can someone tell me how to uninstall this winfixer 2005 that pops up every
now and then and slows down my computer? i recall the first time i saw it,
clicking the "no" option but somehow it came up anyway, i then clicked
"cancel" but i now have an icon on my desktop that does not go away. it comes
up again whenever i restart my computer. i've checked control panel but
cannot find it. there doesnt seem to be an uninstall. please help!
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER download files from an unconfirmed quality site -
the BUTTS sites are known to have unauthorized software on them and
that's just what we can print here.
Ignore anyone with butt in their website name as it's likely to be full
of sh!t - as is the poster of that site.
Only download software you can validate as uncompromised - in the case
of non-vendor site you have no guarantee that the files are unmodified
or uncompromised. Anyone providing a link to a non-vendors site with a
direct download should not be trusted, the vendors sites are the safest
place to download their application.
Always remember - only download files from Trusted Sites.
After you install any of these applications and update them, run them in
SAFE MODE to allow them to properly clean your system.
These sites are for downloading Anti-Spyware tools, in order that I
would use them myself:
AdAwareSE can be found here:
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
SpyBot Search and Destroy can be found here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
HiJack can be found here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Ewido Security Suite Trial can be found here:
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
CrapCleaner can be found at the vendors site here:
http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
CleanUp can be found at the vendors site here:
http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/download.html
or from another reputable source:
http://www.tucows.com/get/405276_152071
The following are two links to Antivirus software in order that I would
use them:
You can also download Symantec Trial version of their Antivirus software
from here:
http://www.symantec.com/downloads/
Download AVG Personal Free edition from here:
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/
These are the actual vendors sites, not some unknown or authorized no-
name site. They also don't artificially increase the hits for sites that
get paid for the amount of traffic they can generate like one poster has
admitted to in this group.
Accoding to PCBUTTS1
The authors of the above programs, with the exception of Microsoft has given
the owner of pcbutts1.com express written permission to redistribute their
software FROM HIS WEBSITE DIRECTLY.
Except he can't prove it and none of them validate his statement.
