CNN.com Daily Top 10 Spam Message Infection Removal Guide

August 6, 2008 – 6:31 am

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CNN.com Daily Top 10 Spam Message Explanation

We have discovered that an email message with the subject line “CNN.com Daily Top 10″ is nothing more than a malicious message that may redirect computer users to a site that may download a Trojan file onto your computer. Spammers are getting very bold with the way the send malicious files or messages to computer users around the world.

The new CNN.com Daily Top 10 email message may look like it come directly from CNN.com but if you look closely the domain is not CNN.com. That does not stop many computer users from opening it.

The trickery starts when you click on a link in this email. You are then redirected to a website that looks as if it has a CNN.com video. If you attempt to play this video it will prompt you with a message that says your Flash Player is out of date and a new version of the Flash Player should be downloaded. The downloaded flash file may look okay with the name “get_flash_update.exe”. If you proceed by opening this file, you will not be downloading a legitimate copy of the Flash Player. Instead, it is a nasty Trojan file, Trojan-Downloader.Agent.EL.

Are you getting popups from CNN.com Daily Top 10? Have you identified that you have CNN.com Daily Top 10 installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove CNN.com Daily Top 10 completely from your computer?

Why should you remove CNN.com Daily Top 10?

If CNN.com Daily Top 10 resides on your computer, it can potentially damage your personal files or you may end up losing data stored on your system. Research has shown that CNN.com Daily Top 10 may have the ability to make your computer vulnerable to remote attacks which could result, initially, in loss of money, possibly identity theft, and, eventually, a painstaking CNN.com Daily Top 10 removal process.

How can you manually remove CNN.com Daily Top 10

Manual removal of CNN.com Daily Top 10 may not be for everyone. Each manual CNN.com Daily Top 10 removal step must be followed delicately to completely remove all related files and registry entries from your computer. If you are unsure or have doubts about editing your system registry, then we recommend that you use the automatic CNN.com Daily Top 10 removal process.

CNN.com Daily Top 10 can be removed manually by following the steps below.

With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
Locate CNN.com Daily Top 10 in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find CNN.com Daily Top 10, you can continue to step 5.
Restart your computer.
Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in regedit, and click OK.
Find all of the following registry entries and delete them. If you do not know how to do this, then you can read how to edit the registry in Windows.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “SMrhcnkrj0etfg”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CbEvtSvc
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\54c70b2e
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sysinternals\Bluescreen Screen Saver
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “NoDispBackgroundPage”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “lphcjkrj0etfg”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_CBEVTSVC
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\CbEvtSvc
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\rhcnkrj0etfg
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “NoDispScrSavPage”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\54c70b2e
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_CBEVTSVC
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\rhcnkrj0etfg
You may need to return to this removal process for removing CNN.com Daily Top 10. You can do this easily by bookmarking or adding a favorite to this page by clicking here. If you are using the FireFox web browser you can press the keys Ctrl and D simultaneously to bookmark this page.

Image 1. Bookmark PCHubs removal process
Delete all of the following files that are associated with CNN.com Daily Top 10 from your computer.

