My friend says he sees a ton of "Wscripts" when he presses Ctrl+Alt+Delete...any idea what this is?

[5489]

he says he cant shut down because of these. Since i cant take a look at his comp i have really no idea.

 

[bevancoleman]

I'd get a virus scanner.

 

[5489]

he said his virus scan did nothing.

 

[5489]

wth? i didnt realize this was in software.

 

[hoov]

It must be some software program that he has installed that has thease running in the background.Check out what programs he has installed.

 

[AKA]

Its a virus.. particulary a worm.

Do a search on google and you will see.

 

[bevancoleman]

<< he said his virus scan did nothing. >>


I am assuming that it is upto date?

Wscripts is part of Windows Scripting Host, and while there is lots of good uses for it, virus seem to be the most popular choice

Another option (long shot) is that he may have a form of ad-wares installed that uses scripting, try getting ad-wares and the latest update list and run that.

Finally he may be running extentions to IE or Outlook (or anything) that are scripts and need wscripts, odd but possable.