Re: inetcplc.exe

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From: StankHo2002 (andrew_2898_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/16/04 

Date: 16 May 2004 15:02:31 -0700

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<%SJpc.57760$536.9873131@attbi_s03>...
> Where is inetcplc.exe/inetcpl.exe located on your machine? What folder is
> it in? Which one do you actually have? inetcplc.exe or inetcpl.exe? If
> you have the one that's spelled wrong I would suspect a virus or scumware.
> Locate the file, whichever one it is and right click | Properties | Look
> under all the tabs and see what you can find out. Especially the Version
> tab. Under Other version information | Item name, click a category on the
> left to display the information on the right. Before you delete it, let's
> make sure that it does need to bye bye.
>
> Ctrl + Shift + Esc will open the Task Manager. Click the Processes tab |
> Click the Image Name header (will sort alphabetically) and find
> inetcplc.exe/inetcpl.exe | Click it | Click End Process | Click Yes |
> This will close inetcplc.exe/inetcpl.exe if running. Now you should be able
> to delete it.
>
> I would suspect that inetcplc.exe/inetcpl.exe is in one of these registry
> keys:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
>
> If after you've deleted it and it was in one of the above keys you're gonna
> get an error message something about can't find inetcplc.exe/inetcpl.exe.
> We can address that problem if it comes up later.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
> I had inetcplc.exe, and it was located in my system32 folder.I
noticed that the reference you posted from the windows main site had
it as Inetcplc.exe, whereas the one i had was inetcplc.exe. With a
small i. I had already looked at its Properties, but it had no
information as to what it was and there was no Version to it either.
It was strange because when i put my mouse over the inetcplc.dll icon,
the little yellow box comes up and shows the description as "Internet
Control Panel" and Version 6.0. But when i did the same to the
inetcplc.exe icon the yellow box wouldnt even appear. Anyway i copied
it to disc and then went ahead and deleted it in safe mode already. So
far everything is running smoothly without it. It just had me
concerned because i had been hit with 3 trojans within this last week
and then that inetcplc.exe started popping up trying to access the
internet all the time, when it never had before. Anyway thanks for all
your help. :)
>

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