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Trojan/Toolbar problem HELP required

bignred05
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i found myself with a trojan last night
WIN32:VBSTAT-C[trj]
i ran a number of various programs, and I HOPE AND PREY its gone
so far tonight (touch wood) no warnings have come on :j :T :j :T

however after running spybot a number of times a toolbar problem has come up
Smitfraud-C.Toolbar888 has come on spybot everytime i run it

can any one point me in the right direction to lose it
and i suppose this is why i am getting a number of popup gaming web sites all of a sudden

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  • Browntoa
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    tun Spybot in safe mode

    http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.shtml

    and it should be able to remove it
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  • bignred05
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    Browntoa wrote: »
    tun Spybot in safe mode

    http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.shtml

    and it should be able to remove it

    i have been trying to put my computer into safe mode now for quite some time

    as you can probaly gather without success

    i have even followed the instructions from the help topic on my PC
    they are the same as yours,shut down turn back on, press F8 etc etc

    but nothing happens, what am i doing wrong :mad: :mad: :mad:
  • Browntoa
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    have you tried the msconfig method

    click on start

    then RUN

    type MSCONFIG and click on OK

    click on the Boot.ini Tab and tick the safeboot option

    then click on Apply

    a box will tell you you need to reboot, allow it
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  • bignred05
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    Browntoa wrote: »
    have you tried the msconfig method

    click on start

    then RUN

    type MSCONFIG and click on OK

    click on the Boot.ini Tab and tick the safeboot option

    then click on Apply

    a box will tell you you need to reboot, allow it

    have just done this and it let me run it etc

    and the bad news is after running spybot again
    its still there :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
    whats my next step now
  • PP3P
    PP3P Posts: 5 Forumite
    try running


    adaware 2007 version

    superantispyware


    asquared


    on full deep scans after fully updating them :D
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