winin.exe

[Agent_Embryo]

So I cleaned out a bunch of viruses and trojans from my cousin's PC. It has Windows XP home. There's one little problem left. When attempting to login nothing happens until you Ctrl+Alt+Del and kill the process "winin.exe".

What does this process do? The computer works perfectly after killing it. If it is infected with a virus can I simply delete it and replace it with a copy from my XP Pro?

Thanks
/AE

[osprey4]

It's a virus. Possibly for spreading spam.

[Atomic Rooster]

Here's some good info about getting rid of that little virus:

http://www.pchell.com/virus/wininit.shtml

They also have a cleaner linked there.

[puk]

could't find anything re "winin.exe"
but ........THIS
look like .............virus

[Agent_Embryo]

Good info Atomic Rooster, thanks!