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winhost.exe by phy on 03-25-2005 at 11:34 PM

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 :S

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 :$

RE: winhost.exe by mwe99 on 03-25-2005 at 11:38 PM

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

RE: winhost.exe by phy on 03-25-2005 at 11:45 PM

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 :S . would it be too much to ask for an explanation? *-) :$

RE: winhost.exe by mwe99 on 03-25-2005 at 11:48 PM

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!

RE: winhost.exe by phy on 03-26-2005 at 12:01 AM

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 (a) :$

RE: winhost.exe by Dane on 03-26-2005 at 12:18 AM

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

RE: winhost.exe by mwe99 on 03-26-2005 at 12:21 AM

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

RE: winhost.exe by phy on 03-26-2005 at 12:28 AM

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

RE: winhost.exe by mwe99 on 03-26-2005 at 12:30 AM

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

Symantec Virus Removals

Spybot Link

RE: winhost.exe by phy on 03-26-2005 at 12:33 AM

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

RE: winhost.exe by phy on 03-26-2005 at 04:13 PM

mwe99 I just thought I'd let you know that spybot did the trick. thanks a lot (f) :)

RE: winhost.exe by mwe99 on 03-26-2005 at 05:18 PM

Good to hear :) (Y) Hope you'll be an active member of the community :)

RE: RE: winhost.exe by phy on 03-26-2005 at 05:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mwe99
Good to hear :) (Y) Hope you'll be an active member of the community :)
Hahahaha yep yep I'm very accident prone and tend to royally screw things up. I'll be here alright *-) :$