Title: WiniFighter

Type: Rogue Antispyware

Remove WiniFighter. Removal instructions

Also known as: Wini Fighter

Severity scale:

(80 / 100)

Winifighter is a malware, labeled as a security tool and created to make the user to pay his money for a “legal” version of this application. Winifighter shows messages from fake Windows Security Center which inform the computer owner about various Trojans that attack the machine. Those security alerts are made to appear constantly, every 2 minutes and the user is pushed up to pay $50 for activating this virus protection thing called Winifighter.
Winifighter scareware is known to split itself with the help of Trojans and infects computers using web browser vulnerabilities. It is created to redirect web browser automatically to malicious websites trying to get the user to buy this product. The PC owners should remember not to download Winifighter because it never functions as antivirus or antispyware. Once it was noticed on the machine, it should be removed as soon as possible.

Related files: Setup2.exe, winifighter.exe, data.bin, license.txt, Uninstall.exe, WiniFighter.lnk, 1 WiniFighter.lnk, 2 Homepage.lnk, 3 Uninstall.lnk

WiniFighter properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Stays resident in background

WiniFighter snapshot:

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WiniFighter manual removal:

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Kill processes:
WiniFighter.exe setup2.exe uninstall.exe [Random string].exe such as 958z6spy787.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WiniFighter
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WiniFighter
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WiniFighter
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_WINIFIGHTERSVC
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\WiniFighterSvc
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_WINIFIGHTERSVC
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WiniFighterSvc
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "WiniFighter"

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
[Random string].dll such as c:\\windows\\system32\\c9d5hrza94083.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
WiniFighter.exe setup2.exe data.bin license.txt uninstall.exe WiniFighter.lnk 1 WiniFighter.lnk 2 Homepage.lnk 3 Uninstall.lnk

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
c:\Program Files\WiniFighter Software
c:\Program Files\WiniFighter Software\WiniFighter
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\WiniFighter

Information added: 2009-07-08 00:38:39
Information updated: 2009-07-26 14:07:30

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<Guest>

Thank you so much!

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2009 07 14

<Guest>

Hey, This page on Google claimed to show me how to remove WiniFIghter.
Winifighter locked up my computer.
The only thing I can open is Winifighter,
So how do I remove it?
I can't go on-line.
P.S. How am I supposed to find your response -- if you do respond>

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2009 07 26

rodi

Hi,

go to our forum and create a new thread about your problem.

Reply »

2009 07 26

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