Hello all. My wife was browsing the web and a hijacking program downloaded itself and infected my laptop. After much searching of the web, several Spyware removal downloads and re-installing WebRoot Spysweeper, which the hijacking program managed to un-install BTW, and Norton, I finally stumbled on this site which helped greatly in removing the infection. The problem was almost exactly the same as the HotOffers infection only now I've lost almost all capability to access the Display properties. I can't change the theme, wallpaper (Through the display properties control panel that is), and the only tabs I have are the screen saver tab and the settings tab. I'm running WinXP SP1. SP2 and my laptop don't get along. She was using IE, which I've now removed all the shortcuts to and I'm getting her to use Firefox instead. I don't have an actual WinXP Home disc since the laptop just came with Restore discs and I don't want to re-install the entrie system just to fix this. And I won't be able to use my desktop till later or tomorrow. Anyone have any ideas as to what I need to do? Appreciate the help.
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Jump to PostThat alteration to your Display properties is usually the work of the "smitfraud" infection. See if this fixes the problem:
1. Download the following reg file by right-clicking on the link and choosing Save As. Save this file to your Desktop.
Jump to PostParam.dll is indeed one of the bad files associated with this (smitfraud, HotOffers, and a couple of others), and you will most likely need to use the PocketKillbox to get rid of it. There are some other files that should be searched for, and deleted, as well. See post #41 …
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