Re: WinFixer 2005

Thank you for alerting us.

I got the same and have ingored it all the time. I have also got other such
pages that keep popping up. What can I do to stop them? And is there any
legitmate software that cleans up my registry.

Thanks.

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> !Danger Will Robinson!
>
> Winfixer 2005 is a parasitic program, do not allow it to install. If it has,
> use Add & Remove to get rid of it. If any signs still exist, run System
> Restore to a prior date.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Tom C" <c_tom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uqLBsDbpFHA.4088@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I just had a popup, and it seemed to want to take over my browser. It
> >wanted
> > to start downloading a file but my Norton stopped it. It is called
> > winfixer
> > 2005. It put an downloading process icon in my system tray that says
> > "WinFixer 2005 Installer" but it isnt
> > downloading anything,(that i can tell)
> >
> > What is this and where did it come from? How do i get rid of it?...thanks
> > for the help...tcoop
> >
>
>
>
.

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