How to remove Smart Engine

Monday, October 11th, 2010 at 6:28 am
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Smart Engine description

Smart Engine is a rogue security application. It works just like many others: SmartEngine reports numerous infections and offers removing them when a user buys full version of the program. If you wonder what is wrong with that, here’s the real deal: Smart Engine is incapable of scanning a computer and detecting threats. It demands money for non-existent services. Furthermore, Smart Engine does not have a full version. Whoever pays for the program, they simply lose their money.

Smart Engine has another annoying “feature”. Most of the things it reports as malicious are totally made-up but some of those are actually malicious files installed by Smart Engine itself. The fraud may keep its victims from accessing the Internet.

Smart Engine is a Rogue Antispyware software

How to manually remove Smart Engine

To remove Smart Engine spyware you must block Smart Engine sites, stop and remove processes, unregister DLL files, search and delete all other Smart Engine files and registry utility. Follow the Smart Engine detection and removal instructions below.

The most typical software removal method is to remove Smart Engine by using "Add or Remove Programs" service. However there may be hidden Smart Engine files, running processes and registries in your computer, so Smart Engine may recreate all other files after reboot.

Smart Engine manual removal instructions

Block Smart Engine sites:
secure1.buy-the-guardian.com Read more how to block Smart Engine sites

Stop and remove Smart Engine processes:
pal.exe
energy.exe
exec.exe
CLSV.exe
SMae0_2129.exe Read more how to kill Smart Engine processes

Locate and delete Smart Engine registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\3
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3F2BBC05-40DF-11D2-9455-00104BC936FF}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SMae0_2129.DocHostUIHandler
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes "URL" = "http://findgala.com/?&uid=2129&q={searchTerms}"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes "URL" = "http://findgala.com/?&uid=2129&q={searchTerms}"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer "PRS" = "http://127.0.0.1:27777/?inj=%ORIGINAL%"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download "RunInvalidSignatures = "1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyServer" = "http=127.0.0.1:25437"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform "Version/10.02129"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer "DisallowRun" = "1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Smart Engine"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes "URL" = "http://findgala.com/?&uid=2129&q={searchTerms}"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download "CheckExeSignatures" = "no"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyEnable" = "1" Read more how to delete Smart Engine registry entries
Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan errors caused by Smart Engine

Search and unregister Smart Engine DLL libraries:
PE.dll
kernel32.dll
ANTIGEN.dll
sqlite3.dll
mozcrt19.dll Read more how to unregister Smart Engine DLL files

Detect and delete other Smart Engine files:
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ae01cc\
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ae01cc\SMESys
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SMIFGKMPDQE
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ae01cc\61.mof
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ae01cc\ae01cc42668ec8a22e4d0493aabb97d8.ocx
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ae01cc\mozcrt19.dll
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ae01cc\SMae0_2129.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ae01cc\SME.ico
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ae01cc\sqlite3.dll
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ae01cc\Quarantine Items\
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SMIFGKMPDQE\
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SMIFGKMPDQE\SMTKWKE.cfg
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Smart Engine.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Smart Engine
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Smart Engine\cookies.sqlite
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Smart Engine.lnk
%UserProfile%\Recent\ANTIGEN.dll
%UserProfile%\Recent\ANTIGEN.drv
%UserProfile%\Recent\cid.tmp
%UserProfile%\Recent\CLSV.exe
%UserProfile%\Recent\CLSV.sys
%UserProfile%\Recent\DBOLE.drv
%UserProfile%\Recent\delfile.sys
%UserProfile%\Recent\eb.sys
%UserProfile%\Recent\energy.exe
%UserProfile%\Recent\exec.exe
%UserProfile%\Recent\fan.drv
%UserProfile%\Recent\kernel32.dll
%UserProfile%\Recent\pal.exe
%UserProfile%\Recent\PE.dll
%UserProfile%\Recent\ppal.drv
%UserProfile%\Recent\tempdoc.tmp
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Smart Engine.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Smart Engine.lnk

We strongly recommend you to use spyware remover to track Smart Engine and automaticaly remove Smart Engine processes, registries and files as well as other spyware threats.

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6 Responses to

Smart Engine

  1. Ameya Vaidya
    October 24th, 2010 at 10:31 pm

    i got the file from

    C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\Application Data\d2d417\SMd2d_231.exe

    so i just rename the file & problem has been solve

    Reply

    Vijay Ahire Reply:
    January 4th, 2011 at 1:10 am

    I got the some suspicious file on below location

    Location in Partition :- C:doc\sett\alluser\app\data\fe37ad\smartengine.exe

    Location Registry :- Hkey\localmachine\software\classes\clsid\(3f2bbc0540df\11d2945500104bc936ff)local\server32

    Steps For Resolved This Problem :-

    1) Go For The The Above Location Then Delete Those Files.
    2)Then Restart The System Once Then Check Out For The Problem.

    Reply

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