wininit.exe Virus, or a windows file????
I just ran Process scanner from processlibary.com, and it said that wininit.exe where a dangerrous file, and i had to remove it. I came up with a program that turned off processes, and i turnd of wininit.exe. Then all i got was a bluescreen. I hawe scanned with Spyware terminator, Trend Micro PC-Cillin, but no one of theese found anny virus in this file. The file is located in C:\Windows\System32\wininit.exe Annyone know if this a safe, or dangerous file, so i can remove it?
Thanks alot!!
Martin.
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is a good file in the directory and you need it !
if you have scanned your computer with a well know av product and it say it infected then you might have a issues
but if trend did not see an issue leave the file alone
sure this ones a good file. had it been situated in another directory it could have been malware ! thats the technique most malware writes do ! use a regular windows process name and place it in another directory to cause confusion.
shud u wish in future u can always get such single suspects scanned with multiple av engines at
http://www.virustotal.com/en/virustotalf.html or http://virusscan.jotti.org/ :-)- wininit.exe should not be disabled, required for essential applications to work properly.
Sanjeev
