WinNT registry loads chemical.exe every login - causes disk administrator to load

[dullard]

A WinNT computer (service pack 6) has a program c:\winnt\system32\chemical.exe that loads every time a user logs in. I've used many WinNT computers, and I've never seen chemical.exe in a Windows folder. Anyways that file load the Disk Administrator every time someone logs in. I obviously can delete that registry key and prevent the loading. However my question is why is there a chemical.exe, why did it get set to automatically load, and what does it have to do with disk administrator?

 

[bsobel]

Doesn't ring a bell. You might want to submit a copy to sarcresponse@symantec.com to have them take a look at it (or forward me a copy and I'll get it put in the queue)
Bill

 

[dullard]

The normal disk administrator is still in the system32 folder (windisk.exe).

Chemical.exe is about 30kB larger than windisk.exe and it was created a short while ago while windisk has the correct date.

I'll email the file to you. It isn't my computer, so I have no idea what put this there - it may be harmless or it might not be...

 

[bsobel]

Can you zip and resend it, the bare .exe got stripped on my end.
Bill