Spyaxe/Spywarestrike/Smitfraud-c

Question

Have spent the weekend with these monsters. Have run SmitRem, Spybot, Ad-AwareSE, Ewdo, Xoftspy, and McAfee. I may have gotten rid of the files, but the message is still there. I was advised on another forum to turn off System Restore so that is no longer an option. Help!! HiJack file has been sent.   Message Edited by Greybeard48 on 01-08-2006 03:38 PM

Greybeard48 · Answer

Spywarestrike is not gone. it has reappeared.

Grayeagle · Answer

Got hit with Spyaxe,SpyFighter, ended up with four virus and 186 spywears. was unable to restore to a later date . Every time i tryed  it didnt accept.  I made the mastake and perched the spyaxe off the net, got rid of those virus and spyware.Now my computer locks up and reboots. I know that I need more memory. I have also been unable to get into some of my programs I think that I will have to reformat my hard drive once again.

Dhockla · Answer

I got it too I downloaded Spyware Doctor from PCTools and it worked fine you can also go to www.precisesecurity.com and in the lower right corner select spyware stike from the Top Spyware Threats category.  It has pretty well detailed manual removal instructions.

WahooTRI · Answer

I used the following link for Spyaxe and got rid of it. It takes about 3-4 keystrokes and it will automatically restart your computer.   http://secured2k.home.comcast.net/tools/AntiPuper.exe   After running the program, I also ran AVG, Adaware and Spybot.   I have also added a router and have now been free of virus and popups for about 2 weeks.   I don't promise anything for you, but it helped me.

pchelpme · Answer

dhockla, the spywarestrike was removed on my system using the removal instructions from http://www.precisesecurity.com/adware-spy/awss-005jan.htm   Do I still need to donwload spyware doctor even though the annoyances are gone? This site also have spyware doctor download page. http://www.precisesecurity.com/anti-spyware/as-sd.htm   Thanks for your help.

Dhockla · Answer

Thanks  it came back on me a few days later and after running spyware doctor with updates on friday it completely cleaned it out! This thing was a pain in the neck!

Dhockla · Answer

As far as buying Spyware Doctor, it worked for me but it took a second try with the updates for it that I downloaded friday (13th). There have been so many threads about this and so many solutions it's really hard to figure. I did the manual method and Spyware Strike came back! My favorite was Symantec's solution (and you had to really search for it), locate the Spyware Strike folder and delete it! Along with instructions on how to delete a file!

At any rate the Spyware Doctor seems to be pretty good and I'm glad that Spyware Strike is gone!

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