My Desktop has been Highjacked

If you can not change your desktop background and it says something like Highjacked or if it tells you to go to a specific site for anti-virus software then most likely you have something call Smitfraud.

The most important thing here is not to buy any of the fake anti-virus software offered from this malicious trojan virus. These fake anti-virus and anti-spyware programs will do little to solve your problems and you will only be helping out the makers of Smitfraud.

If your desktop has been highjacked and you have Smitfraud then that is a tell tail sign that your computer is infected with other spyware programs as well. Removing all these traces manually is next to imposable. The Remove Spyware site is dedicated to helping people remove such threats.

How did I get it in the first place?

Most of the time Smitfraud is installed via a fake video codec. You were tricked into installing a program that was free and now you are suffering the side effects. To fully remove Smitfraud and all the other spyware you will need to fork over some money. Those who did not have proper protection in the first place were the ones that were infected. If you got infected then you did not have a good anti-virus program and a good anti-spyware program. You need to have both in order to be protected online. While there is a free tool out there called Smitfraudfix it will offer no further protection from Smitfraud and do nothing to remove the other traces of spyware on your computer. You can either buy software to remove this threat or call a pro to come over and do it for you. One thing to consider is having this threat removed online. That way you save a few bucks and can have your computer up and going with out having to wait a few days for a computer repair shop to fix it. We use this Computer Repair site.

Besides paying out a few bucks there is not much more you can do about it. I hate to say it but your system was not properly protected in the first place. You should always have up to date anti-virus software and even more important is having up to date anti-spyware software. No that you are already infected it can be very hard to remove these traces. Popular programs like Norton and Mcaffe do a poor job at removing threats. They work good at protection but not in removing threats. You should check out our Smitfraud removal site for a good free Smitfraud removal tool as well as what to use to remove the rest of your spyware traces.