FakeAlert Trojan/Virus removal

System Smart Security is a fake security program that states that your computer is infected with all sorts of malicious software and prompt to purchase its full version to clean your PC. Before doing so, you should know, the program is totally scam:
- promoted and distributed with the help of trojans, fake video codecs, malicious pop-ups or banners;
- used misleading methods such fake security warnings and false scan results to scare you into thinking your computer in danger.
Remember, this software can not to detect or remove any malicious software! Thus, do not trust anything that this malware will display you and remove System Smart Security as soon as possible.

On first run, System Smart Security performs several tasks:
- configures itself to run automatically every time you start Windows;
- changes Windows HOSTS file;
- creates numerous files that later, during the system, will be detected by the program as malware;
Once the installation is complete, System Smart Security will simulate a system scan and detect a lot of infected files, trojans, worms, and so on, that will not be fixed unless you first purchase the full version of the program. Of course this is not necessary, because the system scan is a fraud, which is required in order to trick you into thinking your computer is infected with many viruses and trojans.

While System Smart Security is running, it will display a wide variety of alerts, reminders and fake security messages, that states, your computer is infected and prompt you to buy its paid version. Some of the alerts are:

Warning! Identity theft attempt detected
Hidden connection IP: 128.154.26.11
Target: Microsoft Corporation keys

Warning
Warning! Virus detected

System warning
No real-time malware, spyware and virus protection was
found. Click here to activate.

System alert
System Smart Security has detected potentially harmful software in
your system. It is strongly recommended that you register
System Smart Security to remove all found threats immediately.

Of course, all of these alerts are fake, feel free to ignore all of them.

What is more, System Smart Security may block the Windows Task Manager, and the work of most antivirus and antispyware utilities, so that they will not even start.

From the above, obviously, System Smart Security is a dangerous program, whose presence on your computer is absolutely undesirable. You need as quickly as possible to remove this fake antivirus. To do this, use the instructions below to help you remove System Smart Security and any related malware from your computer for free.

Automatic removal instructions for System Smart Security

1. Reboot your computer in Safe mode with networking.
1.1 Restart your computer. After hearing your computer beep once during startup, but before the Windows icon appears, press F8. Instead of Windows loading as normal, a menu should appear.

1.2 Select “Safe mode with networking” and press Enter.

2. Reset Internet Explorer proxy settings.
2.1 Run Internet Explorer.
2.2 Click Tools -> Internet Options.
2.3 Select Connections Tab and click to Lan Settings button.
2.4 Uncheck “Use a proxy server” box.
2.5 Click OK and click OK again.

3. Remove System Smart Security and associated malware.
3.1 Download Malwarebytes Anti-malware or SuperAntispyware.
3.2 Install it.
3.3 Perform a full scan. The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient.
3.4 Remove what it found.
3.5 Reboot your computer.

4. Reset HOSTS file
4.1 Download OTM by OldTimer from here.
4.2 Run OTM, paste the following text in “Paste Instructions for Items to be Moved” box:
:Commands
[resethosts]
4.3 Click the red Moveit! button. Close OTM.

If you need a help with the instructions, ask a question in the Spyware removal forum.

Associated System Smart Security files and registry keys:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\da2933\ISda2_1234.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\System Smart Security
%UserProfile%\Application Data\System Smart Security\cookies.sqlite
%UserProfile%\Desktop\System Smart Security.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\System Smart Security.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\System Smart Security\System Smart Security.ini
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\System Smart Security.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\System Smart Security.lnk

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run | System Smart Security

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