Every time I go on line…avast finds drsmartload.exe
I have tried every search to find a removal tool but cant find one. Does anyone know of one?. I appreciate the fact that my avast home program finds it…and I put it in the chest…but it comes up annoyingly too often.
thanks
What is your OS ?
Can you paste the contents or the alert (avast log viewer or a screenshot) like what the virus is and what the location is ?
If that location is on the internet, break the url or don’t make it active, e.g. http : // www . suspectsite.com.
What action did you take when avast detected it ?
A google search for drsmartload.exe returns hundreds of hits, this is just one of them http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t34673.html.
If you haven’t already got this software (freeware), download, install, update and run it, preferably in safe mode, Ewido Security Suite If using winXP. or a-Squared free if using win98/ME.
Also:
- Ad-Aware
- Spybot Search and Destroy
- Spywareblaster Don’t install this until you are clean.