File "yoeyhyiwrysd.exe"

[Guest]

When I logged on to my always on broadband connection today, This exe tried to reach the internet and was stopped by Zone alert, I don't recognise the file and have not knowingly downloaded anything recently. Is this innocent or virus

Couldn't find reference in any of the virus sites but only conducted a short search

Its in System 3

Thanks.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

The randomness of the file name would indicate a virus/trojan/spyware. Ensure your antivirus software is up to date and rescan your system.

http://www.symantec.com/cgi-bin/securitycheck.cgi

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?cid=9059

www.lavasoftusa.com AdAware

www.safer-networking.org Spybot Search and Destroy

 

[Guest]

Thanks - can I safely delete it?

 

[Fritz]

Yes! ...you may have to kill the process (in case it's running) from the
Task Manager first.