Removing Winfixer Popups - Comments

I've had winfixer problems for a week earlier this month. I got rid of the popups by simply doing a system restore on XP (MCE). My restore point was about a week and a half before the problem was noticed. NO MORE POP-UPS!

Over the years I've learned most of these Pop-Ups are put on the Veb by some of the $pyware Remover Companies themselves. I wish there were laws to put these bums to work at a real jobs.
Best way I've found to stop this crap is to let them know you are over 65, then they'll figure you don't have any money to buy anything anyway! It works for me!

i'm not sure if the antispyware software you are using is able to remove winfixer parasite from your system. all i know, is a guide that removes winfixer located right here:
http://www.spyware-removal-guideline.com/winfixer-removal

let them know that they need to disable restore before they try to get rid of the winfixer. then restore the restore

SpySweeper (free Trial) removed it for me! www.spysweeper.com

I paid for and tried the Xoftspy program ($39) last nite and the winfixer problems (tons of popups and a very slow PC) are still there. I checked their help section - which is not very helpful - and it seems many others have had the problems 'reappear.' They recommend you email them the logs their program creates and they will respond. The only reason I bought their product was because on their site, they said it would get rid of the Winfixer 2005 problem.
I will send them the logs (first time it didn't work) but I am very disappointed - now wasting time and money on this.
Has anyone tried the PCTools product? I ran the Vundo.bat series a number of times but it didn't work. This is a nasty one.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Unfortunately, these things can be complicated by the presence of other malware getting entangled. If the Xoft product doesn't work as advertised, request a refund. If they don't comply, contact your bank and do a chargeback.

I gave in and bought the Winfixer, but that did not fix the problem! I also bought the XoftSpy and NoAdware. They did not solve the problem either! I am still getting those annoying Winfixer popups every 10 - 15 minutes. It makes me have to restart my Internet Explorer each time. I think I'm going to call ABC News and see if "7 On Your Side" can help with this.

I got rid of Winfixer!! It has bugged me for weeks. I tried about everthing offered online with no luck. I finally did a simple Restore on my XP Home machine and danged if it did not get rid of Winfixer. I had to re-install one program, but that was a no-brainer. If you can generalize WHEN you started getting Winfixer problems and it hasn't been an especally long time, simply try a RESTORE POINT to a time before you started seeing this pest.

I bought XoftSpy, ran it and WinFixer didn't bother me anymore... until the next day. I ran XoftSpy again and this time it didn't even detect the problem. Don't waste your money on this product.

I have been experiencing problems with Winfixer popups for the last week or so, and this is driving me crazy. I think I am gonna need to wipe the disc and reinstall everything.

At first I thought, no big deal, I'm gonna use system restore. Well, no luck there, somehow, all my restore points have been erased.

So I gave in and bought the etrust PEST PATROL Anti-Spyware from computer associates; but it didn't fix the problem. Though it did find a few other spyware thingies.

So, I went to the windows update website, and installed all the updates I could, but it seems to have made it worse, I was attacked by another wave of spyware, when that stupid anti-spyware program should have protected me. I feel so stupid for spending money on this.

Now I get these, AdDestroyer,Virtual Bouncer, Yazzle Sudoku things which keep coming back after they've been contained, on top of that Winfixer. Arrghhh...

The Internet is no fun anymore. I wish I didn't need to use it on a daily basis.