# Winfixer 2005

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winfixer-2005/333164>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 29, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winfixer-2005/333164 "2005-11-29T03:22:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winfixer-2005/333164/1 "2005-11-29T03:22:37Z")

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What is it? How did I get this nasty piece of crap? And most importantly, how do I get rid of it?

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**Author:** ![da\_pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@da\_pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/da_pope)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winfixer-2005/333164/2 "2005-11-29T03:29:30Z")

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> **[How To Remove Winfixer / Virtumonde / Msevents / Trojan.vundo.b - Spyware and...](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/18610/how-to-remove-winfixer-virtumonde-msevents-trojanvundob/)**
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> How To Remove Winfixer / Virtumonde / Msevents / Trojan.vundo.b - posted in Spyware and Malware Removal Guides Archive: How to Remove WinFixer / Virtumonde / Msevents / Trojan.vundo.Credits: Atribune for VundoFix
> What this program does:  
> The Vundo...

not the worst to uninstall, but it bothered me that they try to pass it off as a ‘anti spyware’ program.