Friday
2012-02-15, 12:25
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.SmartProtection2012" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
malware
rogue
Description:
Fraud.SmartProtection2012 claims to be an antispyware tool. When it is installed to the computer it finds a lot of harmless entries. This is done to frighten the user and make him buy a license to get the issue fixed.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Remove "<$ENV(FraudSmartProtection2012_fullpath)> /START" from registry value "" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command\".
Remove "<$ENV(FraudSmartProtection2012_fullpath)> /START" from registry value "" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command\".
Remove "<$ENV(FraudSmartProtection2012_fullpath)> /START" from registry value "" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\".
Remove "<$ENV(FraudSmartProtection2012_fullpath)> /START" from registry value "" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command\".
Remove "<$ENV(FraudSmartProtection2012_fullpath)> /START" from registry value "" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command\".
Remove "<$ENV(FraudSmartProtection2012_fullpath)> /START" from registry value "" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command\".
If Fraud.SmartProtection2012 uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
malware
rogue
Description:
Fraud.SmartProtection2012 claims to be an antispyware tool. When it is installed to the computer it finds a lot of harmless entries. This is done to frighten the user and make him buy a license to get the issue fixed.
Removal Instructions:
Files:
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Remove "<$ENV(FraudSmartProtection2012_fullpath)> /START" from registry value "" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command\".
Remove "<$ENV(FraudSmartProtection2012_fullpath)> /START" from registry value "" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command\".
Remove "<$ENV(FraudSmartProtection2012_fullpath)> /START" from registry value "" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\".
Remove "<$ENV(FraudSmartProtection2012_fullpath)> /START" from registry value "" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command\".
Remove "<$ENV(FraudSmartProtection2012_fullpath)> /START" from registry value "" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command\".
Remove "<$ENV(FraudSmartProtection2012_fullpath)> /START" from registry value "" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command\".
If Fraud.SmartProtection2012 uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.