wingw32.exe popups

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When trying to use ie 6.0, I started to receive several pop-ups although
adaware has been in place for many weeks. The program that is trying to run
according to adaware and spybot is wingw32.exe in the startup folder
(although I can't find it). This only happens in explorer, access to the web
through mozilla doesn't encounter the same problem.
Any ideas on what I can actually look for to remove?
 
lmp111 said:
When trying to use ie 6.0, I started to receive several pop-ups
although adaware has been in place for many weeks. The program that
is trying to run according to adaware and spybot is wingw32.exe in
the startup folder (although I can't find it). This only happens in
explorer, access to the web through mozilla doesn't encounter the
same problem.
Any ideas on what I can actually look for to remove?
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wingw32.exe appears to be spyware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

CAUTION!!!!! Before you try to remove spyware using any of these programs ,
download a copy of LSPFIX from any of the following sites:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
(if your OS is Win2k or XP) The process of removing certain malware may kill
your internet connection. If this should occur, this program, LSPFIX, will
enable you to regain your connection.

See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip or
http://forum.aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.


See this link for information about malware:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.

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