Mysterious file - WINXPINIT.EXE

From: JZ (themayor_at_adelphia.net)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 22:04:18 -0400

I have Window 2000 machines that have a file named "winxpinit.exe" appearing
in the c:\winnt\system32 directory. This file appears in the processes
TWICE when I do a Ctrl+Alt+Del. It also is making registry entries in:

HKey_Local_Machine & HKey_Local User
Current user->Software->Microsoft->Windows->Current Version->Run and
RunOnce (along with a few other places).

When I put the computer in Safe Mode and remove the exe and registry entries
the file returns. The computers with this file on it boot up but upon
reaching the desktop screen, they just freeze the screen right before the
desktop icons appear. If I kill the one winxpinit.exe process the computer
will boot up completely but once the file returns it makes the computers run
sluggish.

I have done an extensive search on the Internet for this file but there
doesn't seem to be any mention of it.

Can someone shed some light on this file?

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