help with drive cleaner removal

thenewguy5325 · Jan 2, 2007

following the directions from Downloading, Installing, and Running HijackThis, Pop-ups Nightmare, DriveCleaner and Errorprotector Advertising Messages, and DriverCleaner I have uploaded the log.

chaslang · Jan 3, 2007

Welcome to Majorgeeks!

thenewguy5325 said: ↑

following the directions from Downloading, Installing, and Running HijackThis
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Before we will accept HijackThis logs, you must run the this sticky thread procedure:

READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support

and attach ALL the logs requested in it. HijackThis is last. In addition you did not follow the directions for where HijackThis must NOT be installed. You installed it exactly where the procedure specifies not to install it.

However, after saying all of the above, before you run the READ & RUN ME (which you really should do not matter what happens with the below), complete the below steps which should help.

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?

thenewguy5325 · Jan 4, 2007

i am following step one of the post that you have given me

thenewguy5325 · Jan 4, 2007

folling part 2 of your guide. When i rebooted in normal mode there was a popup from the system saying something along the lines of "there was a change in the computer, to undo this change reboot with normal attributes" I appologize for not having the exact wording but that is all that i can remember

chaslang · Jan 6, 2007

thenewguy5325 said: ↑

When i rebooted in normal mode there was a popup from the system saying something along the lines of "there was a change in the computer, to undo this change reboot with normal attributes" I appologize for not having the exact wording but that is all that i can remember
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A popup from what? And what did you do?

Are you still having problems? If so, follow my other directions on running the READ & RUN ME.

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help with drive cleaner removal

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Attached Files:

hijackthis.log

chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

thenewguy5325 Private E-2

Attached Files:

rapport.txt

thenewguy5325 Private E-2

Attached Files:

rapport.txt

chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member