winupdate.exe is a trojan
Monday, September 7th, 2009This is a harmful program.
It is a component of malware or spyware, you should immediately remove it using an antivirus and antispyware program. If that does not help, then ask us for help in the Spyware removal forum. |
Name: winupdate
Filename: winupdate.exe
Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\winupdate.exe
Command: C:\WINDOWS\system32\winupdate.exe
Startup Type: startupreg
Combofix/RSIT Line:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\winupdate.exe]
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winupdate.exe [2009-08-07 46080]
2009-09-04 12:23:26 —-A—- C:\WINDOWS\system32\winupdate.exe
Description: Backdoor.Trojan also known as W32.Spybot.Worm, Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.
How to remove: use Kaspersky virus removal tool.