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eventtriggersxp.exe 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: eventtriggersxp
Filename: eventtriggersxp.exe
Registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run | eventtriggersxp.exe

Command: %Temp%\eventtriggersxp.exe
Startup Type: HKCU->Run
HijackThis Category: O4
HijackThis Line:

O4 – HKCU\..\Run: [eventtriggersxp.exe] C:\DOCUME~1\user\LOCALS~1\Temp\eventtriggersxp.exe

DDS Line:

uRun: [eventtriggersxp.exe] C:\DOCUME~1\user\LOCALS~1\Temp\eventtriggersxp.exe

Combofix/RSIT Line:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
“eventtriggersxp.exe”=C:\DOCUME~1\user\LOCALS~1\Temp\eventtriggersxp.exe

Description: trojan fakeAlert that once started will display a lot of fake security alerts and will suggest to download and install Dr. Guard. Dr. Guard is a rogue antispyware program.

How to remove: use these Dr. Guard removal instructions in order to remove Dr. Guard and the eventtriggersxp.exe trojan fakealert.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 8:40 am and is filed under O4, Run, Trojan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.