Trojan.Linkoptimizer Removal Tool is a utility designed to eliminate the infections of Trojan.Linkoptimizer. If you are eliminating an infection from a network, first make sure that all the shares are disabled or set to Read Only. This utility must be run in Safe mode and you must close all the running programs. After you have downloaded the removal utility, double-click the FixLinkopt.exe file to start the removal tool. The removal tool will force a restart of both clean and infected computers. Then run Trojan.Linkoptimizer Removal Tool again to ensure that the system is clean. You may run LiveUpdate to make sure that you are using the most current virus definitions. This utility is not designed to run on Novell Netware servers and to remove this threat from a NetWare server, first make sure that you have the current virus definitions and then run a full system scan with the Symantec antivirus product.
Trojan.Linkoptimizer Removal Tool terminates the associated processes, deletes the associated files and deletes the registry values added by the threat. When the tool has finished running, you will see a message indicating whether the threat has infected the computer. Trojan.Linkoptimizer Removal Tool displays the total number of the scanned files, number of deleted files, number of repaired files, number of terminated viral processes and number of fixed registry entries.
