tetonbob

Hi Rebecca -

This thing is actually really easy to get rid of.

Restart your computer and boot into Safe Mode by tapping the F8 key repeatedly until a menu shows up (and choose Safe Mode from the list). In some systems, this may be the F5 key, so try that if F8 doesn't work. Login on your usual account. Make sure to close any open browsers.

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Uninstall the following via the Add/Remove Panel (Start->(Settings)->Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs) if they exist (don't worry if it's not):

Malware Crush 3.7

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Open HijackThis and click on 'Do a System Scan Only'. Check the following entries if they exist (make sure you do not miss any) and click Fix Checked

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Winupdate Engine] C:\WINDOWS\system32\wupeng.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MalwareCrush] C:\Program Files\MalwareCrush\MalwareCrush.exe /h

Close HijackThis now.

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Locate and delete these:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\wupeng.exe
C:\Program Files\MalwareCrush

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Restart in normal mode.

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Please download SmitfraudFix (by S!Ri) to your Desktop.

Double-click smitfraudfix.exe to start the tool.
Select option #1 - Search by typing 1 and press "Enter"
and a text file will appear which lists infected files (if present).
Please copy/paste the content of that report into your next reply.

IMPORTANT: Do NOT run option #2 OR any other option until you are directed to do so!

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Open HijackThis and click on 'Do a System Scan and save a Logfile'. Save the log file and post it here.

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