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lucyluck
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« on: October 19, 2005, 07:32:03 AM »

I have a problem with viruses. I scanned my computer with Panda antivirus and it found some viruses and spyware. Then successfuly wiped them out, but left windowsupd1.exe. Now I cannot delete it! Windows says it's in use or something like that. What should I do? I'm still receiving pop-ups and this file can be responsible for this. please help, I'm desperate!!!!
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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2005, 11:19:56 AM »

Hi, lucyluck. Welcome to 2-Spyware.com forums.

The windowsupd1.exe file is installed and used by the VirtuMundo trojan. Please do the following:

Download THIS Symantec's VirtuMundo removal tool or THIS alternative one and run it. These tools should do all the job for you.

If both tools didn't help, you can manually delete the windowsupd1.exe file. Download the KillBox utility, reboot into Safe Mode, and delete the executable.
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