wallpaer

[Guest skibumre]

I have a box in the middle of my desktop that states,

warning, your computer is infected with spyware.......

 

There is no box to close it, and I can not click on it to delete it.

I have changed the background, and it stays right in the middle of the

screen. I have booted up in safe mode and it does not appear, however I can

not find it, to remove it.

I have run ad-aware and Symantec, and removed anything that was on the

computer, but I can not get ride of this box. any suggestions?

[Guest Malke]

Re: wallpaer

 

skibumre wrote:

> I have a box in the middle of my desktop that states,

> warning, your computer is infected with spyware.......

>

> There is no box to close it, and I can not click on it to delete it.

> I have changed the background, and it stays right in the middle of the

> screen. I have booted up in safe mode and it does not appear, however I

> can not find it, to remove it.

> I have run ad-aware and Symantec, and removed anything that was on the

> computer, but I can not get ride of this box. any suggestions?

 

You have some variant of the Smitfraud trojan. Take a look at the removal

steps at the link below:

 

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Smitfraud_Trojan

 

When all else fails, get guided help. Choose one of the specialty forums

listed below (in no particular order). Register and read its posting FAQ.

PLEASE DO NOT POST LOGS IN THE MS NEWSGROUPS.

 

When all else fails, get guided help. Choose one of the specialty forums

listed at the first link. Register and read its posting FAQ. PLEASE DO NOT

POST LOGS IN THE MS NEWSGROUPS.

 

http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip

http://aumha.net/ - Click on the HijackThis forum. Read the announcement and

the stickies *first*.

http://www.atribune.org/forums/index.php?showforum=9

http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup

http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malware_Removal_HiJackThis_Logs_Go_Here-f37.html

http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showforum=7

http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index.php?showforum=170

http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5

http://forums.techguy.org/54-security/

http://forums.tomcoyote.org/

http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0

http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7

 

Standard disclaimer: I can't see and test your computer myself, so these are

just suggestions based on many years of being a professional computer tech;

suggestions based on what you've written. You should not take my

suggestions as a definitive diagnosis. If you can't do the work yourself

(and there is no shame in admitting this isn't your cup of tea), take the

machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local equivalent

of BigComputerStore/GeekSquad). Please be aware that not all local shops

are skilled at removing malware and even if they are, your computer may be

so infested that Windows will need to be clean-installed. If possible, have

all your data backed up before you take the machine into a shop.

 

Malke

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