"Dan Hinsley" <danhi@exmsft.com> wrote in message
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> I've got wininit.exe running on my system, which from looking at some
> websites appears to be a virus (Wolf.16 trojan). But if I kill the
> process, Vista dies. So my question is, is wininit.exe a legitimate
> part of Vista, and if not, what's the safest way to get rid of it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan Hinsley
Yes, from what I gather it is a Trojan. Best way to deal with it is to run
a virus scan and let your Antivirus application deal with it as this has
been around quite awhile and your AV should be able to pick it up and deal
with it.
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