I have a computer that when you logon everything runs
perfectly. However after about 10 minutes the
Winlogon.exe process jumps up to 99% CPU usage! This
pretty much renders the PC usless. I have searched the
knowledge base and found an article that talked about a
W32.Klez virus that would do this, but when I did what it
said to determine if there was a virus I didn't find any.
I have run ad aware and also done a virus scan with the
lastest definitions but have yet to discover anyhting out
of the normal. It doesn't matter which profile you are
under, it still does it even under administrator. Does
anyone know anything anything about this or how to fix it?

ADAM

Hey Adam,

I don't know what will fix it, but my solution to this issue, which just
happened to me yesterday, was to delete my partition and reinstall Windows
XP Pro.

The last thing I remembered before that winlogon.exe issue started was a
pop-up window from Stop-sign.com. I believe they may have did this to my
system to promote their software. I could be wrong, but when I did a search
for "winlogon.exe" their site popped up - odd!?!

Good luck!

Marc F.

"ADAM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1d75f01c42321$3eccab30$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a computer that when you logon everything runs
> perfectly. However after about 10 minutes the
> Winlogon.exe process jumps up to 99% CPU usage! This
> pretty much renders the PC usless. I have searched the
> knowledge base and found an article that talked about a
> W32.Klez virus that would do this, but when I did what it
> said to determine if there was a virus I didn't find any.
> I have run ad aware and also done a virus scan with the
> lastest definitions but have yet to discover anyhting out
> of the normal. It doesn't matter which profile you are
> under, it still does it even under administrator. Does
> anyone know anything anything about this or how to fix it?
>
> ADAM

hmm Well that SUX!
>-----Original Message-----
>Hey Adam,
>
>I don't know what will fix it, but my solution to this
issue, which just
>happened to me yesterday, was to delete my partition and
reinstall Windows
>XP Pro.
>
>The last thing I remembered before that winlogon.exe
issue started was a
>pop-up window from Stop-sign.com. I believe they may
have did this to my
>system to promote their software. I could be wrong, but
when I did a search
>for "winlogon.exe" their site popped up - odd!?!
>
>Good luck!
>
>Marc F.
>
>"ADAM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:1d75f01c42321$3eccab30$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have a computer that when you logon everything runs
>> perfectly. However after about 10 minutes the
>> Winlogon.exe process jumps up to 99% CPU usage! This
>> pretty much renders the PC usless. I have searched the
>> knowledge base and found an article that talked about a
>> W32.Klez virus that would do this, but when I did what
it
>> said to determine if there was a virus I didn't find
any.
>> I have run ad aware and also done a virus scan with the
>> lastest definitions but have yet to discover anyhting
out
>> of the normal. It doesn't matter which profile you are
>> under, it still does it even under administrator. Does
>> anyone know anything anything about this or how to fix
it?
>>
>> ADAM
>
>
>.
>

The Netsky.D virus executable is also called winlogon.

The virus is c:\windows\winlogon.exe

The real one is c:\windows\system32\winlogon.exe

"ADAM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:1d24901c42327$7df87c70$(E-Mail Removed)...
> hmm Well that SUX!
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hey Adam,
> >
> >I don't know what will fix it, but my solution to this
> issue, which just
> >happened to me yesterday, was to delete my partition and
> reinstall Windows
> >XP Pro.
> >
> >The last thing I remembered before that winlogon.exe
> issue started was a
> >pop-up window from Stop-sign.com. I believe they may
> have did this to my
> >system to promote their software. I could be wrong, but
> when I did a search
> >for "winlogon.exe" their site popped up - odd!?!
> >
> >Good luck!
> >
> >Marc F.
> >
> >"ADAM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
> >news:1d75f01c42321$3eccab30$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> I have a computer that when you logon everything runs
> >> perfectly. However after about 10 minutes the
> >> Winlogon.exe process jumps up to 99% CPU usage! This
> >> pretty much renders the PC usless. I have searched the
> >> knowledge base and found an article that talked about a
> >> W32.Klez virus that would do this, but when I did what
> it
> >> said to determine if there was a virus I didn't find
> any.
> >> I have run ad aware and also done a virus scan with the
> >> lastest definitions but have yet to discover anyhting
> out
> >> of the normal. It doesn't matter which profile you are
> >> under, it still does it even under administrator. Does
> >> anyone know anything anything about this or how to fix
> it?
> >>
> >> ADAM
> >
> >
> >.
> >