programs and some of the may even be rogues of malware themselved. Also the tools mention in the below are good and most are free. (The pay ones are noted). The READ & RUN ME link is even a comlete malware removal guide and has links to tools!

READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support

Additonal tools and tips are here:

How to Protect yourself from malware!

What you are describing in your message sounds like a SmitFraud type infection! Running the below should fix it:

I'm going to post two sets of instructions below. Each will be enclosed in separate Quote boxes. Make sure to complete the first one 100% before moving on to the second one.

STEP 1: Complete this procedure completely including attaching the requested log before doing the second procedure.

Download SmitfraudFix (by S!Ri) to your Desktop.

Extract all the files to your Destop. A folder named SmitfraudFix will be created on your Desktop.

Open the SmitfraudFix folder and double-click smitfraudfix.cmd
Select option #1 - Search by typing 1 and press Enter
This program will scan large amounts of files on your computer for known patterns so please be patient while it works. When it is done, the results of the scan will be displayed and it will create a log named rapport.txt in the root of your drive, eg: Local Disk C: or partition where your operating system is installed. Please attach that log in your next reply.

Note:process.exe ( which is used my SmitFraudFIx ) is detected by some antivirus programs (AntiVir, Dr.Web, Kaspersky) as a "RiskTool"; it is not a virus, but a program used to stop system processes. Antivirus programs cannot distinguish between "good" and "malicious" use of such programs, therefore they may alert the user. The below is a link to what process.exe is.

http://www.beyondlogic.org/consulting/proc...processutil.htm

IMPORTANT: Do NOT run any other options until you are asked to do so!
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ATTACH THE FIRST LOG NOW BEFORE CONTINUING OR YOU WILL OVERWRITE IT!!!! And then immediately continue on to the below steps.

STEP 2: PLEASE READ ALL OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST BEFORE DOING ANYTHING. Ask any questions that you may have before starting.

Please print out or copy these instructions to Notepad as the internet will not be (while in Safe Mode) available to you at certain points of the removal process. Make sure to work through all the Steps in the exact order in which they are listed below. Again, if there's anything that you don't understand, ask your question(s) before moving on with the fixes.

Reboot your computer into Safe Mode : Starting your computer in Safe mode

Open the SmitfraudFix Folder of your Desktop, then double-click smitfraudfix.cmd file to start the tool.

Select option #2 - Clean by typing 2 and press Enter.
Wait for the tool to complete and disk cleanup to finish.
You will be prompted : "Registry cleaning - Do you want to clean the registry ?" answer Yes by typing Y and hit Enter.

The tool will also check if wininet.dll is infected. If it is infected and a clean version is found, you will be prompted to replace the infected wininet.dll with the clean file. Answer Yes to the question "Replace infected file ?" by typing Y and hit Enter.

A reboot may be needed to finish the cleaning process, if you computer does not restart automatically please do it yourself manually. BUT Reboot in Safe Mode.

The tool will create a log named rapport.txt in the root of your drive, eg: Local Disk C: or partition where your operating system is installed.

Now reboot into normal mode and attach this new rapport.txt log here.
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How are things working now?

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