I got smss.exe in c:\windows......aaaahhhhh

zj-jeepster · 05-27-2006, 07:36 PM

Hey all,

I searched in the win9x/me section and nothing found.

I get tons of info on this for win2k and winXP but nothing for win98.

I'm running Avast. It was first detected and I thought nothing of it and tried to move to the chest. I got some error and thought nothing of it so rescanned and deleted it.

So I thought. It's now in c:\wondows and I cannot delete it or move it. It keeps coming back.

I did a properties look see and it says language in Chinese and name is "forever". In msconfig it gives a program name of Tprogram. I tried to not have it start at startup but it keeps coming back.........aaaaaaahhhhhhhh...

I now try to scan it by itself with Avast and nothing.

HAs anyone ever seen this in win98?

How do you remove this sucker?

Thanks for letting me in here.

Geekgirl · 05-28-2006, 11:03 AM

Follow the steps in this link along with posting a HJT log in the HiJackThisLog Help Forum

First Steps at Removing the Malware and Posting your HJT Log

05-27-2006, 07:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
zj-jeepster Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NE USA Posts: 25 OS: Win2k	I got smss.exe in c:\windows......aaaahhhhh Hey all, I searched in the win9x/me section and nothing found. I get tons of info on this for win2k and winXP but nothing for win98. I'm running Avast. It was first detected and I thought nothing of it and tried to move to the chest. I got some error and thought nothing of it so rescanned and deleted it. So I thought. It's now in c:\wondows and I cannot delete it or move it. It keeps coming back. I did a properties look see and it says language in Chinese and name is "forever". In msconfig it gives a program name of Tprogram. I tried to not have it start at startup but it keeps coming back.........aaaaaaahhhhhhhh... I now try to scan it by itself with Avast and nothing. HAs anyone ever seen this in win98? How do you remove this sucker? Thanks for letting me in here.

05-28-2006, 11:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
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