Stange window on startup

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When I start my computer & it goes thru the boot up process to my desktop
screen, I get a black window that states the following:
C:windows\system32\cianss.exe
This will be there until I close the window. Can anyone tell me what this
could be?
 
Stan said:
When I start my computer & it goes thru the boot up process to my desktop
screen, I get a black window that states the following:
C:windows\system32\cianss.exe
This will be there until I close the window. Can anyone tell me what this
could be?
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Google gives no hits which is suspicious of malware.

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There is no such file on my system. I would rename the file to:

cianss.old

and then reboot.

If after one week there are no other problems, this file can be deleted.

hth
 
If you typed cianss.exe correctly, it is probably malware.

Update your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

Do the same for whatever anti-spyware applications that you have.

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I ran search on this file and found a few. All were created back in Nov. 2
2005.
These are cainss.exe, cianssdk.xml, cianssk1.xml, ciansske.xml, cianssk.xml,
ciassu1.xml, ciass2.xml ciass3.mxl
My antivirus is up to date.
I'll try running adaware & see what it finds
 
None of these brings a hit with a Google search: cainss.exe, cianssdk.xml,
cianssk1.xml, ciansske.xml, cianssk.xml, ciassu1.xml, ciass2.xml ciass3.mxl

What folder(s) are the files in? This may be a clue.

Right click cainss.exe or cianss.exe (or whatever it is) | Properties |
Version tab

There should be a description on both General and Version tabs.

This info is part of the file and not all files have real good info.
Especially if it is spyware or a virus. Or whoever put it together was lazy
or secretive.

Version tab.

Click a category on the left to display the information on the right.

Other version information
Item Name:
Company
File Version
Internal Name
Language
Original File Name
Product Name
Product Version

Sometimes, if someone was really industrious, there is info under the
Summary tab also.

Open the *.xml files by double clicking, see if there are any clues there.

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Sorry, the last three have the letter "n" missing from the word. These files
are located in C\WINDOWS\SYSTEM 32. Shows that they are an XML document.
 
I can see that from the xml extension.

So when you opened the .xml files, what was in them?

What folder(s) is/are cainss.exe or cianss.exe in?

cainss.exe, cianssdk.xml, cianssk1.xml, ciansske.xml, cianssk.xml,
cianssu1.xml, cianss2.xml cianss3.xml

Looks to me like the CIA has taken control of your machine.

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