User:TheJC/SmitRem

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[edit] Removing SmitRem infections

• Make sure you aren't running any rogue antispyware programs by checking the rogue antispyware program list

• If you are recieving messages in your tray, or on your desktop, saying you are infected with spyware, download SmitFraudFix and SmitRem
  • Download SmitFraudFix
    • Unzip to a folder, for example c:\Smitfraudfix\
  • Download SmitRem.Exe
    • Save to your desktop

• Download AdAware SE
  • Install and update definitions
• Download Spybot S&D
  • Install and update definitions
• Download spywareblaster
  • Install and update definitions
• Download Ewido
  • Install and update definitions
• Download a backup of Wininet.dll from [1]

• Restart your computer

• Before the first windows screen appears, start pressing f8
• Select Safe mode from the boot options menu, and hit enter.
• If you downloaded SmitFraudFix and SmitRem:
  • Login to the account you saved the SmitRem program to the desktop.
    • Open the SmitRem folder and open the RunThis.bat file.
      • (note:you will be taken a series of screens, and your desktop icons may disapear during this process. This is normal)
  • If you have multiple user profiles, logout (don't restart - you still need to be in safe mode) and run the SmitRem.bat file in each account.
  • Once the above has been done:
• Run the antispyware applications you downloaded and installed one at a time - this may take a while.

• Restart your computer into normal mode.
  • Hopefully at this point you will have removed the spyware, if this is not the case, you may want to download HiJackThis and and post a log on a forum such as http://forums.spywareinfo.com
    • There is a guide to using hijackthis at http://www.spywareinfo.org/~merijn/htlogtutorial.html