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Evil spyware warning! SkyLogic 01-17-2006
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?U2t5TG9naWM=?= on January 17, 2006, 10:22 am
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Hi all.
I am currently having trouble with a red circle with a white cross (X) in it
which is situated in my System Tray. It continuously gives me a large pop-up
warning saying that "Your computer is infected! Click here to protect
yourself from spyware".
I have ran countless spyware and adware programs but nothing has been
detected.
This icon is not always present though. It will appear roughly every other
time i turn my PC on and usually after long periods of time of the PC being
on.
I feel that it could be a trojan downloader but nothing is detecting it.
I have checked my Add/Remove programs for anything out of the ordinary but
all is ok.
As the pop-up message appears nearly every 20 seconds i am now on a short
fuse and am thinking about attacking my PC with a hammer!!!!!! lol.

If anyone can offer me advise it would be extreamly appreciated!!!

Thanks for your time.

Chris Sabatina

PS. If i go to C:/documents&settings/me/Local Settings/temp. sometimes there
are EXE files with a number (eg. 1633.exe) and if i delete these the pop-ups
stop but the icon in the system tray stays. Is is only on some occations
though, other times there is nothing in the temp folder and the pop-ups still
occure.

Posted by David H. Lipman on January 17, 2006, 10:30 am
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| Hi all.
| I am currently having trouble with a red circle with a white cross (X) in it
| which is situated in my System Tray. It continuously gives me a large pop-up
| warning saying that "Your computer is infected! Click here to protect
| yourself from spyware".
| I have ran countless spyware and adware programs but nothing has been
| detected.
| This icon is not always present though. It will appear roughly every other
| time i turn my PC on and usually after long periods of time of the PC being
| on.
| I feel that it could be a trojan downloader but nothing is detecting it.
| I have checked my Add/Remove programs for anything out of the ordinary but
| all is ok.
| As the pop-up message appears nearly every 20 seconds i am now on a short
| fuse and am thinking about attacking my PC with a hammer!!!!!! lol.
|
| If anyone can offer me advise it would be extreamly appreciated!!!
|
| Thanks for your time.
|
| Chris Sabatina
|
| PS. If i go to C:/documents&settings/me/Local Settings/temp. sometimes there
| are EXE files with a number (eg. 1633.exe) and if i delete these the pop-ups
| stop but the icon in the system tray stays. Is is only on some occations
| though, other times there is nothing in the temp folder and the pop-ups still
| occure.



Two part reply..

Perform Part 1 then perform Part 2.

If the first two parts don't work, perform the alternate utility.

It is suggested that you execute each tool in Normal Mode then in Safe Mode.

If you are using any version of Sun Java that is prior to JRE Version 5.0,
then you are strongly urged to remove any/all versions that are prior to JRE
Version 5.0. There are vulnerabilities in them and they are actively being
exploited.
It is possible that is how you got infected with malware.

Therefore, it is highly suggested that if there are any prior versions of Sun
Java
to Version 5 on the PC that they be removed and Sun Java JRE Version 5.0 Update 6
be installed ASAP.

http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp



Part 1
-----------

Use noahdfear's SmitFraud and SpyAxe removal tool -- SmitRem.exe
http://noahdfear.geekstogo.com/click%20counter/click.php?id=1

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic36868.html


Part 2
-----------

Download SmitFraud.exe from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/SmitFraud.exe

Execute; SmitFraud.exe { Note: You must accept the default of C:\McAfee }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go
through your
FireWall to enable WGET.EXE to download the needed McAfee related files.

Execute; c:\mcafee\clean.bat
{ or Double-click on 'Clean Link' in c:\mcafee }

A final report in HTML format called C:\mcafee\ScanReport.HTML will be
generated. At the
end of the scan, it will be displayed in your browser (Opera, FireFox or
Internet Explorer).
It is suggested that you move the report out of c:\mcafee before performing
another scan.

ALTERNATE:

Secured2K's SpyAxe, PSGuard, Smitfraud, Sinnaka and Alemod removal tool.

http://secured2k.home.comcast.net/tools/AntiPuper.exe

http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=65072


Please Copy and Paste the contents of the HTML Log file;
C:\mcafee\ScanReport.HTML in your
reply.

* * * Please report back your results * * *


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by Scherbina Vladimir on January 17, 2006, 10:31 am
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Simply kill that process from Task Manager

--
Vladimir

> Hi all.
> I am currently having trouble with a red circle with a white cross (X) in
it
> which is situated in my System Tray. It continuously gives me a large
pop-up
> warning saying that "Your computer is infected! Click here to protect
> yourself from spyware".
> I have ran countless spyware and adware programs but nothing has been
> detected.
> This icon is not always present though. It will appear roughly every other
> time i turn my PC on and usually after long periods of time of the PC
being
> on.
> I feel that it could be a trojan downloader but nothing is detecting it.
> I have checked my Add/Remove programs for anything out of the ordinary but
> all is ok.
> As the pop-up message appears nearly every 20 seconds i am now on a short
> fuse and am thinking about attacking my PC with a hammer!!!!!! lol.
>
> If anyone can offer me advise it would be extreamly appreciated!!!
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Chris Sabatina
>
> PS. If i go to C:/documents&settings/me/Local Settings/temp. sometimes
there
> are EXE files with a number (eg. 1633.exe) and if i delete these the
pop-ups
> stop but the icon in the system tray stays. Is is only on some occations
> though, other times there is nothing in the temp folder and the pop-ups
still
> occure.



Posted by Nick Skrepetos on January 17, 2006, 2:57 pm
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SkyLogic wrote:
> Hi all.
> I am currently having trouble with a red circle with a white cross (X) in it
> which is situated in my System Tray. It continuously gives me a large pop-up
> warning saying that "Your computer is infected! Click here to protect
> yourself from spyware".
> I have ran countless spyware and adware programs but nothing has been
> detected.
> This icon is not always present though. It will appear roughly every other
> time i turn my PC on and usually after long periods of time of the PC being
> on.
> I feel that it could be a trojan downloader but nothing is detecting it.
> I have checked my Add/Remove programs for anything out of the ordinary but
> all is ok.
> As the pop-up message appears nearly every 20 seconds i am now on a short
> fuse and am thinking about attacking my PC with a hammer!!!!!! lol.
>
> If anyone can offer me advise it would be extreamly appreciated!!!
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Chris Sabatina
>
> PS. If i go to C:/documents&settings/me/Local Settings/temp. sometimes there
> are EXE files with a number (eg. 1633.exe) and if i delete these the pop-ups
> stop but the icon in the system tray stays. Is is only on some occations
> though, other times there is nothing in the temp folder and the pop-ups still
> occure.

Hello,

I am the author of Super Ad Blocker with SUPERAntiSpyware. It will
detect and remove this problem - we have seen this many times:
http://www.superadblocker.com

Super Ad Blocker offers a fully functional 15-day trial. You can scan
and clean your computer and then remove Super Ad Blocker if you do not
wish to keep it.

You may wish to perform your scan in Safe Mode - we have a free tool
called BootSafe to make that process easier.
http://www.superadblocker.com/bootsafe.html

Nick Skrepetos
SuperAdBlocker.com - SUPERAntiSpyware
http://www.superadblocker.com


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