OT: Fecati Adware

[Richard Westcott]

I picked up some adware this morning, it seems to be related to fecati.com.

I have scanned my PC with super-antispyware which has deleted the DLL file from my system32, however everytime I start my PC I get an error message saying that 'lxcmspmm.dll' is missing from my system32 folder.

Searching for fecati.com on my C drive does not work and I have also tried scanning with malwarebytes and Nod32 but they pick nothing up.

It is no big deal I know but the error message is bugging me!

Has anyone been affected by this and succesfully erased it from your PC, if so how did you do it?

Many thanks

[Alain_F355]

Hmm, I do not even have the DLL you talk about on my system and I also cant find anything about it on the internet. Maybe you can try a program that fixes your registry like CCLeaner.

[Baron von Blutwurst]

Hi Rich, perhaps this may help you.
http://forum.emsisoft.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=4071

Cheers
Randy

[Motormouse]

sounds like a job for HijackThis free from here

http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis

more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HijackThis

ttfn

Pete

[java2srv]

Possibly the cleaner did not "un-register" the DLL although the offending file was deleted.

To unregister a DLL from XP open a command prompt window and use:

regsvr32 C:\WINNT\system32\evilbadguy.dll /u


You would substitute your DLL name. You also might want to consider creating a Restore Point before you try it.


Have not had your specific adware but have on occasion had to use this method.

[Richard Westcott]

Thanks for your help guy's, I wish I knew more about computers, it would make life a lot easier.

I found a blank entry in my system start up, Start> Run> msconfig and then selected the start up tab.

I am not sure wether it was the correct thing to do, but the problem seems to have gone away.

Thanks again for your help.

All the best

[java2srv]

Start> Run> msconfig

Excellent choice! Very useful tool.:applause: