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What is msdtcw.exe

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by helenlein

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I got the vbs/sst virus yesterday. I cleaned and re-scanned my machine and then rebooted. Rebooting put me into safe mode, and I booted again. Windows hung. Using CRTL/ATL/DEL, I saw that a program called msdtcw was not responding. This programresides in the windows/system directory but I don't know what it is.

Can anyone help?

Thanks very much.

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by syscokid

Well, it's the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator, not a residue of the virus.

If this is your home computer, I doubt if you need it. Rename it to msdtcw.ok and restar your computer and see if you notice any problems. If not, leave it alone.

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