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WinLink malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%DESKTOP%]\winlink 2001.lnk
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\winlink.sys
[%SYSTEM%]\winlink.vxd
[%DESKTOP%]\winlink 2001.lnk
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\winlink.sys
[%SYSTEM%]\winlink.vxd

Platforms / OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Detecting WinLink:

Files:
[%DESKTOP%]\winlink 2001.lnk
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\winlink.sys
[%SYSTEM%]\winlink.vxd
[%DESKTOP%]\winlink 2001.lnk
[%SYSTEM%]\drivers\winlink.sys
[%SYSTEM%]\winlink.vxd

Folders:
[%PROGRAMS%]\winlink 2001

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winlink 2001 trial edition
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\winlink 2001 trial edition

Removing WinLink:

An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from WinLink.

If you do not have ExterminateIt and you are worried that you may have infected computer, you could run trial version of ExterminateIt, or remove WinLink manually.

To completely manually remove WinLink malware from your computer, you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and folders associated with WinLink.

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the WinLink process.
2. Delete the original WinLink file and folders.
3. Delete the system registry key parameters
4. Update your antivirus databases or buy antivirus software and perform a full scan of the computer.

We recommends that all Internet users back up any important information on their computers, enable maximum protection from network attacks and malicious code on their computers, refrain from executing suspicious programs received from untrustworthy sources.

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