I tried using this page:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/top...826.html#manual
to remove spywarequake. I did the manual removal step-by-step and it is still here. Although, when I ran the batch program in safe mode, all it said was:
File/path specified does not exist.
File/path specified does not exist.
File/path specified does not exist....
So, I figured that the problem was that my OS is stored in E:
So I opened the batch file and replaced all occurences of C:\ with E:\
Then I ran the batch, and it was slightly different, although still with a lot of messages saying stuff like:
File not found.
File/path specified does not exist.
etc.
Can someone help me remove this because it's getting really frustrating.
In case it helps, here is the output of the smitfiles.txt log:
CODE
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smitRem © log file
version 2.8
by noahdfear
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
The current date is: Wed 26/04/2006
The current time is: 10:27:59.28
Running from
E:\Documents and Settings\Wrathall\Desktop\smitRem
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pre-run SharedTask Export
(GetSTS.exe) SharedTaskScheduler exporter by Lawrence Abrams (Grinler)
Copyright(C) 2006 BleepingComputer.com
Registry Pseudo-Format Mode (Not a valid reg file):
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SharedTaskScheduler]
"{438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1}"="Browseui preloader"
"{8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030}"="Component Categories cache daemon"
"{CA14EE13-ED15-C4A2-17FF-DA4D15C1BC5E}"="Twain"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1}\InProcServer32]
@="%SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030}\InProcServer32]
@="%SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
checking for ShudderLTD key
ShudderLTD key not present!
checking for PSGuard.com key
PSGuard.com key not present!
checking for WinHound.com key
WinHound.com key not present!
spyaxe uninstaller NOT present
Winhound uninstaller NOT present
SpywareStrike uninstaller NOT present
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Existing Pre-run Files
~~~ Program Files ~~~
~~~ Shortcuts ~~~
Online Security Guide.url
Online Security Guide.url
Security Troubleshooting.url
Security Troubleshooting.url
~~~ Favorites ~~~
~~~ system32 folder ~~~
1024 dir
ld****.tmp
ncompat.tlb
hp***.tmp
logfiles
~~~ Icons in System32 ~~~
ts.ico
ot.ico
~~~ Windows directory ~~~
~~~ Drive root ~~~
~~~ Miscellaneous Files/folders ~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Command Line Process Viewer/Killer/Suspender for Windows NT/2000/XP V2.03
Copyright(C) 2002-2003 Craig.Peacock@beyondlogic.org
Killing PID 1324 'explorer.exe'
Killing PID 1324 'explorer.exe'
Starting registry repairs
Registry repairs complete
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SharedTask Export after registry fix
(GetSTS.exe) SharedTaskScheduler exporter by Lawrence Abrams (Grinler)
Copyright(C) 2006 BleepingComputer.com
Registry Pseudo-Format Mode (Not a valid reg file):
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SharedTaskScheduler]
"{438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1}"="Browseui preloader"
"{8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030}"="Component Categories cache daemon"
"{CA14EE13-ED15-C4A2-17FF-DA4D15C1BC5E}"="Twain"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1}\InProcServer32]
@="%SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030}\InProcServer32]
@="%SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Deleting files
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Remaining Post-run Files
~~~ Program Files ~~~
~~~ Shortcuts ~~~
~~~ Favorites ~~~
~~~ system32 folder ~~~
~~~ Icons in System32 ~~~
~~~ Windows directory ~~~
~~~ Drive root ~~~
~~~ Miscellaneous Files/folders ~~~
~~~ Wininet.dll ~~~
CLEAN! :)
smitRem © log file
version 2.8
by noahdfear
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
The current date is: Wed 26/04/2006
The current time is: 10:27:59.28
Running from
E:\Documents and Settings\Wrathall\Desktop\smitRem
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pre-run SharedTask Export
(GetSTS.exe) SharedTaskScheduler exporter by Lawrence Abrams (Grinler)
Copyright(C) 2006 BleepingComputer.com
Registry Pseudo-Format Mode (Not a valid reg file):
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SharedTaskScheduler]
"{438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1}"="Browseui preloader"
"{8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030}"="Component Categories cache daemon"
"{CA14EE13-ED15-C4A2-17FF-DA4D15C1BC5E}"="Twain"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1}\InProcServer32]
@="%SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030}\InProcServer32]
@="%SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
checking for ShudderLTD key
ShudderLTD key not present!
checking for PSGuard.com key
PSGuard.com key not present!
checking for WinHound.com key
WinHound.com key not present!
spyaxe uninstaller NOT present
Winhound uninstaller NOT present
SpywareStrike uninstaller NOT present
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Existing Pre-run Files
~~~ Program Files ~~~
~~~ Shortcuts ~~~
Online Security Guide.url
Online Security Guide.url
Security Troubleshooting.url
Security Troubleshooting.url
~~~ Favorites ~~~
~~~ system32 folder ~~~
1024 dir
ld****.tmp
ncompat.tlb
hp***.tmp
logfiles
~~~ Icons in System32 ~~~
ts.ico
ot.ico
~~~ Windows directory ~~~
~~~ Drive root ~~~
~~~ Miscellaneous Files/folders ~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Command Line Process Viewer/Killer/Suspender for Windows NT/2000/XP V2.03
Copyright(C) 2002-2003 Craig.Peacock@beyondlogic.org
Killing PID 1324 'explorer.exe'
Killing PID 1324 'explorer.exe'
Starting registry repairs
Registry repairs complete
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SharedTask Export after registry fix
(GetSTS.exe) SharedTaskScheduler exporter by Lawrence Abrams (Grinler)
Copyright(C) 2006 BleepingComputer.com
Registry Pseudo-Format Mode (Not a valid reg file):
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SharedTaskScheduler]
"{438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1}"="Browseui preloader"
"{8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030}"="Component Categories cache daemon"
"{CA14EE13-ED15-C4A2-17FF-DA4D15C1BC5E}"="Twain"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1}\InProcServer32]
@="%SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030}\InProcServer32]
@="%SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Deleting files
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Remaining Post-run Files
~~~ Program Files ~~~
~~~ Shortcuts ~~~
~~~ Favorites ~~~
~~~ system32 folder ~~~
~~~ Icons in System32 ~~~
~~~ Windows directory ~~~
~~~ Drive root ~~~
~~~ Miscellaneous Files/folders ~~~
~~~ Wininet.dll ~~~
CLEAN! :)
thanks in advance.
James