BOClean False Positive Trashes UserInit.exe Causing XP to Logoff Immediately
Just what I needed. BOClean’s update on or about 12/18/2007 misidentified userinit.exe as having malware. And if you either have BOClean configured for “unattended cleanup and removal”, which I no longer recommend, or answered “yes” to delete the file when prompted, then next time you tried to logon to Windows XP it would logoff immediately. Userinit.exe was gone.
Ok, how to fix?
Well, I always install Windows Recovery Console when I setup a new PC; and I always copy the i386 directory from the Windows XP CD to the C drive. That lets me boot to the Windows Recovery Console and execute the command:
Expand C:\i386\UserInit.ex_ C:\Windows\System32
then reboot and problem solved.
Otherwise, you get to boot from your Windows XP CD and get into the Windows Recovery Console that way and expand the file on the CD.
