I was doing some research on the Net, and hit a bad site with
redirection, etc. I ran Spybot, and it found 30 registry items that
should be deleted. However, Spybot will not delete them because they
are supposedly in memory. Spybot shows them as "Smitfraud-C: User
settings." The registry in question is:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2389151098-3917407945-1675197246-1007\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet
Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\ then it lists different websites, with
*!=W=4 after the website.

Questions:
- If I delete these registry items, will I screw up my computer?
- What is the purpose of this portion of the registry? Is it supposed
to allow access to those sites, or prevent access to those sites?

Look forward to some help please...


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Gferg

Read this...
http://www.infopackets.com/channels/...1e36_vx d.htm

Unless you get rid of everything and in the proper order, things will
prbabably reappear.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:Gferg.1w8ye2@pcbanter.net,
Gferg <Gferg.1w8ye2@pcbanter.net> hunted and pecked:
> I was doing some research on the Net, and hit a bad site with
> redirection, etc. I ran Spybot, and it found 30 registry items that
> should be deleted. However, Spybot will not delete them because they
> are supposedly in memory. Spybot shows them as "Smitfraud-C: User
> settings." The registry in question is:
>
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2389151098-3917407945-1675197246-1007\Software\Microsoft
\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\ then it lists different websites, with
> *!=W=4 after the website.
>
> Questions:
> - If I delete these registry items, will I screw up my computer?
> - What is the purpose of this portion of the registry? Is it supposed
> to allow access to those sites, or prevent access to those sites?
>
> Look forward to some help please...
>
>
> --
> Gferg