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WinAD Adware

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About Adware WinAD

WinAD is a spyware and adware that hijacks your IE and contacts to its controlling server to display popup ads. The program starts when you start Windows.

How to Remove WinAD ?

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Follow these removal steps to remove this adware from your computer:

1. Reboot the computer to Safe Mode (Press F8 when Windows start)
2. Open a Dos command prompt (from Start > Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt). Enter the following commands:
   
   For Windows 98/Me,
   cd %WinDir%\System\
   regsvr32 /u winad.dll
   regsvr32 /u winad2.dll
   del winad.dll
   del winad2.dll
   
   Or for Windows 2000/XP,
   cd %WinDir%\System32\
   regsvr32 /u winad.dll
   regsvr32 /u winad2.dll
   del winad.dll
   del winad2.dll
   
3. Click Start > Run, type 'regedit', and click Ok to open the Registry eidtor.
   
4. Navigate to and delete the following registry keys:
   
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{53d3c442-8fee-4784-9a21-6297d39613f0}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{53d3c442-8fee-4784-9a21-6297d39613f0}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{53d3c442-8fee-4784-9a21-6297d39613f0}
   
5. Exit Registry Editor.
   
6. Search for and delete the following files ( normally they are in Windows or System directory):
   
   winad.exe,
   wnad.exe,
   wnad.dat,
   wnad-update.exe
   
7. Open the temporary file folder (Go to Start > Run, type %temp% and press Enter.) , search and delete the following files:
   
   2.39 mb.exe
   578 kb.exe
   gd255.exe
   
8. Reboot the computer.
   

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