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Overview:
This is not a virus or a trojan. It is detected as a "potentially unwanted program." It purports to be an system repair/maintenance application, but requires paid registration before any issues found can be fixed. Many of the "invalid" items found appear suspect. For example, a cookie from the winfixer.com domain was detected, along with several shortcuts that were pointing to valid existing targets. Although some detected items may be legitimate, the fact that clearly benign items are cited as problems is questionable. The primary function of the free version appears to be to alarm the user into paying for registration, at least partially based on false or erroneous detections. .
Characteristics:
This is a program that when active on a computer, can display pop-up advertising, and may also redirect browsers to websites controlled by the makers of this program. The EULA also allows updates and further programs to be installed on a computer running this application.
Other incarnations of this software exist with the same model and similar web presences, coming from the same IP address range. For example, ErrorSafe (www.errorsafe.com, 66.244.254.63) claims to protect a user from system errors, corrupt data, and crashes
Symptoms:
Winfixer 2005 Pop-Ups, Taskbar Icon, Threat Warning .
Source: MCAfee Threat Center
MCAfee User Removal: click here
Manual Removal:
1. Download Ewido and save to your desired location.
2. Install Ewido and download all necessary updates.
3. Reboot your computer in SafeMode.
- Press F8, after the power was turned on
- Select Safe Mode from selections menu
4. Run a full scan and delete infections that are detected.
note:If you are using Windows XP, proceed with these steps, Windows9x and ME please skip.
5. Reboot computer in SafeMode with Networking
- Press F8, after the power was turned on
- Select Safe Mode with Networking from selections menu
6. Connect to internet and scan with the following online scanners:
Trendmicro Housecall
Symantec Security Check
BitDefender Online Scanner
If Unable to Browse Internet, Fix the Damaged with:
Fix For XP Winsock
Internet Explorer Fix |
posted by hitech-leiza @ Saturday, May 27, 2006  |
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