c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus XP 2008\How to Register Antivirus XP 2008.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus XP 2008.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\rhcnkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Packages
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\rhcnkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun\StartMenuCurrentUser
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\rhcnkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun\HKLM\RunOnce
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\rhcnkrj0etfg\Quarantine
c:\Program Files\rhcnkrj0etfg\msvcr71.dll
c:\Program Files\rhcnkrj0etfg\MFC71ENU.DLL
c:\Program Files\rhcnkrj0etfg\rhcnkrj0etfg.exe.local
c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\54c70b2e.sys
c:\WINDOWS\system32\pphcjkrj0etfg.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus XP 2008\Uninstall.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus XP 2008\Register Antivirus XP 2008.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus XP 2008
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\rhcnkrj0etfg\Quarantine\BrowserObjects
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\rhcnkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun\HKCU\RunOnce
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\rhcnkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun\HKLM
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\rhcnkrj0etfg
c:\Program Files\rhcnkrj0etfg\msvcp71.dll
c:\Program Files\rhcnkrj0etfg\database.dat
c:\Program Files\rhcnkrj0etfg\rhcnkrj0etfg.exe
c:\WINDOWS\system32\phcjkrj0etfg.bmp
c:\WINDOWS\system32\blphcjkrj0etfg.scr
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus XP 2008\License Agreement.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus XP 2008\Antivirus XP 2008.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Antivirus XP 2008.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\rhcnkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun\StartMenuAllUsers
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\rhcnkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun\HKCU
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\rhcnkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun
c:\Program Files\rhcnkrj0etfg\license.txt
c:\Program Files\rhcnkrj0etfg\MFC71.dll
c:\Program Files\rhcnkrj0etfg\Uninstall.exe
c:\Program Files\rhcnkrj0etfg
c:\WINDOWS\system32\lphcjkrj0etfg.exe
c:\WINDOWS\system32\CbEvtSvc.exe

If you need a better understanding on how to search for these files then you can read how to find and search for files and folders here.

If you have issues deleting any of the previously listed files that are associated with CNN.com Daily Top 10, you can try rebooting your computer into safe mode. Booting into safe mode may allow certain malicious files to be deleted. If you are wondering how to boot into safe mode, you can read our process for starting a computer in safe mode here.

Image 2. Select “Safe Mode with Networking”
After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories associated with CNN.com Daily Top 10 by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\CNN.com Daily Top 10 folder, select it, and delete it. In some cases you may not be able to find this directory. You can still continue to the next step.
Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at this point. You should have removed CNN.com Daily Top 10 completely from your computer. If you find that CNN.com Daily Top 10 is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic CNN.com Daily Top 10 removal process.

Automatically Remove CNN.com Daily Top 10

Automatically remove CNN.com Daily Top 10 for free. Free automatic CNN.com Daily Top 10 removal process.

Do you wish to automatically remove CNN.com Daily Top 10 from your computer? Are you looking for a free method to remove CNN.com Daily Top 10 from your computer? If so, you can utilize the free automatic CNN.com Daily Top 10 removal process below. Each step is designed to aid in the use of the program SmitfraudFix, which is a free tool created by S!Ri to remove parasites such as CNN.com Daily Top 10. Just so you know there’s no guarantee that SmitfraudFix or any other spyware remover will remove CNN.com Daily Top 10 completely. These instructions are provided as a guide and are to be used at your own risk.

Download the SmitfraudFix tool to your computer by using our free download link here. Save the downloaded file to your desktop.

Image 1. Save SmitfraudFix.exe
Restart your computer into safe mode. Safe mode will allow malicious files that are normally loaded into memory to be easily deleted by the SmitfraudFix program. Do you want to learn how to boot into safe mode? If so, you can follow our process on how to boot into safe mode here.
After booting into safe mode, double-click on the SmitfraudFix.exe icon that should be located on your desktop. Follow the on-screen instructions. Option number 2 should be selected once the program starts.

Image 2. Click on SmitfraudFix.exe icon
After SmitfraudFix performs the initial removal processes it will ask you “Do you want to clean the registry?” Select Y for yes.

Image 3. For “Do you want to clean the registry?,” select Y for yes
Once SmitfraudFix has finished the registry clean you can restart your computer now.
CNN.com Daily Top 10 should be removed from your computer. If not, you can start the automatic removal process over. It may take more than one try in some rare cases.

There’s no guarantee that SmitfraudFix will remove all files due to the complex nature of new spyware files that are ever-changing. If necessary, you may need to get help from a person who knows about computer and spyware.

(Disclaimers: These instructions are provided to you for free and to be used at your own risk. The free removal process for CNN.com Daily Top 10 is not guaranteed to work in all circumstances. We are not responsible for any damages.)