WinFixer2005

[Guest]

When I visit a particular site that has a banner advert for WinFixer, despite
having a pop-up blocker active I am inundated with many pop-ups asking me to
install this program. When I close the window another pops up. My browser
window also changes to a winFixer window. How can I prevent this from
happening? (apart from not visiting this particular site) I am using IE.

Thanks.
Mike

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Here's what you can do to enhance the security on your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxpsp2/Default.mspx

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"Mike Brown" wrote:

| When I visit a particular site that has a banner advert for WinFixer, despite
| having a pop-up blocker active I am inundated with many pop-ups asking me to
| install this program. When I close the window another pops up. My browser
| window also changes to a winFixer window. How can I prevent this from
| happening? (apart from not visiting this particular site) I am using IE.
|
| Thanks.
| Mike

 

[Guest]

The folks at microsoft.com led me to this link:
http://www.spywaredb.com/remove-winfixer/. From here I clicked on the
SpySweeper link, downloaded the trial copy, and after a full scan, seemed to
be rid of the pesky little critter. My computer still runs as slow as it
always did, and I still get a few unwanted pages, but it certainly has cut
out a lot of "junk." A day without winfixer2005 is like a day without a poke
in the eye.