Winfixer!

[Scott Boerhave]

Running IE6 on XP Home ed I keep getting assaulted by this Winfixer thing
that hijacks and resizes my browsers and keeps peppering me with messages
popups even though I have on the popup blocker and firewall. Anyone know
how to rid my system of this very agressive and annoying thing? Thanks.

Scott

 

[PA Bear]

And it's *very* difficult to get rid of!

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.**

You *will* have to post your log to an appropriate forum: With the help of
an experienced handler, you should be able to remove all traces of Winfixer
in short order...but it'll be very complicated.

 

[Guest]

Well it's getting more and more prevalent by the minute. Most of the help
guru's are inundated trying to help. It's not just a pop up it seems. Really
gets into the code and worms through everything slowing machines down
drastically and basically making mush out of everything.