PrivacyProtector Free (Red BioHazard Desktop Screen)

I have this red bioHazard thing on my desktop and where ever i click it brings me to this website for spyware crap. I can’t find it in my add / remove programs in the control panel. Plus every couple minutes there are pop ups trying to get me to download stuff. I don’t know how to get rid of it. Please help me??

Hi Joshua, you may proceed to SmitFraudFix tool to remove it. http://www.precisesecurity.com/tools-resources/adware-tools/smitfraudfix/

Hi

My next door neighbour had this red wallpaper on his pc today. I went to help him with it and found this site and managed to remove the threat. Thanks

Lucy

I used the instructions, but after rebooting, the computer, it reinstalled after itself 3 min

I found a trojan on the infected comper, after removing that trojan, and following the instaructions again, I got it fixed, but now I can not go to secure websites was it the smithfraudfix or something els?
Did a whole lot of fixes but nothing works
any ideas?

I used to work for a computer place and I ran into many different things on biohazard…. what I used to do which cleaned it right up was download two programs. One was the smitfraudfix.exe and a super anti spyware which can be found on the internet at superantispyware.com. i first went into safe mode (not safe mode with networking) and ran the smitfraudfix.exe after that also in the safe mode I ran the super anti spyware and it cleaned it up there…. I then rebooted into normal mode and ran again the super anti spyware along with a few other fixes i had on the computer and it cleaned it right out.

“but now I can not go to secure websites was it the smithfraudfix or something els?”

Your hosts file was modified by a malware. See how to clean your hosts file here:
http://www.precisesecurity.com/tools-resources/threat-removal-procedure/clean-windows-hosts-file/

Hi, i had the same desktop, popups, etc, and tried the SmitFraudfix tool. it worked. But then it all started again when i next went on the computer!

What’s to be done?

Rubella,
Did you follow the SmitFraudFix instructions carefully. It is important that you have temporarily disable system restore if using WindowsXP. Also scanning in SafeMode is a must.

Do it again and after SmitFraudFix follow it with a SuperAntiSpyware.
http://www.precisesecurity.com/threats/worm_nuwararc/

I had this a few weeks ago. My anti-virus didn’t pick it up, and my anti-spyware couldn’t eliminate it. If you ove the mouse up to the top right corner, you can close out of the biohazard background, which is nice. I just did a system restore, and that got it. Also, I got to keep the biohazard image written in blood, which is kind of cool.

Thanks!

My sister has gotten this malware. I tried to remove it, but couldn’t access the internet on her machine while the malware was running. One thing I noticed, it seems to max your cpu usage for about 10 minute intervals with about 20 second pauses in between, thus making any attempts at scans excruciatingly slow. Finally figured out to boot into safe mode, eliminating the processor tie up. Anyway, I will try the solutions seen here. Thanks for the help.

The Smitfraudfix remedy will only work for the following startup. Everything comes back on subsequent startups.

Everyone’s situation and results are different, of course, but Smitfraudfix simply does not work for me.

i dont have a problem with it. i cought it a few weeks ago. i do like the background though anyone still have it?

I have the background. It is a web page where the images are hyperlinked. I nulled out the link, so it is just a normal back ground. You have to add it as a web object though.

Let me know if you want it.

dellguru@gmail.com

BTW.. a little advice on using spyware programs like Spybot.. It works much better if you crash explorer first.

Get farmiliar with the task manager and end Explorer, this will make the taskbar along with all of your desktop icons vanish, this is normal. Then run spybot to clean everything. Then restart Explorer by holding in the windows key (between Ctrl and Alt on the left side of your KB) and Press the R key, then type Explorer then hit OK.

This does a much better cleanup because when you close windows explorer, many malware items crash aswell, and can be detected and cleaned by SB.

Happy Hunting!

- Dellguru

Hi everyone,
I got rid of the red biohazard screen with this fix, but now the computer keeps rebooting itself every five minutes!
What do you think causes this and how can I fix it?

haha this faggot ate its way into my computer one day, it did all the expected stuff, i just defragmented and did a system restore and it just corrruptified and i got all the extra files XD

I’m having the same problems. My wallpaper change to the red biohazard screen. Very creepy. Does any body know how any one could get this and how to remove this from my computer. Any help?

try combofix they will delete privacy danger

I took an alternate method to rid the virus/malware. I booted in safemode created another admin and deleted th accounts that were corrupted. lost some files and websites but much better to have my laptop back. Darn thing was irritating to be told your not an admin when your the owner of the system. Several methods work well. If all else fails you can do a severe method and reinstall windows.

I got rid of the virus, but the desktop still changes back to the red background every now and then… any way to get rid of this? Thanks.

Hi, just wanted to drop by and thank to all who posted help on this page! Thanks to the advice you guys gave me I wasn’t bother by the fake malware stuff for more than 24 hours. :) Thanks~

parece ser que el virus nopuedes ser elimnado por completo por que que dan razgos del el ala hora de hacer esto procedimientos lo mejor es formater el sistema

hi i am jessica and i got this virus and i tried to go to my task manager but it sayed disabled by administrator but niow i dont know what to do

please help

-jessica

i got the smithfraudfix but my computer fails to boot into the safe mode.

Please HELP!!!!
got the smithfraudfix but my computer fails to boot into the safe mode.

hey i got the same problem as dennis…i downloaded the program and tried to reboot into safe mode but everytime im in safe mode and windows is starting and it says to pick a user the pc restarts…i can keep trying to put it in safe mode but everytime i start it in safe mode it restarts before i can sign onto a user

I have this privacy protector virus booted in safe mode ran smith fraudfix and various spywares /anti virus etc…but computer still GETS BSOD on regular windows xp startup…the only way I can get in is in safe mode? Thanks for any help as well as I have been working on this lap top for 9 hours so far and counting.

I have the biohazard logo, red background, and it erased or hid my programs… I now have no addministrative privledges. I have no clue how to fix this and I tried the http://www.precisesecurity.com/tools-resources/adware-tools/smitfraudfix/ and The virus came back. Anyone have anything????????

you can also try the following options to get rid of the spyware: 1. you can run system restore and choose to restore to the earlyest time or the last date before this virus apeared, 2. back up your important things, and reinstall windows.

Huh same problem i have…Then i found this site and this smitfraudfix tool. now everything work fine. THX for this!!!

I caught this stupid virus today. I kept deleting the desktop icons it created, and had to restore my system to an earlier point. What a stressfull way to spend an afternoon. Is there any way I can be sure it’s gone? I downloaded the panda 2009 antivirus and it didn’t find anything, some of the coments in this forum are making me wonder if it’s still lurking around. Is there and drawbacks to using the smitfraufix tool?

well everyone that has gotten this virus has gotten it from looking up porn. stop lookin up porn and get a real girl. pervs! but ya my friend is a porn freak and he got it and i had to fix it for em. o god! this virus is a tricky one.