Update your Ad-Aware program and then run this tool afterwards:
1. Download SmitfraudFix
http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix.zip
Extract all the files to your Destop. A folder named SmitfraudFix will be created on your Desktop.
2. Reboot into Safe Mode
You can usually do this by restarting your computer and continually tapping F8 until a menu appears. Highlight Safe Mode and hit enter.
3. Once in Safe mode, open the SmitfraudFix folder and double-click smitfraudfix.cmd
- Select option #2 - Clean by typing 2 and press Enter.
- Wait for the tool to complete and disk cleanup to finish.
- You will be prompted : "Registry cleaning - Do you want to clean the registry ?" answer Yes by typing Y and hit Enter.
- The tool will also check if wininet.dll is infected. If a clean version is found, you will be prompted to replace wininet.dll. Answer Yes to the question "Replace infected file ?" by typing Y and hit Enter.
A reboot may be needed to finish the cleaning process, if you computer does not restart automatically please do it yourself manually.
4. Once back into normal mode, do a disk cleanup.
- Go to Start > Run and type in the box: Cleanmgr
- Wait while Windows scans your system for files to delete.
- Make sure the 3 below are checked and press *ok* to delete them.
- Temporary Files
- Temporary Internet Files
- Recycle Bin