Scroll down and click on the link which says: Select which icons appear on the taskbar.Īlternatively, you can go to the Control Panel and type the word ‘taskbar’ in the search box from the upper-right side. If you are using Windows 10, right click on the taskbar and select Settings. Since this has been quite a common problem, we decided to publish this tutorial to help others having this issue.įirst, right click on the taskbar and select Properties from the right click menu. Then post the HijackThis log, along with the contents of C:\rapport.txt in a new topic in our HijackThis Logs and Analysis forum, so you can recieve help from a member of the team on how to remove this malware.Įdited by rookie147, 19 June 2007 - 02:35 AM.Many of our readers asked us to help them put their Volume Mixer icon back to the notification area of their taskbar. Press the Scan button and then when it is done, the Save Log button.
You will now be presented with the main HJT screen. Then click on the button labeled None of the above, just start the program. Put a checkmark in the box at the bottom that states Don't show this frame again when I start HijackThis. Once it is downloaded, extract the zip file to C:\HJT and navigate to the C:\HJT folder. If this does not solve your problem, download and run HijackThis: Warning : running option #2 on a non infected computer will remove your Desktop background. The report can also be found at the root of the system drive, usually at C:\rapport.txt The tool may need to restart your computer to finish the cleaning process if it doesn't, please restart it into Normal Windows.Ī text file will appear onscreen, with results from the cleaning process, in case we need it later on. You may be prompted to replace the infected file (if found) answer "Yes" by typing Y and press "Enter".
The tool will now check if wininet.dll is infected. You will be prompted : "Registry cleaning - Do you want to clean the registry ?" answer "Yes" by typing Y and press "Enter" in order to remove the Desktop background and clean registry keys associated with the infection. Select option #2 - Clean by typing 2 and press " Enter" to delete infected files. Once in Safe Mode, open the SmitfraudFix folder again. Make sure you choose the option without Networking Support. This is done by rebooting Windows and pressing F8 at boot/Windows startup, usually right after the beep. Please reboot your computer into Safe Mode. Open the file and it will extract the contents (a folder named SmitfraudFix) to your Desktop.
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