Help with Worm AGOBOT.RP

[Shayla]

I did a virus scan online at Trend Micro's Housecall and
it found a worm called WORM_AGOBOT.RP found in the
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winhlpp32.exe and it says it's not
cleanable so my only option is to delete the file. But is
the winhlpp32.exe a needed file in the Windows XP
computer?? I tried looking for information on it on
Symantic but they don't have it, they have the AGOBOT,
but none of them have the .RP at the end of it so I don't
know if it needs a certain way to remove it or what.
Would I be able to delete the winhlpp32.exe file without
any problems to the computer??

 

[Frank GoBell]

I did a virus scan online at Trend Micro's Housecall and
it found a worm called WORM_AGOBOT.RP found in the
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winhlpp32.exe and it says it's not
cleanable so my only option is to delete the file. But is
the winhlpp32.exe a needed file in the Windows XP
computer?? I tried looking for information on it on
Symantic but they don't have it, they have the AGOBOT,
but none of them have the .RP at the end of it so I don't
know if it needs a certain way to remove it or what.
Would I be able to delete the winhlpp32.exe file without
any problems to the computer??

The file winhlpp32.exe is the file the worm places on your computer. You
can delete it without harming the system, but you will probably get error
messages when you restart, as the worm modifies the registry to add a value
to various keys to "call" the file when the system loads.