I was reading this thread trying to find out how to stop the virus i had that kept starting up LW. so i followed doug119's post by doing... But for me i did not see winupdates.exe. so i was messing around in the processes tab when i see outlook express and so i ended the process because i never use it and it really pi$$e$ me off because it was set to default email so i shut it down to get revenge on it for pi$$ing me off many times then i installed LW again and now its fine to more turning on by it self.
Which is pretty funny that i just so happend to fix the problem by trying to get revenge.

Well i hope this helps someone out. Thanks for all the postes befor mine, i really appreciate everyone trying to help out.

> First remove Limewire(Start>All Programs>Limewire>Uninstall)
> Download "Brute force Uninstaller" to Desktop
>To download http://www.merijn.org/files/bfu.zip
>Right click the "BFU folder" on your desktop, and choose "Extract All"
>Click "next"
>In the box to choose where to extract the files to,
>Click "Browse"
>Click on the + sign next to "My Computer"
>Click on "Local Disk (C: ) "
>Click "Make New Folder"
>Type in BFU
>Click "Next", and Uncheck the "Show Extracted Files" box and then click "Finish".

Then,
>Download Alcra PLUS Remover at this link
>Right click link underneith and select "save target as" Save it in the same folder you made earlier "(c:\BFU)".
http://metallica.geekstogo.com/alcanshorty.bfu

>Reboot to "safe mode"
>Go to "My Computer>C:/BFU folder".
>go to "BFU.exe"
>Select "folder icon"(top right)
>click "alcanchorty.bfu"
>Press "Execute" and let the program do it’s job. (You ought to see a progress bar if you did this correctly.)
>Wait for the complete script execution box to pop up and press "OK".
>Press "exit" to terminate the BFU program.
>Reboot into normal windows.

IT'S GONE

It is not absolutely necessary to uninstall Limewire or go into safe mode.It just makes it easier to do with Limewire not popping up all the time

What do you use to run BFU

Quote:

What do you use to run BFU

Not sure if I understand the question correctly.

>My Computer
>Local Disc (C: )
>BFU
>BFU.exe (Ball and chain icon)
>"The Brute Force Uninstaller" Will pop up
>Click on the little yellow folder at the top,right of the window
>Double Click Alcanshorty.bfu
>Press Execute


Sorry, But I cant think of any easier way to put it

Maybe you need to post some screenshots to go with it

hey everyone, anyone?! firstly, hope yall had a good xmas. anyways,
i did everything and i tried to execute the alcanshorty file but it doesnt open up? what program do i have to use for it to work?

THANKS IN ADV.

the brute force uninstaller. It should happen automatically though if you did all the steps correctly.

If you did do all the steps correctly, then maybe this is not this exact virus you have??

Don't really know since I have never tried this myself

if i right click on the bfu folder, it only sais that i can open it or cut it...sooo...i still dont know how to do it:P

I went to that BFU site and it does not appear to be safe (publisher could not be verified) Is this a safe link? I am trying to remove a pop up from gnutella network that keeps appearing (i presently have Limewire uninstalled, may reinstall in the near future)

OK i did the first step with no problem, but when i go to that link Metallica.geekstogo i only get a LONG list of typed words. Is there another link? I hate to be a pest