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sanctuary24

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Need quick answer - wowexec?
« on: December 06, 2007, 11:24:21 PM »
In my task manager there is something called wowexec.exe (base priority normal and classed as user run process, with no memory and no peak memory) and it has a white space before it is this a virus/trojan or a normal process?

Also ntvdm.exe is listed in task manager both where found in system32 folder when I used Windows search function

I ran a car specifications program prior to this appearing

ps is the malware that pose as this file covered by Avast as I'm panicing now as some websites say its legit others waffle on about it being a trojan

if it is legit will restarting the computer clear it from the processes list?
« Last Edit: December 06, 2007, 11:44:14 PM by sanctuary24 »

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Re: Need quick answer - wowexec?
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2007, 11:51:43 PM »
Have you tried uploading to virustotal ?
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Re: Need quick answer - wowexec?
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2007, 12:13:11 AM »
can someone verify its location on their computer and what the file size should be?

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Re: Need quick answer - wowexec?
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2007, 01:28:37 AM »
windows\system32\ with xp pro
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