I cant find the file winupdates in the task manager.

I deleted the file limewire from the task manager and i deleted it from the registry, it does not open anymore, i also deleted it from my computer, all files, i still cant get task manager when i hit ctrl,alt,del.

i have it on the desktop, if i want to open it, but how do i get it to work from the keyboard?


isnt this like rewriting microsoft windows?


who did this, the music industry?

Did you try the easy fix:

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...269#post231269

hy i have the same problems wiht limewire, it always runs on its own and when i have deleted it an error massage appeared.
same syptoms: strg+alt+del doesnt work, can't open regedit and so on

i have searched my prefetch folder but there is no winupdate.exe file or something like that.
i also have searched the registry like you have suggested but also no succcess!
when i open the the taskmanager an insatller is running, and i t shows 54 processes. when i close the installer limewire stops to pop up and two processes dissapear (msconfig.exe , wmiprvse).

so far so good but i can't fix the problem i cant find the bug to delete it!

there is a file named WMIPRVSE.EXE-28F301A9.pf in the prefetch but i dont dare to delete it!

i have tried with ad-aware, spybot s&d, windows defender, norton but nothing does work they cannot find a bug!

Since a few days norton shows a message after bootin my computer thaht it has found a bug called backdoor.trojan and that it has delete it but problem with limewire is still there and when i reboot my computer norton shows the backdoor.trojan-message again!

i really need your help!

ps. sorry for my bad english!

Go to NorbiesWorld (click on link) & register & follow his directions carefully.

After solving the issues via Norbie. Reinstall LW. Chances are LW may have been corrupted. Also try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Point #2 & 3 in Fixes for Limewire (sample image included at bottom of page) before reinstalling. But note any important settings because once you delete the LW prefs folder you'll need to reset all your options.

Hey guys no response at norbies world! i still need your help!

papa_smurf,

Did you try the fix here...
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...269#post231269
...it's worked for a lot of people.

I think Norbie's been really busy lately, things are a bit hit & miss over there reply-wise.

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yes i tried to fix the problem in this way but i cant find no file named alcanchorty.bfu"

Guess you missed this part then? It's the middle part of the link Birdy provided

Alcra PLUS Remover is alcanshorty.bfu

Then,
>Download Alcra PLUS Remover at this link
>Right click link underneith and select "save target as" Save it in the same folder you made earlier "(c:\BFU)".
http://metallica.geekstogo.com/alcanshorty.bfu

you were right i missed that step! sorry for that!

my bug has gone away thank you so much!!!

Geez this is a gigantic thread...just wanted to be a part of it

>Create new folder "My Computer>C:>"BFU"
>Download bfu.zip Extract to "BFU"
>Right click Link Select "save target as" save to "BFU"
>Go to "BFU" Then Drag alcanshorty.bfu over BFU.exe then release.

Maybe, just maybe, you have a rootkit, there's a free rootkit deletion tool called blacklight, from F-Secure, download it and scan, maybe that should do the trick..., and besides, you wiil not lose anything because it's free of charge.

Dl it from here http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/

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I got it too... Been keeping track of the various files found; winupdate, winupdates, MsUpdate, svchost, ms-update, winlogi, msmovies, maplom, wmplayer, and dropper.vb.lu.

I seem to have the svchost variant in my startup. This was not there before I had problems. Startup was empty. I also saw a post where svchost is a valid program, and not a virus.

So, is this a virus or not? Do I delete this or not??

Also, I seem to have no system32 file or folder, but I have 5 svchost.exe programs running. I found taskmgr in a folder called 16b2c96a0c41f4dfdb4d3cc28a4f819 located in C:windows/softwaredistribution/download

Anybody...?

It all depends on wheather it is SCV or SVC host. One is a worm the other is a windows program. SCV is the worm.

http://www.ppedia.com/p4_scvhost-scvhost.exe.htm

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A little common sense goes a long way

Later Grandpa

Okay, I realized I needed to make all files and folders visible, and found the files and have them copied to the desktop. I uninstalled LW, and stopped one svchost process. The problem has not reappeared since, but I know it's still there. I do not see any of the common viruses listed in TM. System Idle is near 100%, I assume that's normal. Apparently it's hiding under another - as yet unbeknownst to me - filename.

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