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  1. December 20th, 2003, 05:50 PM #1
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    winin.exe

     
    So I cleaned out a bunch of viruses and trojans from my cousin's PC. It has Windows XP home. There's one little problem left. When attempting to login nothing happens until you Ctrl+Alt+Del and kill the process "winin.exe".

    What does this process do? The computer works perfectly after killing it. If it is infected with a virus can I simply delete it and replace it with a copy from my XP Pro?

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  2. December 20th, 2003, 06:10 PM #2
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    It's a virus. Possibly for spreading spam.
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  3. December 20th, 2003, 06:13 PM #3
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    Here's some good info about getting rid of that little virus:

    http://www.pchell.com/virus/wininit.shtml

    They also have a cleaner linked there.
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  4. December 20th, 2003, 06:15 PM #4
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    could't find anything re "winin.exe"
    but ........THIS
    look like .............virus
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  5. December 21st, 2003, 05:33 AM #5
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    Good info Atomic Rooster, thanks!
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