metril
2007-10-25, 18:30
I updated Spybot definitions yesterday and it found something called Smitfraud-C. On my system, Vista Ultimate, I have all my antispyware and antivirus software in a folder called Security Tools in my program files directory. Spybot said that Smitfraud-C. was in my Security Tools directory. Upon asking Spybot to remove, I see the progress bar move to the end. Then Spybot closes, my Avast AV suddenly closes, and the entire Ad-Aware software directory disappears. When I restart Spybot and ask to scan, it says that Blindman.exe is corrupted and asks to update. I do an update, but I get a message saying that no new updates are available.
Thinking that this may be a false positive, I reformatted my C partition (I need my D partition because it holds my documents and videos). I reinstalled Vista Ultimate and then installed the latest Spybot with the latest updates. On a fresh install of Vista Ultimate, with no drivers, system updates, or any other software, Spybot detected Smitfraud-C. again in my Security Tools directory. Asking Spybot to remove causes the progress bar to reach the end, the program to close, and then Spybot is unable to update or scan. I did a Kaspersky online virus scan and it did not find any infections.
What is happening here?
Thinking that this may be a false positive, I reformatted my C partition (I need my D partition because it holds my documents and videos). I reinstalled Vista Ultimate and then installed the latest Spybot with the latest updates. On a fresh install of Vista Ultimate, with no drivers, system updates, or any other software, Spybot detected Smitfraud-C. again in my Security Tools directory. Asking Spybot to remove causes the progress bar to reach the end, the program to close, and then Spybot is unable to update or scan. I did a Kaspersky online virus scan and it did not find any infections.
What is happening here?