Re: Is MSWin.exe some form of malware?
- From: "Tom Willett" <tompepper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 14:46:55 -0600
If your computer has the mswin.exe process on it, your system might be
infected with a trojan known as 'netcrack.b'.
Google for netcrack.b removal.
"Roughneck" <Roughneck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Yes, I understand msconfig doesn't remove malware--in fact it doesn't
remove
| anything on it's own--it just provides an interface for making manual
changes
| to a PC's configuration, including which items will run at startup. What
I
| was trying to say is I haven't yet used msconfig to remove MSWin.exe
| manually--I'm hoping to get some feedback about it on this forum to see if
| people here agree that it is in fact some form of malware. I ran NAV and
| SpySweeper (both current in regard to definition updates) and neither of
them
| flagged MSWin.exe. I've also run Spybot and AdAware within the last few
| weeks with current updates and they didn't flag it either. Since the
| search indicates MSWin.exe is malware but none of the apps I mentioned
| flagged it as a problem/risk, I'm trying to determine whether or not it's
| really malware/adware/spyware/virus etc.
| --
| So much to learn... So little time.
|
|
| "Ted Zieglar" wrote:
|
| > A Google search had many references...and all of them you checked
| > indicated it's malware...but you're still not sure...
| >
| > Msconfig won't remove malware. For that you need antivirus and
| > anti-spyware software with updated malware definitions.
| >
| > ---
| > Ted Zieglar
| > "Backup is a computer user's best friend."
| >
| > Roughneck wrote:
| > > I'm using msconfig to remove all the startup items I can from my son's
PC and
| > > found an entry for MSWin.exe that we don't have on our other
computers. The
| > > path name is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
| > > Menu\Programs\Startup\MSWin.exe
| > >
| > > A google search found many references to this file and all of them I
checked
| > > indicated the file is some form of malware--but I'd like to get some
feedback
| > > from this forum. Does anyone know if this is in fact a file I should
remove
| > > from startup? Maybe even get rid of entirely?
| >
.
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