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10-21-2005, 02:29 AM
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WTF is Winfixer and how do I get rid of it??????????????
Xposted to the cpu help forum but no one reads that:
I don't understand how this happened. I had some really weird stuff happening w/ my computer, so I reinstalled Windows. Everything went just fine, except for the fact that now I have something called Winfixer that won't go away -- it steals my browser window sometimes, but more often than not it opens up a new browser window that goes to WinFixer's home page and sometimes popups up a prompt box asking me to download it. WTF is this spyware, and how do i get rid of it?? What I don't get is how this is already infecting my computer immediately after a Windows reinstall...I figured it would have cleared any spyware from the machine...i haven't even downloaded anything since the reinstall... |
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10-21-2005, 02:36 AM
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Re: WTF is Winfixer and how do I get rid of it??????????????
Did you format when you reinstalled? If so do you have any partitions or anything on your hd?
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10-21-2005, 02:37 AM
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Re: WTF is Winfixer and how do I get rid of it??????????????
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Tried AdAware and Spybot? [/ QUOTE ] Thanks for the quick replies -- for the record, yes, I ran both Spybot and Adaware. Each found a bunch of stuff (mostly tracking cookies), and removed them...but the Winfixer problem remains... |
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10-21-2005, 02:40 AM
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Re: WTF is Winfixer and how do I get rid of it??????????????
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Did you format when you reinstalled? If so do you have any partitions or anything on your hd? [/ QUOTE ] Not really quite sure what this means...but I used the Symantec PC Restore feature that comes preinstalled on all Dells (not the Windows XP Restore point feature). Returned my computer to its out-of-the-box state. |
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10-21-2005, 02:49 AM
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Re: WTF is Winfixer and how do I get rid of it??????????????
Teddy -
Try this link: Spyware Removal Guideline They have instructions on how to remove WinFixer manually, or they have a link to download a Free 30 trial of SpySweeper, which will automatically remove it. SF |
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10-21-2005, 02:51 AM
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Re: WTF is Winfixer and how do I get rid of it??????????????
Also, check out MajorGeeks they helped me out during the summer when my comp was swamped with malware... Great site!
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10-21-2005, 03:14 AM
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Re: WTF is Winfixer and how do I get rid of it??????????????
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Xposted to the cpu help forum but no one reads that: I don't understand how this happened. [/ QUOTE ] Think this might have something to do with it? |
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10-21-2005, 03:19 AM
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Re: WTF is Winfixer and how do I get rid of it??????????????
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[ QUOTE ] Xposted to the cpu help forum but no one reads that: I don't understand how this happened. [/ QUOTE ] Think this might have something to do with it? [/ QUOTE ] haha - nice. but i never actually followed through on that plan. so nothing was downloaded. |
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