regsvc.exe
What is it?
Remote Registry Service - regsvc.exe
What does it do?
regsvc.exe - This service allows access to the Windows registry from remote computers. This service is needed on nearly all corporate computers to allow things like applications to be installed remotely. It's also handy for remotely tweaking our other systems :)
Virus Precaution:
The original file from
Microsoft gets placed in the
Located at C:WINNTsystem32regsvc.exe. If you find it anywhere else then you should be suspicious for sure.
You'll want to keep an eye on
this google search for any known viruses.
At this time I have not found ANY viruses that run themselves using this filename. All of the results currently affect this file in some way, but do not actually run as this filename.