Re: WToolsA / WToolsS

["Michael Painter" <tvhawaii () shaka com>]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=WToolsA&btnG=Google+Search

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allan" <larsmith () tds net>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 4:15 AM
Subject: WToolsA / WToolsS


> Anyone here have any experience with WToolsA and/or WToolsS ?
>
> I noticed, in the RUN folder on a WXP PC, an entry involving WinTools. Deleted the entry. Closed the RUN folder, 
> opened it again
and the entry was right back there.
> Didn't surprise me when I deleted the WinTools folder on the PC and got an "access denied" error, stating that the 
> program /
folder contents were in use.
> Nor did it surprise me when I did Ctrl-Alt-Del and went to the Processes tab, that I saw WToolsA running.  When I 
> tried to "End
Process", it came right back up.  Same with WToolsS.
> Anyone know of any effective tools for removing it ?
>
> Farz I know, it's ad/spyware but even the latest of Ad-Aware and SpyBot didn't even notice / remove the problem.
>
> Allan Smith, NCAA, NDAA



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