Comments on: Lawsuit Filed Against Winfixer (a/k/a ErrorSafe, WinAntiSpyware, WinAntiVirus, SystemDoctor and DriveCleaner)

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:20:37 +0000

I too have been infected by the dang things, but have been successful in removing them with a really good system scan and virus remover. As far a lawsuit, I am all game for it. But, do you really think you are going to get these guys in a USA Courtroom when these programs come from places like Poland, Russia, Ukraine, etc…The folks that do this are SCUM but there are not dumb. They know lawsuits will be coming at them. And by getting out of the country they make it very to catch them. Besides, the operation is probally already shut down and another one started. Just get yourself a very good anti-virus program and scan your PC often. The lawsuit crap will just waste your time, these guys know what they are doing. They blame the virus on “their advertizing agents” and are willing to “help” you catch them…….. :-(

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:38:32 +0000

I was recently struck by WinAntiVirus under the name of VistaAntiVirus (file vav.exe et.al.). I had to do a complete recovery because the virus removed all my restore points. Needless to say, I lost everything. It ate my backups. I was hopeful of becoming a part of the class action but it seems that according to the State Bar as of July 1, 2008, attorney Joseph M. Bochner can no longer practice law in California.

By: Joesph

Joesph — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:08:00 +0000

Hey.. I repair computers in my spare time and if anyone has some nasty spyware and can’t figure out how to get rid of it email me and I can either walk you thru it for free or for a small fee + shipping I can repair the windows software on your hard drive or the whole PC if you don’t know how to remove the hard drive.

E-mail me at toowickkidd@yahoo.com and I can try to help you.

By: brandon

brandon — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:12:48 +0000

yes. these fuckers should eat glass. i just removed that shit entirly i hope u make them bankrupt!

By: j davis

j davis — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:16:05 +0000

The latest news isn’t good. The suit has been dropped due to lack of interest by law enforcement. Some even doubted that a crime had taken place. It looks like that pimply faced hillbilly James Reno is going to get away with this for some time to come. The reactions of the FBI and the FTC regarding this kind of fraud are apalling!

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:47:40 +0000

I have been fighting these jackoffs since 2005 when winantivirus was highly praise. When I down loaded the program it came with 500+ viruses, trojons and other nasty things. To this day I still haven’t been able to get ride of them. I true;y feel everyones pain. Lets hang them for the highest tree and stone them to death.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:41:57 +0000

HELP! I’ve been hit with “Virus
Ranger” and “Virus Heat” What do
I do to get rid of them. Every time
I right click on my mouse to delete
them they “pop up” for installation

The things are like a school of
blood sucking flying leaches that
haven’t eaten for a week.

By: Jim Thorson

Jim Thorson — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:59:39 +0000

I was also infected by a Vundo Virus. It took me over a week to clkean my system. I would certainly be interetsed in supporting a lawsuit, if anyone can find thses guys.

By: Dave W

Dave W — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:42:17 +0000

I am a novice computer user and I am one of us who has drive cleaner, winantivirus and winantivirus pro 2007 downloaded on my home pc. I am going to try and get it off of my computer asap. I think I will try Luke’s process of remove. Contact me Luke by email as I may need your help. Thanks ddwelsh at frontiernet dot net

By: Luke Sewell

Luke Sewell — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:05:34 +0000

I work at a computer repairs store, and we get this problem often on customer machines. I have just finished saving another machine from these programs. Here’s how I fix them - Go to add/remove programs and uninstall them, go to Program Files and delete its files (be sure to check Common Files too) then use CCleaner and other such programs to clean out your registry, then do some anti virus and spyware scans; i use SuperAntiSpyware, it does a good job of getting rid of these programs. Lastly, turn off system restore and restart. Test to see if it seems to be gone, and if so you can turn system restore back on.