Smitfraud

SmitFraud is a type of spyware application that is capable of installing itself in your computer through an adware. It has the technical name W32/SmitFraud.A.

Since SmitFraud is classified as a spyware program, it can intercept and even have direct control over your interaction with your computer. Aside from this, it can also monitor your computing activities without your consent.

You can acquire SmitFraud via the installation of a codec that has been obtained from an unsafe source. You can also get the SmitFraud spyware from certain programs and from files that you have downloaded through torrents and peer-to-peer applications. Once it is installed into your computer, SmitFraud will:

alter your registry;

deactivate the Regedit utility;
and disable your Task Manager.

This type of spyware can infect your Windows DLL files with a virus. The common indication that your computer is infected by SmitFraud is when it shows a fake Blue Screen of Death in its desktop background. In addition, SmitFraud is used by its developers in order to create fake alerts from certain software. It then informs the user that the computer is infected and that...