windows cannot find 'winlogin.exe'

[Val]

Hi,
Windows XP no SP.
After defragmenting C: drive, at the windows start up the
erro message displayed- windows cannot
find 'winlogin.exe'. Make sure you typed name correctly
and then try again.
Also now everything I launch is extremly slow. Isn't
defragmenting suppose to make everything work a bit
faster? How come the 'winlogin.exe'is missing? Is this
another virus? What can I do to improve the speed ?
Please help.
Thanks in advance.

 

[L. A. Powell]

Double check that the message states "winlogin.exe", not "winlogon.exe",
then go here to download a fix for your registry to remove references to
the winlogin.exe virus file:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_winlogin_remove.htm