Re: A fatal error has occurred in IE

From: hwsea (hwsea_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/15/05

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    The problem is that I no longer have a "desktop" tab when I go to my display
    aplet. I only have a "general" tab and a "screen saver" tab. Also as per
    another suggesstion, I deleted the files wp.exe and wp.jpg but I still have
    that same display backround.

    "Malke" wrote:

    > hwsea wrote:
    >
    > > Unfortunitely I downloaded something that has screwed up by backround
    > > display on my screen. My desktop has a blue backround with an error
    > > message that says:
    > >
    > > A fatal error in IE has occurred at 0028:C0011E36 in VXD VMM(01) +
    > > 00010E36. Error was caused bt Trojan-SPy.HTML.Smitfraud.c
    > >
    > > *System can not function in normal mode.
    > > Please check your security settings.
    > > *Scan your PC with any available antivirus/spyware remover
    > > program to fix the problems.
    > >
    > > 1. I am completely up to date on my Norton Anti-virus and Spyware
    > > software.
    > > Everything is clean. After this originally happenned the other day,
    > > I did
    > > find virus's
    > > worms, spyware, etc, but cleaned it all up.
    > > 2. This error message is not a windows error message and I can't get
    > > rid of
    > > the message. This is now my display backround.
    > > 3. When I go into my "display" properties, there is nowhere to change
    > > my
    > > backround now. I only have a general tab and a screensaver tab.
    > > 4. I am running XP home service pack 2. My updates are current and I
    > > just
    > > reinstalled service pack 2.
    > >
    > > Help!!!
    >
    > Here's how to get rid of the desktop warning being displayed by malware.
    > Go to the Display applet in Control Panel and look on the Desktop tab.
    > Click on Customize Desktop, and then click on the Web tab. You will see
    > that there are checkmarks next to "My Current Home Page" and probably
    > "Lock Desktop Items". Uncheck these. By highlighting the "My Current
    > Home Page" and clicking on the Properties button, you will be able to
    > determine the name of the file that is the message. It might be called
    > something like "security.html" or the like.
    >
    > Of course you want to click Apply and OK out when you've made your
    > changes. Then you want to find the *.html malware file and delete it.
    >
    > Malke
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    >

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