WinFixer parasite

Nels Hansen

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Oct 20, 2005, 4:18:11 PM10/20/05

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Well, I am the unhappy recipient of WinFixer.

I have looked at Google groups for removal instructions. Found Kelly's
suggestion to use Spyware Removal Guideline.com's instructions, but...

They seem fairly complicated for a dummy like me, so I wonder if there is a
simpler method available.

Will appreciate any good guidance you can give me.

Thank you very much.

Nels

Bob I

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Oct 20, 2005, 4:35:34 PM10/20/05

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Or this
http://www.spywaredb.com/remove-winfixer/

PA Bear

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Oct 20, 2005, 5:08:21 PM10/20/05

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Symantec's Vundo (AKA Winfixer) Removal Tool has been updated twice since
the weekend. It *may* help:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.vundo.removal.tool.html

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html or http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
for expert analysis, not here.**

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

Plato

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Oct 21, 2005, 1:54:10 PM10/21/05

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PA Bear wrote:
>
> Symantec's Vundo (AKA Winfixer) Removal Tool has been updated twice since
> the weekend. It *may* help:
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.vundo.removal.tool.html

Norton/Symantec is pretty good for coming up with removal tools very
quickly for new nasties.

PA Bear

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Oct 21, 2005, 2:30:53 PM10/21/05

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Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be helping at all in most cases.
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~PA Bear

Nels Hansen

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Oct 21, 2005, 4:01:35 PM10/21/05

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BobI, PABear, and Plato:

Thank you, all, very much for your help. Will try Symantec's solution and
report later.

Best to you all.

Nels

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PA Bear

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Oct 22, 2005, 12:40:59 AM10/22/05

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Save the time & effort: It doesn't work. Post your HijackThis log to an
appropriate forum to get the ball rolling.

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

About Vundo@discussions.microsoft.com Pissed About Vundo

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Nov 13, 2005, 2:47:05 PM11/13/05

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Symantec's FixVundo does not work.... don't waste your time...

PA Bear

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Nov 13, 2005, 3:34:04 PM11/13/05

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1. The thread to which you're replying is nearly a month old.

2. Did you bother to read further posts in this thread?...

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/49dcfe8a46d4a437

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/964633dc1dae8ddd

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP