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k so my msn is being retarded and both my anitvirus and spyware software are telling me that there's a file on my computer called winhost.exe that contain the worm bropia f.1 but neither of them actually delete the file

now here comes my question: is it ok for me to manually go delete that file or is there something else i can do about it? any help would be greatly appreciated because as of now, i can't use file transfer or my webcam on msn. this is traumatizing to the 100000000000 degree

winhost.exe is a hijacker which means it will intermittently change your Internet Explorer settings / Desktop to the link of it’s author’s sponsors. This program is usually installed through consent, however is sometimes packaged as another product. It is a registered security risk and should be removed immediately.

Try using a spyremoval program such as Spybot or Ad-ware , i wouldn't delete the file, because to get rid of it, it might require that file

Also look for the virus name at Symantec Virus Removal

Hmm k i'll try spybot.

btw, i don't quite understand how why that file would be needed to actually get rid of it . would it be too much to ask for an explanation?

No, not at all lol ... some programs to uninstall require a program to uninstall it... i know it sounds silly, but it's the way the uninstaller was created. I deleted a program manually once and now when i try to uninstall it is says "could not find the main class. The program will now exit" and my uninstaller closes and i can't uninstall the damn thing... bugger!

Ooooo i see. k i'm going to go install spybot and see vat happens. muchas gracias

oh and kind of sort of unrelated but not really, my web cam and file transfers just randomly started working! ooo i'm ever so excited

Can you transmit the file to me?  Email danesmith on the gmail.com domain.

The file? Please be more specific and we can probably provide links

Yah umm which file are we talking about again? I have the attention span of a goldfish

I think he means the link to Spybot or Virus Removal Tools?

Symantec Virus Removals

Spybot Link

Ooo i thought he was talking about winhost.exe. he is a msn tester so perhaps he vants to test something?