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Does anyone know what winkkyq.exe is?

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by jkpita

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I have ZoneAlarm installed on my pc, and in the last week it has begun displaying an alert at startup that the file winkkyq.exe wants to access the internet. What is this file for and where did it come from? ( I recently downloaded Internet Explorer6.0, but the message about winkkyq.exe did not begin until about 5 days after IE 6.0 had been installed.) I have searched the microsoft knowledge base nad the web in general, but cannot find any information about this file. Thank you

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by maxwell edison

WORM_KLEZ.E

This destructive mass-mailing worm can propagate copies of itself across network drives. Upon execution, it drops two executable files, WINK*.EXE and WQK.EXE, in the Windows System folder. EXE (* is a random number of random characters)

It also creates registry entries that allow it to run at system startup.

This worm terminates processes, and occasionally deletes files associated with certain antivirus programs.

http://www.trend.com.tw/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_KLEZ.E

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