File purpose and description:

This is a well known worm or virus file, its location is listed below. This is known as the virus name W32 Sdbot-add worm, and it most likely arrived as a outlook email attachment. Never open email attachments that are randomly sent or if you do not know the sender. Once you have this worm it can redistribute itself by emailing to everyone in your address book, making it look like you are the sender! (Hoping that the receiver will open it and obtain the virus, and continue spreading it). This virus is a major security threat that needs action and needs to be deleted. Delete this lockx.exe file from your windows or system32 folder, and also delete it from your startup list so it will not run when you reboot. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual file or task name:
lockx.exe

File type:
This is an executable program file.

File or folder location:
This file will be found in your windows folder or your system32 folder, check both locations.

General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes. You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows "task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files on your computer, for example, lockx.exe may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned. You can always find the location of lockx.exe on your computer by using your Windows search options, but I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.

Lookup other processes below.
usbtip.exe	userinit.exe	usnsvc.exe	vaioupdt.exe	vcuserve.exe
vgx.dll	videocall.exe	viewbar.dll	viewbarbho.dll	viewmgr.exe
viewpointservice.exe	virtualbouncer.exe	virusprotectpro 3.4.exe	virusprotectpro 3.7.exe	voiceip.dll
vpc32.exe	vptray.exe	vshwin32.exe	vsmon.exe	vsstat.exe
vstskmgr.exe	vttimer.exe	vttrayp.exe	vx2.dll	vxh8jkdq2.exe
vxh8jkdq6.exe	w6bar.dll	wanmpsvc.exe	waol.exe	washidx.exe
watchdog.exe	wbutton.exe	wcescomm.exe	wdbtnmgr.exe	wdezlink.exe
wdfmgr.exe	wd_srt.exe	weather.exe	web.to.page.dll	webcheck.dll
webrifle.lnk	webscanx.exe	webshotstray.exe	wfcrun32.exe	wfdmgr.exe
wfgekyo.exe	whsurvey.exe	wifimsg.exe	win.exe	win32sl.exe