WARNING! Beware of .ZIX File Extension!

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blackvamp

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17. July 2007 @ 11:56

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Recently I've seen people having trouble with .zix extension files. The PSP ISO they obtained contains a .zix file, and they were encouraged by the readme to download and install a "free" compression program called Winzix. Please DO NOT install winzix. It contains numerous spyware/trojan not easily removed, even after uninstalling the program. And

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it leaves an unknown process running, that cannot be seen from the task manager. It also appears to cloak itself, appearing as Internet Explorer "iexplore.exe".[citation needed] There are also cases where the program deleted the entire content of one folder.

If you come across a .zix file, just delete it. DO NOT install winzix for your own sake!
If you happened to install winzix, there is a way to extensively remove all malware from it.

For more info, please refer to here.

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17. July 2007 @ 12:01

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