Guest Gilera Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 I had a new entry pop up in my startup, it is Winctl.exe, can someone please tell me what it is and whether i can remove entries in startup and register for it?
Guest Alan Edwards Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: Startup Entries? Read a few of these (it doesn't look friendly) http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2005-15%2CGGLD%3Aen&q=winctl.exe+trojan&btnG=Search ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 02:22:06 -0700, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Gilera <Gilera@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I had a new entry pop up in my startup, it is Winctl.exe, can someone please >tell me what it is and whether i can remove entries in startup and register >for it?
Guest Gilera Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: Startup Entries? Do you think it is safe to delete? "Alan Edwards" wrote: > Read a few of these (it doesn't look friendly) > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2005-15%2CGGLD%3Aen&q=winctl.exe+trojan&btnG=Search > > ....Alan > -- > Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer > http://dts-l.org/index.htm > > > > On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 02:22:06 -0700, in > microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Gilera > <Gilera@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >I had a new entry pop up in my startup, it is Winctl.exe, can someone please > >tell me what it is and whether i can remove entries in startup and register > >for it? >
Guest N1K Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: Startup Entries? Mate, it's a trojan downloader or translated a VIRUS downloader. This means that this ISN'T windows system process and you should instantly delete it. -- MCSA, MCDST, MCP Systems Specialist http://www.wincert.net "Gilera" wrote: > Do you think it is safe to delete? > > "Alan Edwards" wrote: > > > Read a few of these (it doesn't look friendly) > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2005-15%2CGGLD%3Aen&q=winctl.exe+trojan&btnG=Search > > > > ....Alan > > -- > > Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer > > http://dts-l.org/index.htm > > > > > > > > On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 02:22:06 -0700, in > > microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Gilera > > <Gilera@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > >I had a new entry pop up in my startup, it is Winctl.exe, can someone please > > >tell me what it is and whether i can remove entries in startup and register > > >for it? > >
Guest Gilera Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: Startup Entries? Thanks N1K "N1K" wrote: > Mate, it's a trojan downloader or translated a VIRUS downloader. This means > that this ISN'T windows system process and you should instantly delete it. > -- > MCSA, MCDST, MCP > Systems Specialist > http://www.wincert.net > > > "Gilera" wrote: > > > Do you think it is safe to delete? > > > > "Alan Edwards" wrote: > > > > > Read a few of these (it doesn't look friendly) > > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2005-15%2CGGLD%3Aen&q=winctl.exe+trojan&btnG=Search > > > > > > ....Alan > > > -- > > > Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer > > > http://dts-l.org/index.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 02:22:06 -0700, in > > > microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Gilera > > > <Gilera@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > > >I had a new entry pop up in my startup, it is Winctl.exe, can someone please > > > >tell me what it is and whether i can remove entries in startup and register > > > >for it? > > >
Guest Alan Edwards Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: Startup Entries? I would delete it, as it looks like a nasty to me, but you must make up your own mind on what you see. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 02:44:01 -0700, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Gilera <Gilera@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Do you think it is safe to delete? > >"Alan Edwards" wrote: > >> Read a few of these (it doesn't look friendly) >> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2005-15%2CGGLD%3Aen&q=winctl.exe+trojan&btnG=Search >> >> ....Alan >> -- >> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer >> http://dts-l.org/index.htm >> >> >> >> On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 02:22:06 -0700, in >> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Gilera >> <Gilera@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >I had a new entry pop up in my startup, it is Winctl.exe, can someone please >> >tell me what it is and whether i can remove entries in startup and register >> >for it? >>
Guest N1K Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: Startup Entries? I would also advise a full system scan with an Anti-Virus program such as NOD32. Cheers! -- MCSA, MCDST, MCP Systems Specialist http://www.wincert.net "Gilera" wrote: > Thanks N1K > > "N1K" wrote: > > > Mate, it's a trojan downloader or translated a VIRUS downloader. This means > > that this ISN'T windows system process and you should instantly delete it. > > -- > > MCSA, MCDST, MCP > > Systems Specialist > > http://www.wincert.net > > > > > > "Gilera" wrote: > > > > > Do you think it is safe to delete? > > > > > > "Alan Edwards" wrote: > > > > > > > Read a few of these (it doesn't look friendly) > > > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2005-15%2CGGLD%3Aen&q=winctl.exe+trojan&btnG=Search > > > > > > > > ....Alan > > > > -- > > > > Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer > > > > http://dts-l.org/index.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 02:22:06 -0700, in > > > > microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Gilera > > > > <Gilera@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > >I had a new entry pop up in my startup, it is Winctl.exe, can someone please > > > > >tell me what it is and whether i can remove entries in startup and register > > > > >for it? > > > >
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