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YIHW.EXE

admin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:27:29 +0000

Your computer has been severely infected by malware, that is YIHW.EXE. This is quite dangerous and unsafe for your PC and there may be other infections on your PC. You should urgently check your PC and remove any malicious application including YIHW.EXE as soon as possible.

Location : C:\yihw.exe
Type : Malware
Dangerous : YES
Removal : Immediately

How to get rid of YIHW.EXE file / Error message

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SYS_VD4.DAT

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:10:59 +0000

Your computer has been severely infected by worm, that is SYS_VD4.DAT. This is quite dangerous and unsafe for your PC and there may be other infections on your PC. You should urgently check your PC and remove any malicious application including SYS_VD4.DAT as soon as possible.

Location : C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\sys_vd4.dat
Type : Malware
Dangerous : YES
Removal : Immediately

How to get rid of SYS_VD4.DAT

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WinCoDecPRO

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:25:48 +0000

What is WinCoDecPRO

WinCoDecPRO is a new fake application that pretends to be a Windows video-audio codec. It is a corrupt program that typically purports to be a needed upgrade to Windows Media Player in order to run audio/video application. WinCoDecPRO claims that your media codec has been destroyed. Risk of losing all your audio video files high. To reslove this issue, update your media codec immediately and purchase the WinCoDecPRO Codec. Therefore, Don’t trust WinCoDecPRO and delete that fraudulent software as soon as possible.

Aliases : WinCoDecPRO, WinCoDec PRO
Infection Type : Fake Codec, Malicious software, Trojan Horse
Risk Level: High Risk
System Affected : Windows Operating Systems

Download Removal Utility for WinCoDecPRO

General Symptoms

Displays fake warning alerts and popups messages.
Flashing icons appear on your system tray (Near of your system clock).
Hijacked homepage to wincodecpro.com or OBSCURE webpage.

Image of WinCoDecPRO

Manual Removal of WinCoDecPRO

Kill Spyware Processes ( Help )
wextract.exe

Get rid of Files and Folder ( Help )
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wextract.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\WinCodecPRO
%UserProfile%\Application Data\WinCodecPRO\Autorun.ico
%UserProfile%\Application Data\WinCodecPRO\Process.ico
%UserProfile%\Application Data\WinCodecPRO\Service.ico
%UserProfile%\Application Data\WinCodecPRO\settings.ini
%UserProfile%\Application Data\WinCodecPRO\uill.ini

Delete following folders ( Help )
WinCodecPRO

Delete Registry Values ( Help )
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “WinCodecPRO”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\taskmgr.exe

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Related Files

wextract.exe

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TUBEPLAYER.VER.6.EXE

admin — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:46:04 +0000

Your computer has been severely infected by Trojan, that is TUBEPLAYER.VER.6.EXE. This is quite dangerous and unsafe for your PC and there may be other infections on your PC. You should urgently check your PC and remove any malicious application including TUBEPLAYER.VER.6.EXE as soon as possible.

Location : Unknown
Type : Trojan Horse
Dangerous : YES
Removal : Immediately

How to get rid of TUBEPLAYER.VER.6.EXE

Download Removal Utility for TubePlayer.ver.6.exe