View Full Version : smss.exe keeps showing up in windows\temp
Tried Mcafee, Spybot and Malwarebytes..... nothing helps.
This is my dds log.
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=58208
Had the same problem. Also, check your Task Manager, is IE running in the background, loading ads? Apparently this thing surfaced sunday.
I ended up getting rid of it by restoring my computer to an image from a month ago. Then, I had to use a windows boot cd and run fixmbr (or in windows 7, bootrec.exe /fixmbr) to get IE to stop loading upon startup.
If you don't have a system image from earlier, perhaps a system restore point will work. Also, try stopping loader.exe and smss.exe in task manager and deleting them from the temp folder if you can't do a restore point. Regardless, you'll have to to the fixmbr thing.
Here is the link to my thread I made earlier: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=58188
Good luck. I think a lot of people are going to start having this problem...
Hello and :welcome:
Please see this post: http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.php?p=16905&postcount=2
If you would like someone to take a look at the system please see the FAQ to post a preliminary DDS log: "BEFORE you POST"(READ this Procedure BEFORE Requesting Assistance) (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288)
Then start a new topic in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) and copy paste the log into it, an analyst will advise you as soon as available.
Best regards.
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=58188
Cheers. :)