xdipff.exe - have you ever heard of this?

[celrus]

My firewall keeps blocking this program from trying to access the internet: xdipff.exe and I can't find any info about it.

It resides in windows/system32/ folder, I am running XP2, and I have tried to disable it from startup, but it keeps coming back. Also when I try to search for it on my machine I can't always find it... comes and goes, but always loads no matter what?

Should I delete it the next time I can find it? Any suggestions for me? thanks in advance

[jholland1964]

Go to this link and follow ALL steps given EXACTLY as given. This could very well be malware on the machine.
Pay close attention to where you should locate the programs you will need to download and which items to run in safe mode.
Once you have completed all those steps post back here with the logs generated by running programs noted in the instructions.

[cauzomb]

there's also some info about some things that may include the file xdipff.exe at trendmicro.com

[celrus]

Just trying to document the file name since nothing comes up with google, but with safe mode AVG took care of it. I have to say that I tried safe mode via msconfig and I couldn't get the machine to start again, had to use a boot disk and redo the boot.ini file to stop safe mode and load normal again. Then I used f8 instead, but only "safe mode networking" would load. I didn't do everything Exactly, but you know, I did get it to work with your recommendations and I am very thankful for your help and time, pura vida, bm

[jholland1964]

Can you run us a hjt log...just to be safe? If you found one unknown there very well could be others.
We rarely recommend using the msconfig for the safe mode boot generally the F8 method is best.

[celrus]

thanks again, any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated, bob