winlogin.exe error

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Get this message on boot. Have McAfee installed and current. Ran search an
did not find. Please tell me how to get rid of this.

Thanks, Sue

 

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FrankS,
The process "winlogon.exe" runs in the background. It's a part of the
Windows Login subsystem. Winlogon is necessary for user authorization
and checks the Windows XP activation code.

Note: The winlogon.exe file is located in the c:\windows\System32
folder. In other cases, winlogon.exe is a virus, spyware, trojan or
worm.
Best,
Treeman


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Mcafee's not doing its job very well, winlogin.exe is the Randex virus:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.randex.e.html

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"FrankS" <FrankS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:22314FC5-A26E-4EF4-902F-8A0611F82DC2@microsoft.com...
> Get this message on boot. Have McAfee installed and current. Ran search an
> did not find. Please tell me how to get rid of this.
>
> Thanks, Sue