From what I've read about other posts with this issue, one of the damage the virus does it disable the task manager. Get rid of the virus & hopefully things should return to normal. See the tips given by those who solved this. You can find out more from the Sticky at the top of this section. Look at the links. ;) :)

I also found another file giving me problems: p2pnetworking.exe in \windows\system32. My anti-virus program found it but couldn't delete it. Following the advice in here I managed to delete it myself.

I wanted to pass along that I too couldn't get to \windows\system32. I ended up going in Windows Explorer and going to the Windows subdirectory. From there I simply typed \system32 in the address line and clicked go. I made it there and could do all the rest to get rid of the "winupdates" virus.

Best of luck!

recover libary after reinstallation
 

I reinstalled limewire and now can not find my music where would it be?

If you didn't change the downld location from the default originally, then you should find it here:
C:\Documents and Settings\"your account name"\Shared

So you may need to go to Tools>Options>Saving & change it back to where you originally had it located. Make sure you also share this folder if you want it to appear in your LW library window. Go toTools>Options>Sharing & add it.

I had set-up a restore point before I executed something I'd downloaded from LimeWire.. If I go back to that 'point' will I be ok? Or do I still need to do all this???

Thanks!

virii don't usually care for restore points. I don't believe it will work.

He's absolutely right. It's not enough to use a restore point. So long as the executable file is on your system, it can re-insert itself into the registry an infinite number of times.

Going through the steps I've outlines will get rid of it for good. It really only takes 20mins.

Bobby Naini

Baffled
 

Limewire refusing to stay out of the system tray was the reason I had asked for help, but I checked out everything mentioned in the solutions in this thread, and found nothing on my (new)computer that was as described there. There is no file consuming high CPU. There is no file called winupdate or anything with "win" in it in the Prefetch folder. I CAN access the Task Manager. I did, however, delete Limewire. I took fright.
I have downloaded some rare and thrilling music from Limewire and hate to lost it. Moreover, I had eliminated the problem of having it appear at startup using "Advanced System Optimizer" utilites. I know that was just a bandaid on the problem, but I don't seem to have the other problems other users have mentioned. If I do nothing further, am I just cruising in ignorant bliss?

Yeah, i figured that much about the restore point..

My Norton scanned the pc and found 5 infected files and deleted 4. Then I did the System Restore thing, I turned it off and scanned the computer again and nothing was found.. I try the control + alt + delete and it works perfectly and my cpu usage is of 4%

Did my AntiVirus got rid of it??? How do I know for sure??

Thanks!!

Oh yeah! I also deleted it from the registry..

This is what my antivirus calls the worm http://securityresponse.symantec.com...2.alcra.b.html

Thanks y'all