Comments for I have multiple winlogon.exe files on my machine, and one's taking up a lot of memory - what do I do?

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 Zermeño on 2007-11-27

2007-11-28T06:12:56Z

Great help!! Thanks!!

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