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Andre

Trojan.Win32.Patched used to be a real virus, now fake anti-spyware software like Files Secure which will display Trojan.Win32.Patched as their scan result to trick user to buy the fake anti-spyware program. The fake anti-spyware program usually get installed onto your PC without your permission, through Trojan, malware and virus (or you could get it by installing a fake video codec). fake anti-spyware will display the Trojan.Win32.Patched fake system alerts or fake security alerts to trick user to buy the Paid Version of the fake anti-spyware program.

The possible error messages are either “Your browser was infected by Trojan.Win32.Patched. It’s dangerous for your system (critical files can be lost)! Click OK to download the antispyware program to clean your system!”, or “Your browser was hijacked by Trojan.Win32.Patched”. As discussed previously, these messages are completely misleading. You can safely remove Trojan.Win32.Patched by following our manual removal instructions if you are familiar with regedit and dll files. Good luck!

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Manual Trojan.Win32.Patched Removal Instructions:

Unregister Trojan.Win32.Patched DLL Files:
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windivx.dll
websrc32.dll
ecxwp.dll
pdswin.dll
stream32a.dll
msvideo.dll
pmspl.dll
vipextqtr.dll

Find and Delete these Trojan.Win32.Patched Files:
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The release candidate of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 should then be available via Windows Update. It might be that you will have to download some prior updates before the Release Candidate becomes available. It should be noted that this is only working on English editions of Windows Vista unless you tweak the Registry on non-English Vista editions to make Vista believe that you are using an English Vista.

Download the file Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Hack and unpack it to your Vista system. Executing the file will remove the old Registry keys that are no longer needed and add the new ones.

Another option would be to open the file in a text editor and manually remove and add the keys to the registry. Restart your computer afterwards and visit Windows Update. You will most likely be prompted to install three minor updates before you will see the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 in the list, those are:

• Update for Windows Vista (KB935509) - v1.008
• Update for Windows Vista (KB938371) - v1.028

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