wininit.exe is it a virus?

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#1 Frag_grenade
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Whenever I type it in on the internet it says its a virus, but I looked at the file location and it is in the system 32 file. So is it a virus? I know the obvious threat of it being infected. I am running windows vista 32bit. I have scanned my computer with norton internet security, spybot search and destroy, Ad-Aware SE Personal and a free mcafee online scan.

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#2 BLKR4330
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If it's in the windows\system folder and is about 220kb that would be a virus or worm. I think it's pretty old though so if your virus scanners are up to date and are not detecting anything you should be okay.
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#3 dbowman
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This might be worth reading

Then update your anti-virus and do another scan.Â