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Actually W'On you were close. Try doing a search in the Registry for keys with "wink" in them. Start>Run>Regedit>Find "wink"
Here's a clip from a virus encyclopaedia:
When the attachment is executed, the worm drops a copy of itself into the System directory. It then sets up a registry key to run itself on Windows startup:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\="C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\"
The file name and registry value name are identical, and are randomly generated, but always begin with "Wink". For example, "Winkhj.exe".
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