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 Aug 11 2007, 03:10 AM
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Aug 14 2007, 10:00 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 14-August 07 Member No.: 150,215 |
TY TY TY I just want to thank whomever wrote the article on VirusProtectPro. This help me dig out from under a smitfraud attack yesterday. (and believe me I was getting desperate!) I was about 30 minutes from a complete system wipe. I ran AdAware, Spybot and the smitfraudfix file and "POOF", I had my PC back! Outstanding work gentlemen!
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Aug 18 2007, 12:56 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 18-August 07 Member No.: 150,969 |
I had VirusProtectPro on my computer and used McAfee to solve the problem which was useless. I then came across McAfee SiteAdvisor which directed me to the boards here.
I did the Automatic Removal using SmitFraudfix and it removed the backdoor trojan. The #10 step of the automatic removal - I did not see a red screen stating Computer will reboot now. Close all applications. Instead after step 9, it went to step 11 where a Notepad screen appeared before I had to close the Notepad screen. After that, I then restarted my Computer back in normal mode. I'm happy with the removal of VirusProtectPro and the blinking icon from my taskbar. I'm impressed and so wanted to let u guys know that you're awesome and I've registered with your site for future reference and help. |
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Aug 18 2007, 01:55 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 18-August 07 Member No.: 150,985 |
Hey There,,, Thanks so very much for this top shelf information and help.
 I thought i was downloading an active x controlto view a short video and bing bam boom. this crap infested my computer and screwed me out of about four hours of missery. Thanks to you and your removal program I am happy to say I am up and running again. A lttle smarter, and more experienced. And happy as a pig in You know what. Thanks again,, Terry |
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Aug 20 2007, 07:42 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 20-August 07 Member No.: 151,375 |
Thank you so much bleeping computer!!!!!! its been 6 days of horror for me , now its finally over...hope you will keep me posted for some potential ad-awares, spywares and malwares that may come...
   thank you very much..i just got the information of your brilliant site from Mcafee siteadvisor..i think i should also give them the credit...Again, Thank you so much |
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Aug 20 2007, 10:09 AM
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 Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 28,176 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
Just glad we could help. For those of you who reached us from siteadvisor, do not forget to give us a review so others can benefit as well!
-------------------- Lawrence
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Aug 29 2007, 05:57 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 22-August 07 From: Hervey Bay, Qld, Australia Member No.: 151,862 |
Thank you For this posting I followed it up Did as advised re "smitfraudfix" and it worked Like a Charm Thank you to all who helped Dasha
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Sep 9 2007, 01:59 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 9-September 07 Member No.: 155,769 |
Hey Everyone,
I'm still caught in the VirusProtect matrix from hell! I've followed the removal instructions listed above but can't find the SmitfraudFix.exe file after I've downloaded it. There isn't an icon on my desktop. I am running Windows XP. I'm assuming I choose "Run" instead of "Save" when asked what to do with SmitfraudFix when I click on the link on your website. Need some help!! Thanks, Suzecruise |
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Sep 9 2007, 05:34 PM
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Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 28,176 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
If the problem is that you can not find the icon when you boot into safe mode, you must make sure you are logging into the same account you downloaded the file with when in safe mode.
-------------------- Lawrence
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Sep 9 2007, 07:26 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 9-September 07 Member No.: 155,769 |
Should I be seeing the icon on my desktop before I restart my computer in safe mode? If so, I'm not able to find it.
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Sep 9 2007, 07:54 PM
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Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 28,176 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
If you are not seeing it, you must not be saving the file correctly to your desktop. Make sure you select save, not run, and then specify the desktop as where you to save it
-------------------- Lawrence
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Sep 9 2007, 07:58 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 9-September 07 Member No.: 155,769 |
Happy, Happy, Joy, joy!!
Victory at last! Thanks so much for your help. I appear to be Viruspro Free!!! Thanks, Suzecruise |
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Sep 20 2007, 11:26 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 18-August 07 Member No.: 150,969 |
I had virusprotectpro on my computer which I removed using the Smitfraudfix. I now have a question... Do I leave the smitfraudfix icons on my desktop or do I remove it from the computer. I have too many icons on my desktop and would like do some cleaning up. I would like to take out the smitfraudfix but was just wondering if it would do any computer damage or not and how do I go about removing it?
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Sep 20 2007, 11:37 AM
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Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 28,176 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
Nothing. Feel free to remove smitfraudfix now.
-------------------- Lawrence
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