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Linda - 30 Jun 2004 00:54 GMT

While my anti-virus program was running, it found a file
called "smartcrd.dat" file and tried to open it to scan.
It couldn't open it. What is this file and can it be
deleted?

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Noel Paton - 30 Jun 2004 20:16 GMT

This file appears to be pretty much what the name indicates - a reader for
credit cards!
If you have no such reader, the file is probably harmless - although there
is no trace of it on my ME system (are you running ME or XP??).
Reboot to Safe Mode, and run the following apps -

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/stinger.exe

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files (in Safe
Mode if possible).

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/CWShredder.exe
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip

download AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.

HTH

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> While my anti-virus program was running, it found a file
> called "smartcrd.dat" file and tried to open it to scan.
> It couldn't open it. What is this file and can it be
> deleted?

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