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Question about: userinit.exe confusing info shown in Database?

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  Posted 11 May 2009 - 12:41 AM

Hello.

When I ran the Autoruns program, here is what I found:

userinit.exe Size: 24 K
User Logon Application Time: 11/2/2006 5:45 AM
Microsoft Corporation Version: 6.0.6000.16386
C:\Windows\system32\userinit.exe

But when I looked up for: userinit.exe and for: User Logon Application in the Database, it said it was a bad program and to delete it. But I also looked up: userinit.exe and for: <no info>, it said that it was the Windows program. Which one is correct? I do not want to delete this and have it hurt my computer.

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Posted 11 May 2009 - 07:27 AM

Hello.

This file is part of Windows and should not be removed.

The entry saying it is a malware file probably has userinit.exe located elsewhere.

With Regards,
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