when i ctrl alt delete some unrecognized files come up. obviously something is wrong since wuauclt.exe shows up under OWNER and SYSTEM . . .

ive researched it on google but cant find much. so far it hasnt been detected by hijackthis or spybot. im running adaware and grisift AVG antivirus as we speak

help

 

shut off your modem..
run a scan disk and then a full virus scan....

...zap!

 

virus scan has turned up nothing.

adaware still running

 

It is not malware. It is the automatic update for windows.

http://www.liutilities.com/products/...brary/wuauclt/

If you want to get rid of it, turn off windows automatic update.

 

its a malware masquerading as a windows update.

if it loads twice when you CTRL ALT DELETE one of them in the SYSTEM folder is the windows utility, the other one in the OWNER category is hte trojan

 

Interesting. Hadn't heard that. When I did the search "wuauclt.exe" in google, there were a couple that said they would fix for free. Also Symantec will do a free scan of your system. Takes a while but might be worth a try if your other software let it on and can't remove it.

 

Spybot doesn't find the majority of malware anymore. I use spyware doctor and ewido now, and find oogles more stuff than with spybot. Spybot doesn't update as often as it used to either. Adaware does a pretty good job still.

 

is ewido worth the license fee of 30 dollars?

 

I think so. I can run everything I have, that is free, then always find something of elevated risk with ewido. I often wonder what's on my computer that nothing I have is finding.

 

thanks again for hte advice

i dl'ed the trial version of ewido and im impressed with the appearance and function of the program

already removed two high level threats and countless others

 

Welcome. Hope it works out well for you, too.