Missing .exe

[SDan]

When I start Windows I get a message telling me "Windows
cannot find C:\windows\system32\system32.exe". What can
I do to get this back?

 

[purplehaz]

You dont want it back. System32.exe is a virus. If the virus was cleaned off
then it left behind a reference to it to startup, thus the message when it
cant find it. Check out symantec.com websites virus encyclopedia for
instructions on how to remove it completely.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

System32.exe is a VIRUS file.....I don't think you really
want to get it back.

Remove remnants of KWBot.Worm from the Registry and File System
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_clean_kwbot.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| When I start Windows I get a message telling me "Windows
| cannot find C:\windows\system32\system32.exe". What can
| I do to get this back?

 

[HiMan]

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When I start Windows I get a message telling me "Windows
cannot find C:\windows\system32\system32.exe". What can
I do to get this back?

Hi SDan,

I doubt, you want that file ;-). Sounds like it's a Trojan.
Do a google search for system32.exe or try these links

http://www.google.de/search?q=system32.exe&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=de&btnG=Google+Suche&meta=

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.sysxxx.html

 

[Ken Blake]

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When I start Windows I get a message telling me "Windows
cannot find C:\windows\system32\system32.exe". What can
I do to get this back?

You don't want it back. It's a virus you probably recently
deleted. You're now left with a reference to it that you also
need to remove.

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Clean KWBot.Worm Registry
entries.


Or read
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.kwbot.c.worm.html
and pay particular attention to step 4 in the section headed
"removal instructions," near the bottom.