How do i get rid of Smitfraud easily?

Answer 1

How to remove the Smitfraud / Generic Zlob / Quicknavigate / Virtual Maid
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic17258.html

Answer 2

Give this a shot. It's a simple manual way to rid it off your PC.
Just insert Smitfraud wherever you see Zango.


DELETING PROBLEM FILES OR SOFTWARE FROM YOUR PC

Let’s assume the problem File/Software/Virus, etc. is named “Zango 2005” and you want to remove it from your PC.

Where ever you see the name “Zango 2005” below, you will need to insert the actual name of the file/software/virus, etc. that you are trying to remove.

Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and remove any “ZANGO 2005” programs residing there.

Now click on Start > Search > For Files or Folders > All Files and Folders
type in “ZANGO 2005” in the top box and let the computer do a complete search of your hard drive.
When it is done, click on Edit at the top of the window and click on Select All
Then click on File and click on Delete. It will ask you if you want to remove them. Click on Yes.

If you want to REALLY finish the job:

NOTE: DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE IN THE REGISTRY OTHER THAN WHAT I MENTION HERE. If you are not familiar with editing the registry and you do other things you may give yourself some big headaches.

Click on Start > Run >

type in regedit

Click once on the very top directory in the left hand pane to hilite it.

Hold down Ctrl + F; this will open a search window

Type in “ZANGO 2005” and then click on Find Next

When it finds a “ZANGO 2005” entry, right click on it and select Delete and YES. (Do this whether it is a folder in the left hand pane or if it is an entry in the right hand pane)

Hold down Ctrl + F again and repeat the process until you have cleaned your registry of all “ZANGO 2005” items.

This is a bit of a tedious process so hang in there.

When you think you have it all out. Go back up to the top directory in the left pane, hilite it, and search for “ZANGO 2005” once again just to make sure you didn't miss any instances of it.

Once you have completely removed all instances of Zango 2005 from the Registry, reboot your PC. This will reset the registry without all the “ZANGO 2005” entries and you should be rid of your problem.

Answer 3

Use Spware Doctor..link> http://www.download.com/Spyware-Doctor-Starter-Edition/3000-8022_4-10754824.html Go to add/remove in your control panel and remove smitfraud if is in there. Next go to start then run and type in msconfig. In the box that pops up click on the last tab and look for smitfraud if it is in there uncheck it. Hit apply and ok and it will ask you to reboot, reboot your computer at this time and then run a full scan of spyware doctor and quarantine or delete smitfraud, then run another scan once more and reboot again. Remember to update your antivirus(very imporatant to update) and you can do a scan if you need to at this time.

DO NOT download SpyAxe or SpySheriff these are rogue spyware programs and you will be in more trouble and wish all you had was Smitfraud.

This is an excellent site to learn about Rogue spyware, what it does is fools you into believing it will remove spyware and when downloaded it installs tons of stuff especially in your registry and trust me you will know you have something wrong with your computer. http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#products

Answer 4

This will remove it, easy and free.
SUPERAntiSpyware(recomended)
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Answer 5

Yet another specialized Smitfraud free removal tool for you to try. This one is call RogueFix. Tool and full infomation are here:
http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/roguefix.htm

Answer 6

Before attempting this removal procedure, download the following removal tools to your desktop and install them.

SmitRem by NoahdFear - Tool to remove Spyaxe, SpySheriff, PSGuard, WinHound, and other issues
SmitFraudFix - Tool to remove most SmitFraud infections
RogueRemover - tool to remove Rogue applications installed with SmitFraud

HijackThis 1.99.1 - Essential tool for finding spyware, virus, trojan, and other problems
CCleaner - Free tool for removing temporary files, cookies, history, and cleaning up registry problems
Removal Procedure

1) Download the programs above to your desktop, extracting and install them. Once this is complete, reboot your computer in Safe Mode

2) Open the SmitRem folder and double-click on RunThis.bat to start the SmitRem removal procedure. Besides removing particular files that it looks for, the tool also runs the Disk Cleanup tool to remove temporary files on the hard drive that may contain problem files. For a Tutorial on using SmitRem click here

3) After SmitRem has finished, open SmitFraudFix and choose to search (option 1) and clean (option 2) and run a full system scan to remove anything it finds. For a tutorial on using SmitFraudFix click here

4) Double-click on RogueRemover and run it to remove misc rogue application files installed with SmitFraud

5) While still in Safe Mode, run CCleaner. Analyze and Clean files it finds, then click on the Issues button on the left side of the screen and Scan and Fix any Registry issues CCleaner discovers. Run both the Registry Scanner and the File Analyzer until nothing else is found.

6) Run Hijackthis and Remove any leftover issues. If you are not sure, if a line in Hijackthis is a problem, reboot in normal mode and use the Online HiJackthis Scanner to see if the file is a threat. Just copy and paste your Hijackthis log file into the scanner and let it analyze it for you. Although its not perfect, it will give you an idea if your system is clean or still needs some work. Do not delete anything with Hijackthis unless you are absolutely sure what the file is and what it does.

Another great tool to use is Process Library to see if a file is a threat.

For items in the Hijackthis log like the following, that will not delete manually, use KillBox to browse to the location of the file and delete it or delete it on reboot. Items that are impossible to remove unless using Killbox usually show up in the 20 section of Hijackthis.

O20 - Winlogon Notify: msupdate - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\msupdate32.dll
O20 - Winlogon Notify: winrir32 - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winrir32.dll
O20 - Winlogon Notify: dvd4free - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\dvd4free.dll

7) Reboot computer in Normal mode

8) Scan your computer with online virus scanner like Housecall, BitDefender, or eTrust or download and install an antivirus program and run a complete scan. A list of online scanners is below, some however will only scan but not remove issues.

Online Virus Checkers
Trend Micro Housecall - will scan and remove threats
BitDefender Scan Online - will scan and remove threats
Ewido Online Scanner - will scan and remove threats
Panda Activescan - appears to only scan for but not remove threats
McAfee FreeScan - appears to only scan for but not remove threats
eTrust Antivirus Web Scanner - will scan and remove threats
Symantec Security Check - will scan and remove threats
Dr.Web Online Check - user can upload and test for threats on particular files

Trojan Scanner
TrojanScan by WindowsSecurity.com

Free Antivirus Programs to Download
ANTI-VIR
AVAST
AVG