winnet.exe error

[g]

Often, but not always, I get the following message when
shutting down:

winnet.exe - DLL initiation failed
the application failed to initialize because the windows
station is shutting down.

I have no idea what this means. Rarely, it prevents my
computer from being able to shut down and I have to
restart by pressing the button.

I don't know what winnet.exe is.
Do I need winnet.exe?
Should I delete it?

Thanks,
g

[purplehaz]

Get rid of it immediately:
winnet - winnet.exe - Process Information
Process File: winnet or winnet.exe
Process Name: CommonName Spyware
Description: Internet Explorer Add-on toolbar from CommonName which enables
you to enter keywords or short phrases which will take you straight to the
website of the organisation that might have bought those keywords.
Company: CommonName Ltd
System Process: No
Security Risk ( Virus/Trojan/Worm/Adware/Spyware ): Yes
Common Errors: N/A


Use these tools to clean your machine of spyware:

Run these tools weekly
spybot -- http://www.safer-networking.org/
ad-aware -- http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
HiJackThis - http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/



g wrote:
> Often, but not always, I get the following message when
> shutting down:
>
> winnet.exe - DLL initiation failed
> the application failed to initialize because the windows
> station is shutting down.
>
> I have no idea what this means. Rarely, it prevents my
> computer from being able to shut down and I have to
> restart by pressing the button.
>
> I don't know what winnet.exe is.
> Do I need winnet.exe?
> Should I delete it?
>
> Thanks,
> g