Spontaneous pop-ups!

KrypticMind · Sep 8, 2007

Every few minutes, there's a random pop-up that says there's a virus on my PC. Also, there's this flashingoctagonal red icon with a white X in my tray. I've used a few programs like SpyBot and scanned with Avast! but they simply won't go away. Help would be much appreciated! Thanks!

chaslang · Sep 8, 2007

Welcome to Major Geeks!

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.htmIMPORTANT: 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?

KrypticMind · Sep 8, 2007

The first rapport.txt is attached as requested.

chaslang · Sep 8, 2007

Okay just continue on with step 2 and attach the second log and then tell me your status.

KrypticMind · Sep 8, 2007

When I booted into normal Windows, I was kind of surprised to see that my wallpaper had disappeared, but then I noticed that the pop-ups were nowhere to be found. Thank you so much for you help!

Here's the second rapport.txt. I don't see anything wrong (except maybe for this firewall problem where Windows says ZoneAlarm isn't on, but when I open ZA, it says it is on). Maybe there's something that I don't see that may be revealed by the rapport.txt. Anyway, thanks again for your help!

chaslang · Sep 8, 2007

KrypticMind said: ↑

When I booted into normal Windows, I was kind of surprised to see that my wallpaper had disappeared, but then I noticed that the pop-ups were nowhere to be found.
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That's a normal effect of removing the kind of infection you had. You can jist set your wallpaper back to what you want know.

KrypticMind said: ↑

I don't see anything wrong (except maybe for this firewall problem where Windows says ZoneAlarm isn't on, but when I open ZA, it says it is on). Maybe there's something that I don't see that may be revealed by the rapport.txt.
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The Windows Security Center often gets confused. Sometime it is due to having too many security programs installed. Sometimes it could be a residual effect from the malware. You could try uninstalling ZA, rebooting, and then reinstalling.

Are you having any other malware problems?

KrypticMind · Sep 8, 2007

Being on for an hour and a half after the infection removal, there doesn't seem be any problems. I'll post in this thread anything spawns or returns in the next few hours or days. Thanks again for your help. You guys rock!

chaslang · Sep 8, 2007

You're welcome. You can remove all the SmitFraudFix related files and you should toggle system restore as mention in step 8 of the READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support sticky thread.

You should also work thru the below link:

How to Protect yourself from malware!

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Attached Files:

rapport.txt

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Attached Files:

rapport.txt

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