I seem to be infected with the WToolsA.exe program. The questions I have are:
1. Was this program written by the wintools company that I found on a google search. They are at wintools.net.
2. What exactly does this program do besides slow down my computer. It uses anywhere from 2% to 85% of my CPU usage.
Thanks for any help!
WToolsA
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Montana
, May 28 2004 09:26 PM
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Mike
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Posted 29 May 2004 - 02:11 PM
I think the two are separate. Wintools (if it's who I'm thinking about) is a legit company.
I'm moving this to the spywatch forum.
I'm moving this to the spywatch forum.
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Posted 31 May 2004 - 08:41 PM
WinTools is indeed a legitimate company.
The version of Wintools you're talking about appears to be a bastardized version of Huntbar that's been made a heckuva lot harder to remove. Don't know if Ad-Aware and SS&D handle it yet.
The version of Wintools you're talking about appears to be a bastardized version of Huntbar that's been made a heckuva lot harder to remove. Don't know if Ad-Aware and SS&D handle it yet.
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Posted 31 May 2004 - 09:04 PM
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Posted 31 May 2004 - 09:25 PM
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