How to Remove the SmitFraud Virus and VirusRescue
If you were a victim of the SmitFraud virus, you may have Virus Rescue installed on your computer. The program may have told you to purchase Virus Rescue to remove the many spyware and virus applications on your computer. SmitFraud shows many fake antivirus and antispyware programs on your computer as screen popups or balloon popups. If your computer has been infected with these fake spyware removal tools, you probably downloaded an infected video codec or accidentally downloaded an infected file from the Internet. Most of the time, you have accidentally installed the Video Access ActiveX Object.
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Instructions
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Remove the SmitFraud Virus and VirusRescue
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Download and install the following removal tools: SmitRem - to remove Spyaxe and other similar spyware infections, SmitFraudFix - to fix most SmitFraud infections, HijackThis - a very useful tool to find and remove most viruses and Trojan horses and Ccleaner - to remove temporary files, cookies, registry problems.
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Launch the SmitFraudFix program. Select option 4 to check for any updates. After the update process, restart your computer in Safe Mode. Safe Mode can be initiated by hitting the F8 key on your keyboard while your computer boots.
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Open the SmitRem folder once your PC is in Safe Mode. Double-click "RunThis.bat" to initiate the SmitRem removal process.
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Run SmitFraudFix and select Option 1 to search for infections, and then Option 2 to clean infections. Now you need to open RogueRemover to remove the many rogue application files installed with the SmitFraud virus.
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Run CCleaner while still in Safe Mode. Click "Analyze and Clean." After that, click "Issues" and then "Scan and Fix any Registry issues CCleaner discovers."
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Run HijackThis to remove any remaining problems. Next, restart your computer in normal mode.
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Open the Add/Remove Program utility from the Control Panel and remove all programs like VirusRescue.
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Run an up-to-date antivirus to remove any other possible infections.
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Tips & Warnings
Be very, very careful when using HijackThis, because you can accidentally remove an essential system process from the registry! If you are unsure whether a particular line is a problem, reboot your PC in normal mode and use the "Online HiJackthis Scanner" to determine if a particular file is a threat. You just need to copy and paste your HijackThis log into the scanner and let it analyze it for you.
Never delete anything with Hijackthis until you are absolutely sure exactly what the particular file is and exactly what it does.
