Most Common Malware Related Processes-Userinit.exe

Depending on the location of the userinit.exe file, you may have been infected with the Coban2k Trojan. However, userinit.exe is also a genuine and critical component of the Windows Operating System. Determining where the file associated with this process is located will help determine whether you have been infected or not.

The genuine version of userinit.exe that belongs to the Windows Operating System can be found in the system32 folder of your computer and this file and process should be left on your system to run as and when it needs to. However, if you have a version of userinit.exe that is located within the Windows folder, then this is the malicious version attempting to pass itself off as the genuine one and it should be removed using antispyware software.