| WinTools appears to be a variant of Huntbar. It
is very persistent and extremely difficult to remove. It creates its
own folder under Program Files/Common Files called WinTools. All of its
files appear to be contained within this folder.
WinTools may also load as part of other adware programs. |
How do I Remove WinTools?
Although there are many different methods across the web to remove this parasite, here is the most reliable way of doing this.
1) While online, download the popular HiJackThis program for Spywareinfo.com. You may want to read through the HiJackThis tutorial as well.
2) Reboot your computer into Safe Mode, you may want to also Turn off System Restore in Windows XP/ME as well to remove any backups of the files you are about to delete.
3) Remove the Startup Entries in the Registry
- Click on
Start, Run, Type REGEDIT and Click OK
- Click
the pluses(+) next to the following items
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- Software
- Microsoft
- Windows
- CurrentVersion
- Run
- Right-Click
on the file WinTools and click DELETE
- Click
the pluses(+) next to the following items
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- Software
- Microsoft
- Windows
- CurrentVersion
- RunServices
- Right-Click
on the file WinTools and click DELETE
- Close REGEDIT
3) Run HiJackThis (while in Safe Mode) and Delete any entries relating to WinTools including
O2 - BHO:
(no name) - {87766247-311C-43B4-8499-3D5FEC94A183}-
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\WinTools\WToolsB.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name)
- {63B78BC1-A711-4D46-AD2F-C581AC420D41} -
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\WINTOOLS\BTIEIN.DLL
Although
the following entries should have been deleted in Step 2, delete these
entries if they still exist.
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WinTools] C:\Program Files\Common
files\WinTools\WToolsA.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [WinTools] C:\Program Files\Common
files\WinTools\WToolsA.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WinTools] C:\Program Files\Common
files\WinTools\WToolsS.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [WinTools] C:\Program Files\Common
files\WinTools\WToolsS.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WinTools] C:\Program Files\Common
files\WinTools\WSup.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [WinTools] C:\Program Files\Common
files\WinTools\WSup.exe
3) Delete the WinTools folder and all associated files
- Open My Computer, Drive C, Program Files, Common Files
- Right-click on the WinTools folder (if it exists) and Delete it
4) You should also delete or clean up your hosts file
Windows
95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts
Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows XP Home c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
5) Reboot the computer in Normal Mode and run HiJackThis again
to test (Wintools should be gone)
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