When Smart Fortress 2012 virus enters computers users face quite a bunch of fake, misleading and scary security notifications. As you know from the previous post on this subject, Smart Fortress is a rogue security program that imitates the legitimate one. Nothing it tells you should be trusted. Instead, please ignore its bogus warnings and do not follow the advises it recommends. For example, while trying to download certain anti-virus software via your browser you may get the message with the following content:
Warning! The site you are trying to visit may harm your computer.
Your security setting level puts your computer at risk!
Activate Smart Fortress 2012, and enable safe web surfing (recommended).
Ignore warnings and visit that site in the current state (not recommended).
In such case you need to click the option to ignore such warning. The site you try to download security software from is clean. This warning is the attempt of the rogue to convince you that it is legit. Instead, Smart Fortress is the serious infection that should be eliminated. So, choose the second alternative – click “Ignore warnings and visit that site in the current state”. Then you will be able to download the malware remover and get rid of this scareware. If you have troubles running it please follow this removal guide below.
Smart Fortress 2012 removal video guide:
Smart Fortress 2012 rogue removal sequence of steps:
- Open your browser and download GridinSoft Trojan Killer from its official site http://trojan-killer.net/ (the direct download link is http://trojan-killer.net/download.php). Save the installer to your desktop.
- Fro the same browser window download Process Killer application developed by GridinSoft LLC. This program is aimed to terminate the virus process of Smart Fortress 2012. The download link for Process Killer is http://trojan-killer.net/download/pkiller.exe/ . Save Process Killer to your desktop (its file name is “pkiller.exe”.
- Rename “pkiller.exe” to “Iexplorer.exe”.
- Run “Iexplorer.exe” as Administrator (with Administrator’s rights) by right-clicking the desktop icon of “Iexplorer.exe” and selecting such option.
- Uncheck the box “Protect my computer and data from unauthorized program activity” and click “OK”.
- The virus process of Smart Fortress 2012 should be now terminated.
- Install GridinSoft Trojan Killer via its installer that you previously downloaded and saved to your desktop as described above. You need to run the installer as Administrator (with Administrator’s rights) by right-clicking the desktop icon of “Iexplorer.exe” and selecting such option.
- At this point it could be that Smart Fortress 2012 rogue would come up again. Run “Iexplorer.exe” again as described above.
- Launch GridinSoft Trojan Killer via its desktop icon, update the program and run scan with it. You need to launch it as Administrator (with Administrator’s rights) by right-clicking the desktop icon of “Iexplorer.exe” and selecting such option.
- Remove all infected items.
- Reboot your PC.
- Repeat the scan if necessary.
