VirusProtectPro w/sys icon

Joseph Brodak · Jul 1, 2007

Hello,
I have a flashing icon in my system tray that blinks from a shield with a blue "?" to a shield with a red "X'. Every 15 min or so it produces a pop-up which states that my computer is infected. Any attempt to click on the pop-up or icon directs me to the VirusProtectPro web site. I have run several malware scaners including the ones sugested in this site, with no luck. I followed all of this site's procedures. The only one I am missing is from the Panda scanner. That programe consistenly terminates with an error. Any sugestiions? I need to attach my log files but the "Manage attachments" button is not doing anything.

chaslang · Jul 2, 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?

Joseph Brodak · Jul 2, 2007

Thank you for your response Chaslang. I am at work right now, but I will follow your recommendation tonight and post the log first thing tomorrow.

chaslang · Jul 2, 2007

Okay, just attach the logs when you finish and also tell me your status.

If you still have problems, your next steps are to run the standard cleaning procedure which is one of the sticky threads you see at the top of each page in this forum:

READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support

Joseph Brodak · Jul 3, 2007

That worked. Annoying system tray icon is gone. I am infinitly obliged to you.

chaslang · Jul 3, 2007

Please do not post HijackThis logs unless you follow ALL of the directions in the READ & RUN ME sticky thread link I gave to you.

If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:

You can delete all files related to the SmitFraudFix procedure

After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:

How to Protect yourself from malware!

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VirusProtectPro w/sys icon

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Attached Files:

rapport.txt

hijackthis.log

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