Computer Help Required - NSIS Error On Closing IE7

[Krayy]

Sounds like you are infected with the SmitFraud trojan. I had this and it was a bugger to get rid of.

Go here: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic17258.html
or here: http://www.spywareremove.com/removeSmitfraud.html

Also, you may want to download "Hijack this" and "Spyware Blaster" to check for other spyware:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

[ajturbo]

to be honest, i think the BEST for your machine would be to take it outside and "stone " it...
then take it up the highest building and "chucker" off it

then rush it to the insurance office and say look what happened in the last lighting strike!!!

[StoneChucker]

Jokes aside, this is my main laptop, which was FARKING expensive and which I rely on, so stoning, chucking or anything else ing will not do.

As per my first post in this thread, I know all about spyware/adware/virus issues, and I have very strong measures in place to prevent that where possible. I also do a thorough and darn good scanning evening at least once every 2 weeks, sometimes once a week. And again, like post 1 said, I did and overboard version of that to try sort this out.

My next steps are to 1) re-install IE7, 2) reinstall IE6, 3) look at another option, and Firefox looks like the favourite. That right, should I try Firefox before Opera? Still, I'd prefer a working version of IE7.

I have McAfee SiteAdvisor which is an IE plug in, it gives you info on the site you're on (safe, unsafe, level of spam associated), like the new IE7 phishing filter, only alot faster. This probably won't work on Firefox will it?

I have two full system backups which I made a little while ago. I have those to restore to if necessary.

[ajturbo]

i TRY to be as helpfull as possible to evryone....
and as i know so much about ... what is it you have? a laptop? what the hell is that?

[xwhatsit]

No, your McAfee plugin won't work, which is probably a good thing as McAfee is not known these days for their quality of security.

Firefox 2 has a built-in feature that will pop up a window saying `Hey this site is known to be dodgy, it has this and this wrong with it, do you really want to go here? If not, click this button and go back to your homepage'. It's quite effective; however, under Firefox you are not susceptible to nearly all of the security woes facing IE users so most often it won't matter even if you do go to those sites. (especially not for me -- Firefox + Linux == clean clean clean).

Opera is also very good. I prefer Firefox as I'm a programmer and I like being able to look at the code which composes my browser (I've never changed anything, but I've looked at the source on more than one occasion to learn how something was done). Opera has a few more features built in by default than Firefox (on Firefox you have to add them in via add-ons), but it's mostly much of a muchness. Opera looks prettier, too IMHO.

Good luck. I'd say that despite your security precautions you are actually infected with something, and reinstalling IE6 and IE7 won't help there. Try a different anti-spyware tool, and definitely try the link that Krayy wrote about in his post at the top of the page.