# wtf is winfixer and how the hell can i get rid of it!!

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-is-winfixer-and-how-the-hell-can-i-get-rid-of-it/178147>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [November 9, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-is-winfixer-and-how-the-hell-can-i-get-rid-of-it/178147 "2005-11-09T21:16:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![BETRAYED93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BETRAYED93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BETRAYED93)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-is-winfixer-and-how-the-hell-can-i-get-rid-of-it/178147/1 "2005-11-09T21:16:15Z")

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i made a topic a week ago and i dl the lavasoft adware software… well it get rid of everything but this

winfixer pop ups’… that when you click the X the pop up more little things like your computer would if there was issues…

then the win fixer web page pops up again…

its driving me nuts… and the adware program isn t catching this!!

any ideas’?

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**Author:** ![grindpunk16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9f8e36/32.png) [@grindpunk16](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grindpunk16)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-is-winfixer-and-how-the-hell-can-i-get-rid-of-it/178147/2 "2005-11-09T21:27:41Z")

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spybot search and distroy try that

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**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-is-winfixer-and-how-the-hell-can-i-get-rid-of-it/178147/3 "2005-11-09T21:30:36Z")

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> **[Winfixer, other popups - Virus, Spyware & Malware Removal](https://forums.whatthetech.com/index.php?showtopic=48520)**
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> Winfixer, other popups - posted in Virus, Spyware & Malware Removal: The computer I'm posting from is not the infected computer. The computer that is infected has been taken offline, to avoid infections to others in the network. For close to a week...

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**Author:** ![jinxxycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jinxxycat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jinxxycat)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-is-winfixer-and-how-the-hell-can-i-get-rid-of-it/178147/4 "2005-11-22T06:05:23Z")

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The other chick here at the office somehow ended up w/ this on her computer and we had to have the IT dept take it for a week, it was totally screwed. Good luck!

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**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-is-winfixer-and-how-the-hell-can-i-get-rid-of-it/178147/5 "2005-11-22T06:42:10Z")

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it’s a rouge application… locate it during a boot into safe mode and delete it.