anyone heard of this file?

anyone knows about this file? "gendel32.exe" about 52kb.
it just appear on my C:, i dont know what put it there.
there seems to be no problems on my pc though.
i scanned this using different AVs, ATs, online scan, spyware scan, etc.. nothing found

thanks

 

hi sicko

According to this link,

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/r1076204161

it is a sex dialer.

U might want to follow the instructions here,

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=15913

and let one of the experts take a look at your HijackThis log.


Hope this helps.


snowbound

 

thanks for the input. actually, i have already seen that link about a couple of months ago when i did a search for this file and it seems that only a few people encountered that file and very few sites came up with that search. i've looked myself into my hijackthis log but there seems to be nothing wrong with it, nothing suspicious. if it is really a dialer, i wonder why none detected it since its file creation dates back a year ago. i think its impossible that no one has a signature for it if it is really a malware.

well, nothing seems to be wrong with my system now so i guess i shouldnt be worrying too much about this file.

thanks again...

 

Well, according to this link:

http://www.chip.de/forum/thread.html?bwthreadid=488810&bwpage=2&bwsortorder=ascending

it seems GENDEL32.EXE is part of Installationssoftware "install-us" http://www.install-us.com)/ and is a "leftover".
As you look at %windir%\WININIT.INI youo will probably find:

[Rename]
nul=C:\gendel32.exe

Hope this helps

 

so i guess this isnt a malware after all, that explains why it isnt flagged by AVs, ATs or spyware apps.

thanks again

 

Right - is ONLY a "leftover"

You're Welcome

 

Try the Panda Security online scanner. It found and cleaned the file (which it identified as a Trojan).