Remove Winpup. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: Winpup

Type: Adware
Severity scale:Winpup severity is 30  (30 / 100)
 
Winpup is an adware parasite that displays large amount of undesirable pop-up advertisements. The threat can silently download from the Internet and run arbitrary files. It has the ability to update itself. Winpup is usually installed by some advertising-supported products or even parasites. It automatically runs on every Windows startup.


Winpup properties:
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Winpup removal:

remover for Winpup

Winpup manual removal:

Kill processes:
winpup.exe, winpup32.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[random name]
Delete files:
winpup.exe, winpup32.exe
Misc:
Winpup uses files with random names and creates randomly named registry keys in order to complicate its detection and complete removal.

All Winpup files can be found in the default system directory, which is one of the following: C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32.

Other programs to remove Winpup:

• SUPERAntiSpyware - Review - Download
• CounterSpy - Review - Download
• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 03/09/05

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1. I have a dumb question... by xocusunr. 2005-03-27 21:03:19
why dont we start suing the company posting the advertisement? This is clearly digital trespassing and possilby spam if you bend the definitions a bit.

There is no way to remove it and we had no knowledge of the damn thing bieing installed. it has to hold up!

2. re: comment about Winpup by Goin Nuts. 2005-02-20 19:02:26
Dude,

Nothing works! Who the "f" developed this program???? I"m willing to purchase an airline ticket and stop in for a little visit.

Anyway, Adaware, Spybot, Registry Crawler and everything under the sun is not doing a thing. Who has been successful in getting this garb off their machine? And how????

3. Flowerburn by Guest. 2004-10-14 14:10:15
I had the pest pup problem, nothing could get rid of it all, but then I discovered a programs called 'Registry Crawler' on www.Download.com. After you've don't all you can as far as manual removal/spyware scan you just type in "winpup" delete the Reg keys and ta da!

4. Why? by Guest. 2004-09-18 15:09:49
It won't die!!! None of my programs blocked it! And if you click the spyhunter thing, if you have SpybotS&D, it'll block the pupop spyhunter will give you if you want to download spyhunter. Even if you're doing something comepletely "safe" (i.e. RESEARCHING), it'll still have a chance to install itself. It also paves the way for my spyware and adware to kill your PC. So far, the only way I know how to remove it is to salvage all your necessary files and then reconfigure the whole thing or buy some expensive removal software.

5. PITA by cnp2004. 2004-08-01 23:08:55
I clicked the above link "download remover software" above and downloaded their free scanner. It found all kinds of stuff. What they don't bother to mention anywhere is the fact that in order to remove this stuff you have to purchase their software. Pretty sneaky if you ask me. If they would have said that up front, I wouldn't have wasted my time, and I certainly won't purchase their software now. They ain't the only game in town.

6. by WTF Over?. 2004-05-27 16:05:35
It is a clever program that closes anything that would have the ability to delete it. I can say that at the very least all other programs function. Oh and of course I love the porn web sites that it has directed my children to. Thanks Winpup!

7. by blah. 2004-05-24 12:05:12
killed it once, now it's back. this is bullshit and highly annoying.

8. by Pissed off ME user. 2004-05-13 18:05:06
its a cunt of a thing, I was lucky to notice the time my computer went all weird. Main give away was a popup saying I have spyware. I noted the time of the annoyance, and searched for all the files from that time. Ok, so this pissed off a computer expert here, I can only feel sorry for the computer n00bs (newbies) out there who don't know what the fuck is going on.

I can say, 4 days later, my computer is clean again.

9. by agrieved xp user. 2004-05-12 16:05:32
I agree with the above statement, Every time u reboot it reinstalls itself

10. by stoopid. 2004-04-14 01:04:53
I hate this damn thing. Takes forever to remove completely from your system.


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