Help! annoying "WinFixer" popup, but not installed.
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From: Fitz on 12 Sep 2005 20:15 Never download files from persons who purport to be offering help. The best place to download the files is from the manufacture's website. They have the original, latest files that you know have not been tampered with. "Marie Brown" <MarieB(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:43192a5b_3(a)x-privat.org... > > "Bubba Gump" <ambrosia_1(a)REMOVE.dslextreme.REMOVE.com> wrote in message > news:Xns96C58F1317D59abcom(a)216.168.3.50... >> "YoKenny" <YoKenny(a)noway.invalid> wrote in >> news:iFQRe.8800$884.817084(a)news20.bellglobal.com: >> >>> Please read: >>> http://www.tenebril.com/src/info.php?id=461193304 >>> http://www.vitalsecurity.org/2005/07/winfixer-where-did-this-thing-come >>> .html http://geekstogo.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=37&t=56960 >>> http://castlecops.com/t130077-WINFIXER.html >> >> Links to ads for more anti-spyware or people telling others about the >> existence of "WinFixer" is no help. :( > > I didn't see anything there worthwhile either. Like you, I can't locate > this spyware on my PC. > > Marie >
From: tom runesson on 14 Sep 2005 12:21
Hello Bubba, Friday, September 2, 2005, 4:53:55 AM, you wrote: > Hopefully someone can solve this. > First off, maybe I'm just a glutton for punishment, but I don't use a > firewall. It interferes with my work. I'm a tech, so I know all the > precautions to ensure my computers' safety none-the-less. > Anyway, everytime I try to use IE, as soon as I enter a URL... any URL, the > first thing I get is an "OK/Cancel" popup box telling me I may be infected > with spyware. (I have Pro level anti-virus software on my machine and can't > image I'm infected, but there it is). > I know enough that Windows Dialog boxes don't have "X" cancel buttons in > the corner, so I know the popup isn't from Windows. I've always clicked > Cancel or the X, never the "OK" button. Yet it ALWAYS opens a new window > and sends me to an advertisement for a program called "WinFixer". I close > the window and only then does my URL load. After that, everytime I open IE, > an ad pops up in a second window over mine. > I've done a full deep virus scan in safe mode and found nothing. AdAwareSE > (also in Safe Mode) finds nothing. Neither MSConfig nor HiJack This show > any file that I don't recognize. > I have all files, including hidden files, visible in File Explorer. I've > searched my hard drives and Registry for anything that might be related to > "WinFixer" and found nothing. > The most I've found is a "winfixer.com" cookie, which I promptly deleted. I > also have popups and Windows Messenger ads/messages blocked, so I can't > figure out how it's getting through. > I rarely use IE. My primary browser is Navigator 7.2, and it does not have > this problem. So it may have been in my system for a long time and I never > knew it. > Am I infected, or must I simply start using the Windows Firewall (I have XP > Pro with sp2)? Very annoying. All of the tips on stopping this popup assume > you are already infected. Since I never clicked OK and HiJack shows no > files I don't recognize, is this just something that all I can do is bite > the bullet and activate the firewall? What a pain! :( > Please help. Yes... and No! You might be infected! Check your hosts file first! Try abelhadigital.com's Hostman (http://hostsman.abelhadigital.com/) and use it to change your hosts file. You have an IP in the hostsfile that need to get directed to your own machine before you may have peace to solve your problem. Then learn to use the update for Hostman and write protect it. Then try NEVER EVER to misspell site names... -- have a nice day says, tom mailto:no.sp(a)m.to.me ---------------------------------------------------------------- who usualy lurks around but this time couldn't resist jumping in |