Winfixer
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WinFixer was a family of scareware rogue security programs developed by Winsoftware which claimed to repair computer system problems on Microsoft Windows computers if a user purchased the full version of the software. The software was mainly installed without the user's consent. McAfee claimed that "the primary function of the free version appears to be to alarm the user into paying for registration, at least partially based on false or erroneous detections." The program prompted the user to purchase a paid copy of the program.
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Vinony's link graph records 10 inbound references to Winfixer, and connects out to Mozilla Firefox, United States and United Kingdom.
Vinony files it under 2000s in hacking and Rogue security software.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- rogue security software
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- operating system
- Microsoft Windows
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Article · Français
Winfixer est une famille de faux utilitaires qui sont présentés sur le site de l'éditeur comme des logiciels de protection du système. L'éditeur prétend que ces logiciels réparent les fichiers corrompus, nettoient la base de registre, réparent les erreurs du disque dur, etc. En réalité, ce sont des logiciels malveillants.
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