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07.18.2004 at 07:06PM PDT, ID: 21062900
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I'm running WinXP SP1 and a new process showed up in my task manager.  It is called "algg.exe".  The file is in Windows\system32.  It is run in the registry at this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\alg - REG_SZ - algg.exe.

As soon as I connect to the Internet, algg.exe tries to contact the DNS according to ZoneAlarm.

I'm not sure when it showed up, I installed WinXP a few days ago and I had to install a bunch of softwares since then.

Does anybody knows what algg.exe is?  Spyware?  Spybot doesn't see it as spyware.  NAV 2004 doesn't see it as a virus...  I tried to serach for it on Google, 0 hit.

Thanks for your help.
Answered By: rossfingal
Expert Since: 01/29/2004
Accepted Solutions: 479
rossfingal has been an Expert for 4 years 11 months, during which he has posted 2436 comments and answered 479 questions. rossfingal is just one of 1513 experts in the Miscellaneous Security Zone. 5 experts collaborated on this answer, which was graded an "A" by the asker.
 
 
 
 
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