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Comment from Help on 2011-09-14

2011-09-14T14:46:10Z

I have heard that if you have 2 winlogon.exe (that is with no extra numbers or words in it) in your task manager might mean you have been keylogged.But do not try to delete any of them because if you delete the wrong one your PC will not work anymore.Also, if winlogon.exe is not a file from the Microsoft Corporation than it is most likely a type of malware.

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Comment from ihsan on 2011-05-30

2011-05-31T05:24:50Z

The instruction at '0x76c6a921' referenced memory at '0xe3aac18'. The memory could not be 'read'.

Click OK to terminate the program
Click CANCEL to debug the program.

When I clicked OK, it rebooted my system.
"please help me in this problem"

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Comment from Chris on 2011-01-06

2011-01-07T02:29:47Z

I have the same problem as NKelly, what should I do?

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Comment from Rose on 2010-02-03

2010-02-03T23:53:17Z

If you are seeing winlogon86 on your computer, you have a virus. If you go to task manager and click on processes you will see which winlogon you have installed. It will delete your desktop, freeze your computer, make it almost impossible to get onto the internet. Be careful not to delete winlogon that does not have any additional numbers or words. I would google anything before removing it from your system.

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Comment from NKelly on 2010-01-22

2010-01-22T17:22:02Z

I have downloaded Process Explorer. When I follow your directions to hover over winlogon.exe, the hover box reads "winlogon.exe"
When I right click and go to Properties, The Image tab and the Performance tab are nothing similar to what you have posted. The Image tab does not show the same image, the version is "n/a" as well as the time is "n/a" and the path is "not available." the Command line is blank andthe currecnt directory is blank. The Parent says "non-existant process (632)" and the user says "access denied."
Whne I click on the Performace tab, everything is at "n/a."
I have McAfee, a paid version of Super Anti-Spyware and unpaid Spybot SD Resident. All have been run and updated. I am using Vista on a Dell computer.
When I look at the Windows Task Manager (which is where I started before I downloaded Process Explorer), the Image Name is winlogon.exe but shows no user name, no cpu, 692K of memory and no description.
Is this a virus or someone hacking into my computer through a wireless connection (even possibly my roommate who uses the same wireless connection and set up my wireless router)?
Please help and I appreciate your time and response.

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Comment from george on 2009-11-21

2009-11-21T10:25:04Z

This is not always true.I had to manually remove a virus by the name of winlogon.exe from my cousins computer.I found it in the system 32 folder in in multiple instances and the icon looked like a moon hanging in church stain glass as well as the registry.It was keeping explorer.exe from running at start up so I would have to open the task manager and manually start

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Comment from Sharan on 2009-06-08

2009-06-08T16:13:22Z

Hi,

I have been struggling with this winlogon.exe for last 2 weeks. It is always seen using upwards of 90% of the CPU time. One thing I noticed is that one of the process it is running as an user (there are 2 of them). I found this through process explorer and then killed the running under my user name. The system seem to have improved after that. Do I do it right? If yes, what should I be doing to remove this from my PC forever?

Regards

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Comment from Ray on 2009-06-04

2009-06-05T05:11:16Z

hi i just had an error.. a pop up came saying winlogon had an issue....
that happened after 5 times i turned on/off my pc to enter windows i was scared idk if that will keep happening... when i turned my pc on it got stucked on the very first black screen where it checks the devices (hard drives and dvds) ... it just didnt showed anything like if it didnt found the hard drives and dvds... so thats when i turned off/on again like 5 times until it finally found the hard drive and dvds and started windows...
weird im a little scared.. after that when windows started it came the winlogon.exe error..
what should i do?
i already checked my winlogon.exe files i just got 2 and are under the descriptions avobe so i guess its not malware/virus...

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Comment from Johnny on 2009-03-10

2009-03-10T22:37:52Z

everytime i turn on my computer and winlogon.exe come up and i hit ok or cancel my computer turn off by itself..... what to do to prevent that and install my anti-virus
thank you

Johnny

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Comment from Willie on 2008-11-23

2008-11-23T20:14:21Z

I have a copy of winlogon.exe in my Root Directory of WINDOWS. Not in System32 or System

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Comment from Damon on 2008-09-19

2008-09-20T05:54:34Z

This article was the most helpful of any I found. Some of my winlogon.exe files did not match your specs (different size & date) which is probably the problem. I copied the \i386 file which was the same and replaced the one in \system32. So far this has helped.
WARNING! Do not attempt to restart your computer without winlogon.exe in \system32 file. You will get a visit from the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!

--Thanks for your help, Leo!

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Comment from Duncan on 2008-06-22

2008-06-22T15:24:09Z

Hi,
You say that you have 4 winlogon.exe files but i have one directly under "C:/". Does this mean that any other winlogon.exe files are malware??

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Comment from Mike on 2008-05-11

2008-05-12T02:21:41Z

the process viewer works great :) but remember this there isnt and never will be a winlogon.exe in the c:/windows folder so if you find it there its a renamed malware/virus, had this issue i booted to safe mode and renamed the file then restarded and delted the renamed file and now i only have 1 winlogon.exe in explorer hope that helps some ppl

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Comment from Toby Toth on 2008-05-05

2008-05-05T20:08:54Z

This is great. I am techno-baffled at teh best of times and my XP system is a mystery. Recently, I've slowed right down (and so has my computer:)). More recently, I noticed in Task Manager that this file is eating up 97% of CPU, almost always! Thanks to "googleing" based on my suspicions and your article which came up on search, I "searched through my computer to find 5 files on my C: and 1 temporary internet file with this file listed. I am not sure if I'll figure the whole thing out, but I feel like I am pointed in the right direction and armed with some useful information!

Thank you VERY much for taking some of the panic away.

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2008-02-18

2008-02-18T17:42:33Z

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I'm not sure that it means anything.

Leo

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Comment from amphibian on 2008-02-14

2008-02-15T03:58:30Z

my system32 winlogon is around 300,000 bytes
what does this mean ? :s

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Comment from Ton Walter Zerme�o on 2007-11-27

2007-11-28T06:12:56Z

Great help!! Thanks!!

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