Excuse the crosspost, but I need as much input as I can get since I
uninstalled the old MS Giant Anti-Spyware for the new Windows Defender.



I just found these files in my Documents and Settings area:


_60c11ac7.exe

c:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Installer
\{76EFAC4F-1712-401F-B2AE-590B170C9BCE}



& _42fe7987.exe


c:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Installer
\{1B485419-875B-428D-816B-2F6627815D7A}



Anything to be alarmed about? They are 1 and 2 kb in size.

Microsoft has established separate newsgroups for Windows Defender Beta2
support and comments. See
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...s/default.mspx.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Excuse the crosspost, but I need as much input as I can get since I
> uninstalled the old MS Giant Anti-Spyware for the new Windows Defender.
>
> I just found these files in my Documents and Settings area:
>
> _60c11ac7.exe
>
> c:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Installer
> \{76EFAC4F-1712-401F-B2AE-590B170C9BCE}
>
> & _42fe7987.exe
>
>
> c:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Installer
> \{1B485419-875B-428D-816B-2F6627815D7A}
>
> Anything to be alarmed about? They are 1 and 2 kb in size.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Excuse the crosspost, but I need as much input as I can get since I
> uninstalled the old MS Giant Anti-Spyware for the new Windows Defender.
>
> I just found these files in my Documents and Settings area:
>
> _60c11ac7.exe
>
> c:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Installer
> \{76EFAC4F-1712-401F-B2AE-590B170C9BCE}
>
> & _42fe7987.exe
>
> c:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Installer
> \{1B485419-875B-428D-816B-2F6627815D7A}
>
> Anything to be alarmed about? They are 1 and 2 kb in size.

there was a phrase someone used to use in situations like this - i have
a mostly yellow painting, do you think it's a picaso?

it's generally not possible to diagnose problems just from filenames
alone... if you think they might be malware, scan your drive with some
anti-malware product... if you think they might be malware you
anti-malware product can't detect, try a different product or send a
sample to your product's vendor for analysis...

you could also try uploading them to virustotal
(http://www.virustotal.com)...

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now the idiots have taken over
spreading like a social cancer,
is there an answer?"