41. by Guest. 2006-01-23 15:01:14
I tried the new user trick, but search does not find the file wiatwain.dll anywhere. Now what?
42. by Guest. 2006-01-23 13:01:51
ya, it keeps saying the files mssearchnet.exe is write protected and cannot be deleted, i downloaded the software aimed at deleting this file, and still no luck, there is no "write-protected" check box on the file properties, can anyone help me?
43. by Guest. 2006-01-22 09:01:32
by Scooter
Thanks to Guest 2201/2006.06:01:38 - very simple (and cheap) solution. Just remember to give the new account administrator status.
Now that my secondary objective for this trojan is seen to, I can now move onto my primary objective. Quite simply, I am going to track the dog down who is responsible for this crap and ensure he never does such a thing again. Can anyone help me with his name and home address, please.
44. by Guest. 2006-01-22 06:01:38
all you have to do to get rid of the virus spywarestrike is open a new user account on your computer log on with that account go to start menu use find and locate wiatwain.dll in c:windows systems32 and delete it if that dosent work rename it and log on again and then delete it the key to doing this is opening a new user account and using that account and that will be the end of your problems
45. by Guest. 2006-01-21 11:01:57
Removed the beast SpywareStrike, with all its elements. Finally dumped my long time protection (Norton) which I paid for and installed my free EZ Armor Security Suite which is provdied free to all Time Warner RoadRunner Customers...
After installation... all problems resolved... including the icon in the tray.
Sonny
46. by Guest. 2006-01-21 08:01:47
worked with no problems little tip ide like to leave for people not used to doing this is to use the find feature (Ctrl+F) helps find those files in the endless reg list just need to enter like the first few numbers once u get to the directory they are in and it saved me a lot of time ... l8er
47. by Guest. 2006-01-20 19:01:39
One Tip...
Do This Kind Of Removal In Safe Mode!!!
48. by Guest. 2006-01-20 19:01:16
Microsoft Antispyware got rid of some of the problem but I had to delete a load of the registry keys as above. Some of the files were already gone. Seems to have fixed it. THANKS!!!
49. by Guest. 2006-01-20 15:01:45
The other thing that needs to be added is the removal of the files mssearchnet.exe, nvctrl.exe, spywarestrike.exe, ss_setup.exe from the windows prefetch folder as well,
JT Trusedell
PC Professional
50. by Guest. 2006-01-20 05:01:12
Microsoft Antispyware {beta1} is free it did it for me. Has no one else found it this easy? Or am I missing something?
Peter
51. by Guest. 2006-01-19 22:01:09
I removed everthing manually but when I Looked up HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{27150F81] the code#{27150F81] was not the one foud in regedit! Should I delete it anyway!? Anyone!
52. by Guest. 2006-01-19 02:01:34
thanks for helping me kill this virus....allthough spyware doctor managed to get most of the infection..there still remained the wiatwain.dll file...which can reactivate spywarestrike....do it manually, change its name and kill the mother!
53. by Guest. 2006-01-19 02:01:56
buy Spyware Doctor, scan a couple times and then
"rename wiatwain.dll to something else (i used aaaaaa to locate the file easily) and then restart and delete" this part seems to do the trick after Spyware doctor had taken care of everything.
or do it manually. my time is worth a lot more than $30 though.
54. by Guest. 2006-01-18 17:01:08
I have the files in C:Windows/System32/vturr.dll & geedc.dll
Is a trojan. regenerates itself???
What is putting it back after my antivirus (AVG) gets rid of it???
55. by Guest. 2006-01-18 11:01:02
Am I missing something but as far as I can tell Microsoft Antispyware ( beta 1) does all the difficult stuff for you. It seems to have gone from my computer. No more pop ups from the system tray and no trace of it on searches. Are people saying its still hidden in there?
Peter.
56. by Guest. 2006-01-18 09:01:46
The procedure above worked well for me. The only thing I had to do differently was to use a removal software to delete files netwrap.dll and waitwain.dll. Thanks to all of you for your professional efforts. Excellant troubleshooting.
57. by Guest. 2006-01-18 04:01:13
Spyware Doctor removed all files keys processes - except for the icon and warning in the system tray. Instructions were posted below, but to recap - rename wiatwain.dll to something else (i used aaaaaa to locate the file easily) and then restart and delete. I also found after using Ewido to try to remove it, somehow the file was renamed __delete__on__restart__wiatwain.dll
But a restart did not delete it so im not sure what actually renamed it.
Again as previously posted this is the System tray part of the spyware.
58. by Guest. 2006-01-18 02:01:35
all processes killed, all registry values gone, all directories deleted but I still have the icon in the system tray. how do i get rid of it??
59. by Guest. 2006-01-17 23:01:27
how do i remove wiatwain.dll when it says make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the fileis not currently in use? CommandoHSP1@hotmail.com
60. by Guest. 2006-01-17 23:01:29
Everyone, follow the manual instructions above. You will need to remove and delete a whole bunch of files so do dedicate at least one hour to do this, but after you finsih, the virus will be gone. I do suggest that you must have a bit of computer knowledge in order to do this. You will have to delete a bunch of registry keys, etc. I suggest printing out the registry list given above and the instruction on how to remove each specific thing. Then go one by one and do this. Spyware strike will be removed. It worked for me after I was ready to stomp on my laptop due to this annoying virus on my screen, but thank goodness that I found these instructions. Good luck... AJ
I tried the new user trick, but search does not find the file wiatwain.dll anywhere. Now what?
