Comments on: Winweb Security 2008

By: Charlie in FL

Charlie in FL — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:01:38 +0000

Hi Folks,
Can’t completely get rid of this nasty crap although I’m following the advice of Marty, Ideng & Don as best as I can-I reboot XP before I started, found the numbered executable file and killed it which stopped the pop-ups, searched and found 1 udb file which I dragged to recycle bin and emptied from there-Shut down computer and rebooted it but it all reappeared when windows loaded up-I again killed the numbered .exe file and stopped the pop-ups and after about 10 minutes the Icon in taskbar disappeared-Didn’t shut down & reboot computer this time in hopes of avoiding the reoccurence of that winweb crap-Any suggestions about how to
permanently resolve this -Thanks

By: Don in VT

Don in VT — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:37:37 +0000

Hi All,

Final Update, As I mentioned earlier I got rid of most but not all of the Winweb crap. What remained was a message that links to Microsoft regarding a remnant of Winweb still resided in my PC. You have all seen the message from MS that asks you to send the message on to MS? Well I did. I kept sending it on to them with an explanation of what the problem was and I guess they fixed it for me. I love those guys at MS. Anyway my PC is burning hot and clean and I am good to go. Best of luck to all you folks and again have a happy holiday season.

Don in VT

By: Don in VT

Don in VT — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:17:31 +0000

Hi Meme,

I followed the directions of Marty and ideng and pretty much got rid of the malware. I still have a problem but it is a lot better and I can live with the fix. When I did the file search I simply asked the search feature to look in all files,hidden as well, for .udb files. I got 2. I simply dragged them to my desktop and put them in the trash can and then empty the trash. They are now gone. I went to the task manager and found the 10 digit .exe file and ended that task. What I was left with is a start up message that indicates that there is still some remnant of the malware in my PC but again I will continue to work on the issue when I have time. Hope this helps.

Merry Christmas

Don

By: meme

meme — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:10:32 +0000

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF WINWEB, IT IS NOT IN MY FILES I HAVE SEARCH FOR IT IN ALL FILES AND DOCUMENTS THE ONLY PLACE I HAVE FOUND IT IN IS TASK MGR AND I END TASK NOW BUT IT SEEMS TO REAPPEAR IF I GO INTO END PROCESS ITS NOT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!HELP

By: Don in VT

Don in VT — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:10:18 +0000

Hi Again Everyone,

Well, thanks to your help and some work of my own I kinda sorta got the Winweb trash out of my PC. The pop ups are gone, the icon is gone but there is still something in there that gives me a warning when I boot up. I will drop you folks a note when I figure it out. One thing that was interesting, when I first blew away the #.exe and the .udb files, the PC went into a VERY slow mode until I did a full reboot (not a restart).

Keep in touch. Merry Christmas

Regards,

Don in VT

By: Don in VT

Don in VT — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:02:44 +0000

Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone can tell me what exactly I type into the search line to get the hidden files ? When I go to task Manager I do find a 10 digit number with a . exe. Should I make that one go away ? From my research I understand the Winweb comes from Russia. Figures !! Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Don

By: Carman Kendell

Carman Kendell — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:31:13 +0000

Martys instructions worked for me as well.

I should note that when I went into the Windows Task manager, the #.exe did not match the folder #. I deleted anyway. Icon disappeared after 10 minutes.

Cheers

By: Poker123

Poker123 — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:27:08 +0000

Marty’s suggestion worked for me. Took a while for the icon to disappear but all is well. Cheers