What does this file do?

[Me]

Can anyone tell me what the file winipcfge.exe does. I tried a google search
and it was unable to find any documents.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me what the file winipcfge.exe does. I tried a google search
and it was unable to find any documents.

Probably because it's not a real Windows file. If you indeed spelled the
name right, you may want to update your antivirus software and run a full
system scan.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Me]

Hi,


Probably because it's not a real Windows file. If you indeed spelled the
name right, you may want to update your antivirus software and run a full
system scan.

The spelling is correct. I had a feeling it was a bogus file when I tried to
run a virus check and was unable to and then tried to delete the file &
couldn't. Anyway I rebooted to safe mode and finally managed to delete the
file.

 

[Logan]

did you try a GOOGLE search to see what it is....

 

[DUH]

The 2nd sentence of the post is "I tried a google search and it was unable
to find any documents."

 

[Logan]

Duh..
So I missed it....what's the big deal.....

 

[Walter Clayton]

Assuming you've spelled it correctly suspect malware. The closest thing I
know of to that is winipcfg.exe, but that's a 9x IP configuration tool.

Upload the file to http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html and see what
Kaspersky has to say.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org

 

[Jim Stewart]

Assuming you've spelled it correctly suspect malware. The closest thing I
know of to that is winipcfg.exe, but that's a 9x IP configuration tool.

Upload the file to http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html and see what
Kaspersky has to say.

Hi I came across this file today
the spelling is correct. winipcfge.exe not the windows util spelling.
it seemed to be connected with a svchost process that was chewing up
80% of cpu resources. I was able to rename it re-boot it, and the
system came back to normal. it was a friends machine so i haven't had
a chance to run a scan on it yet.

jim

 

[Jim Stewart]

Assuming you've spelled it correctly suspect malware. The closest thing I
know of to that is winipcfg.exe, but that's a 9x IP configuration tool.

Upload the file to http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html and see what
Kaspersky has to say.

Hi I came across this file today
the spelling is correct. winipcfge.exe not the windows util spelling.
it seemed to be connected with a svchost process that was chewing up
80% of cpu resources. I was able to rename it re-boot it, and the
system came back to normal. it was a friends machine so i haven't had
a chance to run a scan on it yet.

jim