42. by Guest. 2006-01-23 13:01:51
ya, it keeps saying the files mssearchnet.exe is write protected and cannot be deleted, i downloaded the software aimed at deleting this file, and still no luck, there is no "write-protected" check box on the file properties, can anyone help me?
43. by Guest. 2006-01-22 09:01:32
by Scooter
Thanks to Guest 2201/2006.06:01:38 - very simple (and cheap) solution. Just remember to give the new account administrator status.
Now that my secondary objective for this trojan is seen to, I can now move onto my primary objective. Quite simply, I am going to track the dog down who is responsible for this crap and ensure he never does such a thing again. Can anyone help me with his name and home address, please.
44. by Guest. 2006-01-22 06:01:38
all you have to do to get rid of the virus spywarestrike is open a new user account on your computer log on with that account go to start menu use find and locate wiatwain.dll in c:windows systems32 and delete it if that dosent work rename it and log on again and then delete it the key to doing this is opening a new user account and using that account and that will be the end of your problems
45. by Guest. 2006-01-21 11:01:57
Removed the beast SpywareStrike, with all its elements. Finally dumped my long time protection (Norton) which I paid for and installed my free EZ Armor Security Suite which is provdied free to all Time Warner RoadRunner Customers...
After installation... all problems resolved... including the icon in the tray.
Sonny
46. by Guest. 2006-01-21 08:01:47
worked with no problems little tip ide like to leave for people not used to doing this is to use the find feature (Ctrl+F) helps find those files in the endless reg list just need to enter like the first few numbers once u get to the directory they are in and it saved me a lot of time ... l8er
47. by Guest. 2006-01-20 19:01:39
One Tip...
Do This Kind Of Removal In Safe Mode!!!
48. by Guest. 2006-01-20 19:01:16
Microsoft Antispyware got rid of some of the problem but I had to delete a load of the registry keys as above. Some of the files were already gone. Seems to have fixed it. THANKS!!!
49. by Guest. 2006-01-20 15:01:45
The other thing that needs to be added is the removal of the files mssearchnet.exe, nvctrl.exe, spywarestrike.exe, ss_setup.exe from the windows prefetch folder as well,
JT Trusedell
PC Professional
50. by Guest. 2006-01-20 05:01:12
Microsoft Antispyware {beta1} is free it did it for me. Has no one else found it this easy? Or am I missing something?
Peter
51. by Guest. 2006-01-19 22:01:09
I removed everthing manually but when I Looked up HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{27150F81] the code#{27150F81] was not the one foud in regedit! Should I delete it anyway!? Anyone!
52. by Guest. 2006-01-19 02:01:34
thanks for helping me kill this virus....allthough spyware doctor managed to get most of the infection..there still remained the wiatwain.dll file...which can reactivate spywarestrike....do it manually, change its name and kill the mother!
53. by Guest. 2006-01-19 02:01:56
buy Spyware Doctor, scan a couple times and then
"rename wiatwain.dll to something else (i used aaaaaa to locate the file easily) and then restart and delete" this part seems to do the trick after Spyware doctor had taken care of everything.
or do it manually. my time is worth a lot more than $30 though.
54. by Guest. 2006-01-18 17:01:08
I have the files in C:Windows/System32/vturr.dll & geedc.dll
Is a trojan. regenerates itself???
What is putting it back after my antivirus (AVG) gets rid of it???
55. by Guest. 2006-01-18 11:01:02
Am I missing something but as far as I can tell Microsoft Antispyware ( beta 1) does all the difficult stuff for you. It seems to have gone from my computer. No more pop ups from the system tray and no trace of it on searches. Are people saying its still hidden in there?
Peter.
56. by Guest. 2006-01-18 09:01:46
The procedure above worked well for me. The only thing I had to do differently was to use a removal software to delete files netwrap.dll and waitwain.dll. Thanks to all of you for your professional efforts. Excellant troubleshooting.
57. by Guest. 2006-01-18 04:01:13
Spyware Doctor removed all files keys processes - except for the icon and warning in the system tray. Instructions were posted below, but to recap - rename wiatwain.dll to something else (i used aaaaaa to locate the file easily) and then restart and delete. I also found after using Ewido to try to remove it, somehow the file was renamed __delete__on__restart__wiatwain.dll
But a restart did not delete it so im not sure what actually renamed it.
Again as previously posted this is the System tray part of the spyware.
58. by Guest. 2006-01-18 02:01:35
all processes killed, all registry values gone, all directories deleted but I still have the icon in the system tray. how do i get rid of it??
59. by Guest. 2006-01-17 23:01:27
how do i remove wiatwain.dll when it says make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the fileis not currently in use? CommandoHSP1@hotmail.com
60. by Guest. 2006-01-17 23:01:29
Everyone, follow the manual instructions above. You will need to remove and delete a whole bunch of files so do dedicate at least one hour to do this, but after you finsih, the virus will be gone. I do suggest that you must have a bit of computer knowledge in order to do this. You will have to delete a bunch of registry keys, etc. I suggest printing out the registry list given above and the instruction on how to remove each specific thing. Then go one by one and do this. Spyware strike will be removed. It worked for me after I was ready to stomp on my laptop due to this annoying virus on my screen, but thank goodness that I found these instructions. Good luck... AJ