winsyst.exe - Dangerous
winsyst.exe
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Manual removal instructions:
Allows a malicious user remote access to an infected computer.
W32/Rbot-DL spreads using a variety of techniques including exploiting weak passwords on computers and SQL servers, exploiting operating system vulnerabilities (including DCOM-RPC, LSASS, WebDAV and UPNP) and using backdoors opened by other worms or Trojans.
W32/Rbot-DL can be controlled by a remote attacker over IRC channels.
Manual removal:
Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entries:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
and delete the value:
Microsoft Update = winsyst.exe