Fake AV Trojan. When fixing this entry, please be careful. If you do not change the userinit key to point back to userinit.exe, then your computer will not boot up properly.
The userinit.exe is a program that is launched directly after a user logs into Windows. This program restores your profile, fonts, colors, etc for your username. This startup is a required and important system file for Windows.
Identified as a variant of the Trojan.FakeAlert malware. This malware will issue fake alerts on your computer stating you have security problems and advertising rogue programs that can supposedly fix them.
It is assumed that users are familiar with the operating system they
are using and comfortable with making the suggested changes. BleepingComputer.com will not
be held responsible if changes you make cause a system failure.
This is NOT a list of tasks/processes taken from Task Manager or the Close Program window (CTRL+ALT+DEL) but a list of startup applications, although you will find some of them
listed via this method. Pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL identifies programs that
are currently running - not necessarily at startup.
Therefore, before ending a task/process via CTRL+ALT+DEL just because
it has an "X" recommendation, please check whether it's in MSCONFIG or
the registry first. An example would be "svchost.exe" - which doesn't
appear in either under normal conditions but does via CTRL+ALT+DEL. If
in doubt, don't do anything.