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8. briancassin 7,000
9. ahoffmann 6,907
10. PowerIT 6,400
11. tigermatt 6,148
12. johnb6767 5,600
13. KCTS 5,500
14. rindi 5,350
15. paradoxe... 5,300

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3. Sheharya... 88,781
4. IndiGenus 58,470
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6. blue_zee 39,997
7. sunray_... 39,840
8. jahboite 32,113
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10. Tolomir 29,508
11. rossfingal 27,308
12. johnb6767 22,034
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Trojan SPM/LX

Zone: Networking Security Vulnerabilities

Tags: trojan

This is my first experience in dealing with a user who appears to have a Trojan on his computer and I do not have any expertise in virus/Trojan removal. The user has received a Windows Internet Explorer alert message which reads; "There is a security vulnerablilty from the Trojan SPM/LX. We recommend you DOWNLOAD one of the security software programs to prevent malware infections." The infected computer is runing Symantec Antivirus the virus definition file is up to date.

I've Google'd SPM/LX and from the results I selected forum.worldstart.com which addressed a hijacked/infected browser, and forums.techguy.org/security/484536-solved-trojan-spm-lx-help.html which addressed SPM/LX more specifically. In the information I found at Techguy there is reference to SmitfraudFix. I've tried to do more research on SmitfraudFix and did see a warning at bleepingcomputer.com which advises; "I do not recommend using the tool without guidance from a qualified malware removal specialist!"

I then randomly selected www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/ and www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/ to run scans on the user's computer and neither one detected any virus or Trojan.

I'm unable to find any information about the SPM/LX Trojan searching at McAfee, Symantec, etc. and I'm hoping that one of you might be able to validate whether SmitfraudFix would be a good tool to use or if you would suggest that I secure the services of a qualified malware removal specialist or yet, take some other course of action.

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Zone: Security

Question Asked By: sstukwila

Solution Provided By: rpggamergirl

Participating Experts: 1

Solution Grade: A

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