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Name: tbone7070
Date: February 22, 2008 at 13:32:45 Pacific
Subject: lots of popups
OS: Windows XP 2002 Pro
CPU/Ram: 4 CPU/512 MB
Manufacturer/Model: DELL/ Dimension 4600
Comment:

My computer has been getting tons of pop-ups and the home page is being hijacked. Also, in my control panel it keeps on changing the setting to "accept all cookies." I have a problem with "winfix" and have tried to take care of it but dont know if i have completely cleared it.


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Name: plrpro
Date: February 22, 2008 at 23:10:11 Pacific
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What spy-ware and anti-virus protection are you using?

Here is a guide that helps you remove windfix. It is part of Vundo famliy. Here is a link to intructions on how to remove it.

http://www.windowvistarepair.com/ar...


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Response Number 2
Name: Ghostman 1
Date: February 23, 2008 at 11:23:58 Pacific
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Take a look here:
http://www.admuncher.com/


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