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How to Remove WiniFighter, WiniFighter Removal Guide

By Luciana on August 6, 2009 | Rogue Antispyware, WiniFighter, Wini Fighter, WinFighter, Windows Enterprise Suite, WindowsEnterpriseSuite, Windows EnterpriseSuite, WindowsEnterprise Suite, Remove Windows Enterprise Suite How to Remove WiniFighter, WiniFighter Removal Guide

WiniFighter is a rather expensive fake system security tool that pretends to be a legitimate Windows tool and is even priced at $49.95.

WiniFighter spreads online with the help of trojans and web browser vulnerabilities. It imitates to be a trial version of a system security software that should detect viruses and system infections and bring them to user's attention. However, even if you fall into the WiniFighter's trap and purchase it's 'full version' you will only be left with less money in your account and computer infected with parasites. If you have WiniFighter in your system it is very important that you remove it as soon as possible.

WiniFighter websites

winifighter.com Learn how to block rogue websites

New processes created

uninstall.exe
WiniFighter.exe
WiniFighterSvc.exe Learn how to remove malicious processes

New WiniFighter registry entries created

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" Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan your registry errors
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New files and directories created

c:\Program Files\WiniFighter Software
c:\Program Files\WiniFighter Software\WiniFighter
c:\Program Files\WiniFighter Software\WiniFighter\data.bin
c:\Program Files\WiniFighter Software\WiniFighter\license.txt
c:\Program Files\WiniFighter Software\WiniFighter\uninstall.exe
c:\Program Files\WiniFighter Software\WiniFighter\WiniFighter.exe
c:\Program Files\WiniFighter Software\WiniFighter\WiniFighterSvc.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\WiniFighter.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\WiniFighter
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\WiniFighter\1 WiniFighter.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\WiniFighter\2 Homepage.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\WiniFighter\3 Uninstall.lnk Learn how to unregister malicious DLL files

How to remove WiniFighter

To remove WiniFighter manually you must block rogue WiniFighter related websites, remove malicious processes and registry entries, unregister dlls and delete all malicious WiniFighter files from your computer.
Please note: cleaning your computer is a difficult and dangerous task, manually editing registry entries and removing processes and files may cause serious damage to your system. We strongly recommend scanning your computer with one of the legitimate antispyware scanners.

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