Re: winkpe.exe ??

From: sponge (yosponge_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/28/03 

Date: 28 Aug 2003 01:10:00 -0700

On 27 Aug 2003 13:43:47 -0700, gordo@thewinningdrive.com (GorDon)
wrote:

>I've been cleaning the msblast and other bugs from my home machines
>and still find a process running on my wife's machine that I cannot
>end.
>
>It is called winkpe.exe and every 6 or 7 seconds it takes off and
>maxes out the CPU at 100% for 3 or 4 seconds... very odd. She did
>have the msblast on her machine but it is gone now.
>
>Have any of you heard about any process called winkpe.exe and why it
>might be behaving like this?
>
>Thanks,
>Gordo

It's probably the Klez worm. Klez infections almost always follow the
pattern wink*.exe. Let your virus scanner remove it. Ad-Aware and/or
Spybot may be able to tackle this one, as they can nail a few common
worms as well as spyware and keyloggers. There are also good manual
removal instructions at www.sohpos.com, but give Ad-Aware & Spybot a
chance first. You'll need them both to catch other stuff anyway.

Sponge
Sponge's Anti-Spyware Source
www.geocities.com/yosponge

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