Wild Tangent Asteroid GameSpyware

ultraviolet353 · 1st March 2002, 22:44

I jus did a stupid thing. I installed Wild Tangent Asteroid Game. I then read that it is heavy Spyware. What is the bets way to remove it?

ultraviolet353 · 2nd March 2002, 05:11

I actually figured it out myself. I manually deleted WT folder in c:/windows. Before you delete the WT folder you need to go into msconfig STARTUP and uncheck "wcmdmgrl" otherwise it won't let you delete the entire WT folder. I also deleted the games folder in Winamp program files. I also wnet into WINAMP visualizations<general and unistalled it from Winamp so I would never have to look at it again. Last, but most importantly I searched in regedit for "wcmdmgr.exe" This is the SPYWARE. I deleted that too. Since there is no uninstaller (I am running XP Home and there was nothing add/remove programs either)I am sure there is other extraneous stuff on my drive, but I am pretty sure the malicious SPYWARE is off and it cannot operate. It's funny, the second I installed it I thought to myself I wonder if this is SPYWARE. I should have checked the forums first so I balme only myself. But I think it is pretty pathetic for a program not to have an uninstaller.

off topic: why do people go crazy when one uses CAPS in a post?

1st March 2002, 22:44	#1
ultraviolet353 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 46	Wild Tangent Asteroid GameSpyware I jus did a stupid thing. I installed Wild Tangent Asteroid Game. I then read that it is heavy Spyware. What is the bets way to remove it?

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2nd March 2002, 05:11	#2
ultraviolet353 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 46	I actually figured it out myself. I manually deleted WT folder in c:/windows. Before you delete the WT folder you need to go into msconfig STARTUP and uncheck "wcmdmgrl" otherwise it won't let you delete the entire WT folder. I also deleted the games folder in Winamp program files. I also wnet into WINAMP visualizations<general and unistalled it from Winamp so I would never have to look at it again. Last, but most importantly I searched in regedit for "wcmdmgr.exe" This is the SPYWARE. I deleted that too. Since there is no uninstaller (I am running XP Home and there was nothing add/remove programs either)I am sure there is other extraneous stuff on my drive, but I am pretty sure the malicious SPYWARE is off and it cannot operate. It's funny, the second I installed it I thought to myself I wonder if this is SPYWARE. I should have checked the forums first so I balme only myself. But I think it is pretty pathetic for a program not to have an uninstaller. off topic: why do people go crazy when one uses CAPS in a post?