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UPDATES - July 26, 2005

by roddy32 Jul 25, 2005 8:22PM PDT

F-Prot

New virus signature files for F-Prot Antivirus have been
released. These files are dated 26 July 2005 and contain
detection for new threats.

To update the virus signature files please follow the
instructions below.

Windows users:
Connect to the Internet as you normally do and then open
F-Prot Antivirus. Click the 'Updater' button on the Info
menu, select 'Internet' in the menu that follows and click
'Update'. F-Prot Antivirus will then update the virus
signature files directly via the Internet.

UNIX users:
Use the check-updates.pl script (e.g. as a cron job) to
update the virus signature files via the Internet.
http://www.f-prot.com/download/
http://www.f-prot.com/products/currentversions.html

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WinFix
by mordasak Dec 5, 2005 9:20AM PST

I am far to scared to try to do anything that's been suggested here. I got a month old Dell 9150 that cost me and arm and a leg. If I stop using IE will this keep the WinFix problems from reoccuring?

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No, WinFixer is causing your problem, not WinFix
by paulkr99 Dec 5, 2005 3:10PM PST

You are calling this product WinFix but that is a mistake. The product that is causing your problem is really WinFixer, not WinFix. WinFixer is the product that advertises with agressive popup ads, and WinFixer is known as spyware/adware by the major antispyware programs. Please do not refer to this as WinFix - that hurts the reputation of WinFix. WinFix is not advertised with adware popups.

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mordasak
by Alan Copeland Dec 5, 2005 8:28PM PST

Just an FYI, not a flame.

You will have better luck starting a new thread rather than re-opening one that is nearly 6 months old and posting in the middle. Many people skip old threads, and if they do open them, it's hard to find a post in the middle.

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winfixer 2005
by timbo5 Sep 15, 2005 11:26PM PDT

this happened to me too.by cancelling the download(in the middle)u probably corrupted the data.so what i did was complete the download,then you can go into programs and taa daa!! there is an unistall option!!!

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Winfixer
by yvonne james Sep 20, 2005 2:42AM PDT

I too downloaded fully and have the uninstall option but it does not work. It seems to carry the task out, asks you to reboot and then there it is back again.

Did you uninstall?

Yivvy

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WinFixer Hell
by damian moylan Sep 15, 2005 4:13AM PDT

An extremely abnoxious program. The easiest way to get rid of it is to pay for it. It will scare you into buying it by suggesting that your computer is at an extremely high risk if you do not. No idea if any of the suggested threats are real or imaginary. No idea if it even works properly or just deletes files you do actually need.
Damian M.

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a-squared common signaures 7/27/2005
by roddy32 Jul 26, 2005 10:45AM PDT
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