winkfp.exe program

[C Gray]

Does anyone know what this program does?

It was found as a service that you cannot start/stop and
the file does not show up when searched for, but services
says the servicce is started and the executable is in
c:\windows\system32.

Carl

 

[PA Bear]

It's most likely a Trojan. Update your virus definitions and then run a
full system scan. From now on, do both daily.

Now check your system for "hijackware":

Dealing with Hijackware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc., before each and every
use, even "right out of the box". But even then, they can't catch
everything. HijackThis (http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip; [new
URL] ) is the preferred tool to use these days. It will help to both
identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post your files to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/, not here.**
--
HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp

 

[D.Currie]

sounds like the klex virus to me.

 

[D.Currie]

oops. That would be the KLEZ virus, not KLEX.