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Started by Montana, May 28 2004 10:26 PM

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#1 Montana

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Posted 28 May 2004 - 10:26 PM

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!

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#2 Mike

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Posted 29 May 2004 - 03:11 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.

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#3 Tuxedo Jack

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Posted 31 May 2004 - 09:41 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.

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#4 Scoff

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Posted 31 May 2004 - 10:04 PM

Not known who made the huntbar version of wintools.

http://www.kephyr.co...ols/index.phtml

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