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Last updated
20/08/2006
This spyware has been installed by many programmes in the past including:
Audio Galaxy
iMesh
Wildcat web optimizer
BeFaster Internet Speed Up Toolkit
Removing Webhancer can kill IE.
http://webhancer.com/support/index.asp?s=31#22
iexplore caused an invalid page fault in module unknown
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q302/5/91.ASP
Invalid page fault error message
when you use Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com?scid=kb;EN-US;Q826718
Cannot connect to the internet with Webhancer Customer Companion installed:
http://support.microsoft.com?scid=kb;EN-US;Q297682
The "fatal error: could not
create socket" error message is displayed when starting Windows:
http://support.microsoft.com?scid=kb;EN-US;Q299964
It causes the following error:
WHAGENT CAUSED AN INVALID PAGE FAULT IN MODULE WSOCK32.DLL
Whagent.exe has encountered a
problem and needs to close:
http://support.microsoft.com?scid=kb;EN-US;Q318417
To remove it go to Control Panel, Add/Remove programmes.
Remove the program.
If it does not appear in add/remove programmes, you may find it listed in Task Manager (CTRL, ALT, DEL key combination). Close the program using Task Manager and manually delete it as follows:
1. Empty your C:\temp and/or C:\Windows\Temp directory.
2. Delete the directory C:\Program Files\webHancer\ if present.
3. Ensure the following files are
no longer present on the computer:
webhdll.dll
whagent.inf
whInstaller.exe
whInstaller.ini