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What is autodown.exe?
Name: Roark Date: May 14, 2004 at 10:26:25 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: P4-2.4G;256MB-RAM
Comment:
What is autodown.exe?
In Task manager/Processes: autodown.exe kept appearing & immediately disappearing every 61 sec's. My "Open Program" sound was also activated every 61 sec's.
I would guess it's related to my Norton Anti-Virus or the Firewall for my Dial Up. Know any more?
The only references I can find say: that the Sasser Worm tries to shut down autodown.exe I have checked for Sasser Worm using the MS Tool & Norton Anti-Virus & I have downloaded the MS Update for this -- so I doubt Sasser Worm is the problem.
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