Remove "MAINTENANCE\WINDAT" virus (Removal Guide)

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What is MAINTENANCE\WINDAT?

MAINTENANCE\WINDAT is classified as Win32:PUP-gen (potentially unwanted program).

MAINTENANCE\WINDAT detected as Trojan.MAINTENANCE.
What is PUP? PUP is crapware.
MAINTENANCE\WINDAT have several types of unwanted behaviour:

Displaying popup ads.
Hijacking your browser.
Infecting your desktop shortcuts, etc.
Inserting ads to the web pages.

MAINTENANCE\WINDAT can redirect your browser search, collect your personal information and sell it for advertising.
MAINTENANCE\WINDAT is usually hard in removing. Some people could not find uninstall program for MAINTENANCE\WINDAT in the Control Panel.
Sometimes MAINTENANCE\WINDAT uninstaller does not work.

How MAINTENANCE\WINDAT got on your computer?

Usually you got MAINTENANCE\WINDAT with as part of a bundle with another tool you downloaded from the Internet. Since MAINTENANCE\WINDAT manufacturer pays software developers for distributing MAINTENANCE\WINDAT within their applications, MAINTENANCE\WINDAT is often included as part of the installer.
Usually, you have not only one MAINTENANCE\WINDAT problem, but a bunch of similar WIN32:PUPs.

You have 2 ways to remove MAINTENANCE\WINDAT:

You have 2 ways

1. Remove Automatically.
2. Remove Manually.

Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?

You know only one virus name: "MAINTENANCE\WINDAT", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
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Here’s how to remove MAINTENANCE\WINDAT virus automatically:

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STEP 3: Remove MAINTENANCE\WINDAT virus (3 minutes)

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How to remove MAINTENANCE\WINDAT manually:

STEP 1: Check all shortcuts of your browsers on your desktop, taskbar and in the Start menu. Right click on your shortcut and change it's properties.

http://…

You can see MAINTENANCE\WINDAT or another web site at the end of shortcut target (command line). Remove it and save changes.

In addition, check this command line for fake browser's trick.
For example, if a shortcut points to Google Chrome, it must have the path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.
Fake browser may be: …\Appdata\Roaming\HPReyos\ReyosStarter3.exe.
Also the file name may be: “chromium.exe” instead of chrome.exe.

STEP 2: Investigate the list of installed programs and uninstall all unknown recently installed programs.

check installed programs to uninstall

STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to MAINTENANCE\WINDAT in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

$Remove MAINTENANCE\WINDAT virus from running processes$

Remove MAINTENANCE\WINDAT virus from running processes

STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.

$Remove MAINTENANCE\WINDAT virus from Windows services$

Remove MAINTENANCE\WINDAT virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains MAINTENANCE\WINDAT in it's name or description.

STEP 5: After that press Win+R, type in: taskschd.msc and press OK to open Windows Task Scheduler.
$Remove MAINTENANCE\WINDAT from scheduled task list.$