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Dallawagot.exe -anyone throw any light on this one?
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Anne_Marie_2
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Have spent nearly the whole afternoon and night sorting out a friend's computer which was riddled with trojans and spyware. Think all is well now, apart from this dallawagot.exe which is linked to amazingwinkey, whatever that is. I haven't got a clue. Never heard of it.........did a search but was no further forward, apart from someone else in the same boat. Would like to know if it is a legitimate programme or not. Anyone any ideas one way or the other?

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I should have added that nothing is coming up with spyware, trojans - I just don't know what it is. There is no point asking my friend, as she is just a newish computer user - and going to get a good talking to, in a nice way - no AV, no firewall - my worst nightmare! Unfortunately,she has teenagers about, who are way more experienced with computers than she is.
So..........anyone please?0 -
looking at google it seems vague but i cant if deleted it will come back. Best bet is deleting it via safe mode (or even better ms-dos if you know how)Smile and be happy, things can usually get worse!0
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http://www.computing.net/security/wwwboard/forum/17733.htm
url not working above
http://www.google.co.uk/search?lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=dallawagot.exe
click on 1st item directing you to computing.net
tbh its a new virus
safe mode and run your anti virus - that shoudl remove it the easiest wayNever do things tomorow when you can do them today.0 -
yes , I agree delete in safe mode
you can use hijackthis to delete from startup, go to the location of the file and manually delete it , then empty the recycle bin, then run antivirus as suggested aboveEx forum ambassador
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Aaaargh.....am having no luck deleting those 4 dallawagot.exe entries.
Have tried deleting in safe mode using hijack this, umpteen times, used ccleaner, run av and everything else I can think of......so looks like I will need some real help here, as not a clue now. Anyone any ideas please?0 -
there is software called "killbox" that can do it
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/killbox.php
you need to type the full path for the location of the fileEx forum ambassador
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Thanks Browntoa, will download and give that a try. I may be back!0
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Browntoa thanks very much, that did the job. :A And I still have some hair left!0
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