anybody know what 'wÅauboot.exe' is?

[AnitaPeterson]

This is strange... My computer seemed slow, as if aasleep, so I pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del, and it suddenly became responsive again... and in the Task Manager I see this wÅauboot.exe

No Google search results on this thing... No alltheweb results either, but a mamma search returned this thread:

http://www.ahfb2000.com/webmaster_help_desk/showthread.php?threadid=2296

The thing is I don't have ZoneAlarm, never used the damn thing. I have Kerio as software, and I'm behind a router.

Can anyone figure this one out?

What is the elusive wÅauboot.exe process?

 

[styrafoam]

Which directory does the file physically exist in and what are its attributes? Have you updated your virus definitions and scanned it? The first thing I would think it to be is spyware, second a trojan as they both have a tendancy to generate a random name and run at startup. Anything legit or somewhat common would give you tons of search hits from people posting hijackthis logs.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

I scanned my machine with five antivirus programs so far, out of which two were web-based (Trend Micro and CA Antivirus)... I ran all the spyware detectors I can think of. Nothing. At this point, if it's a trojan, it's one that cannot be detected by AVG, Norton, F-Prot or the other two already mentioned. Statistically, the chance is so small, it's negligible. So what the heck is wÅauboot.exe ?

 

[40Hands]

Google this: auboot.exe