Hi guys, help with WajamUpdater.exe please

[Artois28]

Hi Everyone and hope you are all well...

Very quick explanation, my dad called me this evening looking for free DVD burner software so I went onto CNET and downloaded Ashampoo (figuring that if it downloaded crap onto my system and not his, I could fix it -(obviously not huh?!). Anyway it did and now I have WajamUpdater.exe in my system, which is Win 7. Any ideas, obvious or otherwise, to remove this thing?
As usual, much appreciation for your time and energy,

Artois28

 

[ChrisHirst]

http://www.411-spyware.com/remove-wajam-virus

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[Artois28]

Thanks Chris,

I really hate skiing this question and hope you understand why (trust is my favourite word!) but the Malware scanner isn't going to make things worse? Again, please understand that I trust you, not the scanner.

Many thanks in advance,

Artois28

 

[cmeagan656]

Also, see thread760-1658790 for a warning about CNET downloads. For free DVD burning software I use the CyberLink free version.

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[ChrisHirst]

I've not seen anything 'bad' published about that particular tool but I can't vouch for it personally. For the 'Family & Friends' service I find a combination of HijackThis, Spybot S&D coupled with regedit and a XP boot CD or USB drive for the more stubborn/tenacious little bleederm, ighters gets rid of anything.


For CD/DVD Burning ImgBurn does it for me.

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[Sympology]

Kind of off topic but not:

Has anyone noticed when you go to even a legit site, it's getting harder and harder to find the actual download link? The amount of similar ad's on the pages that look so similar to the download are horendous, then you have to contend with "added value" software in the installers, such as Chrome, ASK toolbars etc, it's no wonder people are getting so much crap installed these days.

Take this for example simple CCleaner download.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/CCleaner.shtml

So you click the huge download button at the top and you get shunted of to some unknown 3rd party to install 7Zip!



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[xit]

Sympology, you are right about the various buttons displayed on these download sites, you must search to find the proper one. When a download is completed & you start to install you can't be fast on the trigger or you will have who knows what installed when you finish. Crazy

 

[spamjim]

So you click the huge download button at the top and you get shunted of to some unknown 3rd party to install 7Zip!

I'm not seeing that. It may be due to the free ad-blocking extension I install in my browser. If many of us find ourselves providing 'Family & Friends' service, we can save a lot of trouble by giving them an ad blocker.

 

[Artois28]

Many thanks for all the posts guys, eventually went for the obvious solution, the Restore point. First time I used this feature on Win 7 and it seems to have done the trick, but have downloaded the above suggestions for future use.

Many thanks again,

Artois28