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From: "Phil Pluta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The first thing I did Bob was run Adaware after updating the data base and
then ran the Smart Scan. Winfixer remained on the computer, unfortunately.
None of the Adaware and Symantec fixes worked for me either. Should add, I
run win98.
Here are my notes from this effort:
"Got rid of winfixer AKA vundo and couple of other names. The trick that
worked (it appears) was a batch file in VundoFix, which calls HijakThis to
get a report. Not all the files suggested on the net were present on my
laptop, but it seems VundoFix did the trick. Other apps that recognize
Winfixer are SpyBot, Ad-Aware, FixVundo (Symantec), but fix it only until
rebooted.
Added winfixer in Hosts file. "
> What is sort of "amazing" is that this is a very common problem affecting
many, many users. I would have thought that by "now" many spyware removal
apps would have added it to the spyware they look for and would have a
built-in automatic removal process. From the long manual procedure Aluria
suggests this seems to indicate that Winfixer is a very nasty, difficult
spyware to get rid of.
This could be, because this bug is being "upgraded" as the removal tools
start working. Besides, it appears that it's semi-legitimate way to force
you read adds. Have you read, where you pick it up? Of all things some beta
version of IE.
Rich
PS If you can't find VundoFix, I can e-mail direct. No guarantee that it
will work for you, but did for me.
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