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Unread postby CWB » July 12th, 2005, 9:20 pm

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i got the final piece to solving the problem ... another chap was having an identical problem after cleaning out smitfraud ... i tried it and my desktop is now fully functional !!
thanks for all your help on this problem .

Larry

here is what i recieved :

I had the same problem after getting rid of smitfraud.c. I found a fix for it from another site. hope it works for you.....

Here's how to fix this issue:

1. CTRL-Alt-Del to bring up Task Manager.
2. Click File | New Task(run).
3. Type regedit in the Run box and click OK.
4. Browse to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution.options

5. Under this key there will be subkeys named explorer.exe and iexplorer.exe.
These keys are pointing to files that have been removed (virus/spyware); explorer32dbg.exe and iexplore_dbg.exe. Delete the explorer and iexplorer keys entirely (note: the "dbg" files only !) . They should not be listed under the Image File Execution.Options key.
6. Close the Registry Editor.
7. Restart the computer.
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Unread postby Bertha » July 13th, 2005, 5:46 pm

Hi CWB,

Can you post a final HJT Log then please, and let me know how things are running?

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Unread postby Bertha » July 14th, 2005, 5:34 am

Hi CWB,

Please do as follows,

Download next tool to your desktop:

http://users.pandora.be/bluepatchy/FixO.exe

Doubleclick FixO.exe
This will create a new folder on your desktop called FixO
Open the folder and doubleclick FixO.bat

It will generate a log afterwards. Copy and paste the contents of that log together with a new hijackthislog

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Unread postby 'KotaGuy » August 8th, 2005, 11:15 am

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