Overall Risk Level:
WinIFixer is a fake security application that was installed on computer that comes bundled with free software. It Can also modify Desktop wallpaper.
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Threat Level: Medium
Systems Affected: Windows – All
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How to Remove WinIFixer:
On this page is our suggested (by precisesecurity) removal procedure and Visitor's own suggestion. We cannot control and evaluate each suggested procedure so please use it at your own risks. If no suggestion is present to remove virus, spyware, adware and malware, you may try the following:- Scan WinIFixer with MalwareByte's Anti-Malware
- Remove WinIFixer with Standard Virus Scan
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1. Temporarily Disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP). [how to]
2. Update the virus definitions.
3. Uninstall WinIFixer
a) Click Start > Settings > Control Panel or Start > Control Panel (this varies with the operating system).
b) In the Control Panel window, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
c) Click WinIFixer to remove.
d) Click Add/Remove, Change/Remove, or Remove (this varies with the operating system). Follow the prompts.
4. Reboot computer in SafeMode [how to]
5. Run a full system scan and clean/delete all infected file(s)
6. Delete/Modify any values added to the registry. [how to edit registry]
Navigate to and delete the following registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
\”WinIFixer” = “%ProgramFiles%\WinIFixer\WinIFixer.exe”
Navigate to and delete the following registry subkeys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinIFixer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinIFixer.com
7. Exit registry editor and restart the computer.
8. In order to make sure that threat is completely eliminated from your computer, carry out a full scan of your computer using AntiVirus and Antispyware Software. Another way to delete the virus using various Antivirus Program without the need to install can be done with Online Virus Scanner.
i’ve done all the things to do, but whenever i turned on my laptop or restarted it, there’s this background diplay pic that keeps showing up although i have changed it, the diplay pic says “warning bla bla spyware detected bla bla” with a blue screen bacgground. plus, the screen saver’s ‘the beetles eating up my screen’ thingy. please help, i don’t know what to do and i feel very very irritated.
Download and run ’spybot search and destroy’ and immunize.
If you still have the blue picture and bugs try changing your desktop picture after you run spybot.
Hi! I just had the same problem as Jerry. Here is what I did.
1. Right click on your desktop
2. Choose “properties”
3. Pick the tab marked “Desktop”
4. Identify the name of the wallpaper that is defaulted to your screen (write it down :-)
5. Close your desktop properties dialog box
6. Click on your start menu
7. Click on “search”
8. Type in the name of the wallpaper you are searching for
9. After the search program locates that file in your computer, go in by hand and delete that file. Mine was buried in a very wierd place on my computer.
10. Finally, open your desktop properties dialog box, choose another wallpaper and close your dialog box. The name for the malware wallpaper will be gone when you open it again.
YAY! NO MORE BUGS EATING YOUR SCREEN!
Good luck.
Margaret had the answer to my problem. I had removed the virus, but it had left an image as wallpaper, which had not occurred to me until I read her reply. THANK YOU!!!!
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