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Title: Two instances of rundll32.exe [SOLVED]
Post by: YellowFox on September 26, 2013, 01:14:28 PM: I did a lot of googleing this time and the results came up mixed so here I am. I noticed that I have two versions of rundll32 running in the task manager (one is the normal rundll32 and the other is rundll32*32 and leads to syswow) So I sent the odd one through Virus Total and it came up clean however the comments said it was clean and the reviews were extremely negative. After searching I also got conflicting results some saying it's a normal process and others saying the only rundll32 is in System32. I'm confused so if you can help, thanks. Also for some extra info I'm running a 64 bit operating system and apparently syswow is used to run said 32bit files which makes me think this is normal however I really don't know.

Fox.
Title: Re: Two instances of rundll32.exe
Post by: Pondus on September 26, 2013, 02:05:32 PM: giving link to virustotal scan results would help. ;)
Title: Re: Two instances of rundll32.exe
Post by: YellowFox on September 26, 2013, 02:08:10 PM: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/5ad3c37e6f2b9db3ee8b5aeedc474645de90c66e3d95f8620c48102f1eba4124/analysis/ Here you go.
Title: Re: Two instances of rundll32.exe
Post by: Pondus on September 26, 2013, 02:14:17 PM: this should be all you need.... ;)

First submission 2009-07-22 00:42:57 UTC ( 4 years, 2 months ago )
Title: Re: Two instances of rundll32.exe
Post by: YellowFox on September 26, 2013, 02:26:13 PM: So I'm good? It's a clean file?
Title: Re: Two instances of rundll32.exe
Post by: Pondus on September 26, 2013, 02:33:43 PM: 4 years old and still no AV have seen it ....yes i should think so. ;)
Title: Re: Two instances of rundll32.exe
Post by: YellowFox on September 26, 2013, 02:48:39 PM: Alright thanks for the help Pondus. Sorry to bother you but just trying to keep my machine clean. Also do you know any good secondary scanners?

Fox.
Title: Re: Two instances of rundll32.exe [SOLVED]
Post by: Pondus on September 26, 2013, 02:54:10 PM: malwarebytes .... PRO version is recomended, a one time fee for a lifetime license

MCShield USB protector. http://mcshield.net/
Title: Re: Two instances of rundll32.exe [SOLVED]
Post by: bob3160 on September 26, 2013, 04:23:50 PM: Quote from: Pondus on September 26, 2013, 02:54:10 PM
malwarebytes .... PRO version is recomended, a one time fee for a lifetime license

MCShield USB protector. http://mcshield.net/ (http://mcshield.net/)
In this forum, it would be better to recommend a paid version of avast! :)
Title: Re: Two instances of rundll32.exe [SOLVED]
Post by: Secondmineboy on September 26, 2013, 04:29:18 PM: Quote from: bob3160 on September 26, 2013, 04:23:50 PM
Quote from: Pondus on September 26, 2013, 02:54:10 PM
malwarebytes .... PRO version is recomended, a one time fee for a lifetime license

MCShield USB protector. http://mcshield.net/ (http://mcshield.net/)
In this forum, it would be better to recommend a paid version of avast! :)

Yes, Avast alongside with Malwarebytes is a good option. :D
Title: Re: Two instances of rundll32.exe [SOLVED]
Post by: Pondus on September 26, 2013, 04:33:22 PM: Quote from: bob3160 on September 26, 2013, 04:23:50 PM
Quote from: Pondus on September 26, 2013, 02:54:10 PM
malwarebytes .... PRO version is recomended, a one time fee for a lifetime license

MCShield USB protector. http://mcshield.net/ (http://mcshield.net/)
In this forum, it would be better to recommend a paid version of avast! :)
He asked for a secondary scanner. ;)