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SmitFraudRemove is a trojan Wolf Kirchmeir 07-14-2008
Posted by David H. Lipman on July 14, 2008, 3:51 pm
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| Following the recent thread on SmitFraud, I d/l smitfraudremove.exe. Did
| not unzip/install it.

| Counterspy reported it as a Trojan dropper, so I removed it. If C/S gave
| a false positive, I'd like to know.

| TIA

| --
| wolf k.


Please provide the location of where you downloded this.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
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Posted by Dustin Cook on July 15, 2008, 3:04 am
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>
>| Following the recent thread on SmitFraud, I d/l smitfraudremove.exe. Did
>| not unzip/install it.
>
>| Counterspy reported it as a Trojan dropper, so I removed it. If C/S gave
>| a false positive, I'd like to know.
>
>| TIA
>
>| --
>| wolf k.
>
>
> Please provide the location of where you downloded this.
>

This is probably a false alarm regarding the tool David.


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Dustin Cook - http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
BugHunter v2.2e AntiMalware Removal Utility
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Posted by Wolf Kirchmeir on July 15, 2008, 9:34 am
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David H. Lipman wrote:
>
> | Following the recent thread on SmitFraud, I d/l smitfraudremove.exe. Did
> | not unzip/install it.
>
> | Counterspy reported it as a Trojan dropper, so I removed it. If C/S gave
> | a false positive, I'd like to know.
>
> | TIA
>
> | --
> | wolf k.
>
>
> Please provide the location of where you downloded this.
>


Sorry, it was smitfraudfix, which others have reported as a false
positive. I apologise for not taking more care.

HTH

--
wolf k.

Posted by Tommy McClure on July 16, 2008, 11:57 am
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Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>
>> | Following the recent thread on SmitFraud, I d/l
>> | smitfraudremove.exe. Did not unzip/install it.
>>
>> | Counterspy reported it as a Trojan dropper, so I removed it. If
>> | C/S gave a false positive, I'd like to know.
>>
>> | TIA
>>
>> | --
>> | wolf k.
>>
>>
>> Please provide the location of where you downloded this.
>>
>
>
> Sorry, it was smitfraudfix, which others have reported as a false
> positive. I apologise for not taking more care.
>
> HTH

I have had 4 or 5 AS programs mark the smitfraud fix, I just add it to the
exclusion list [ if you can find it]


--
tommy



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