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scbs29
I dual boot, using GRUB, between XP SP3 and PCLinuxOS.
My PC has 2 internal disks, 80Gb and 250GB. XP is installed on the
80Gb disk, and PCLinuxOS is installed on the 250Gb disk.
When running Windows, the 80Gb disk is recognised as C: and the 250Gb
disk is recognised as D:, naturally not showing the Linux partitions.
In my Windows I have installed Ashampoo Uninstaller 3, which sets an
installation watcher to start at boot to pick up any installation
programs and let me know. Suddenly, when I boot into Windows I receive
a message from the installation watcher that
D:\e4661ea49d09a930252000402\wgasetup.exe is trying to run, with the
usual do I want to allow this, do I want to monitor the installation
etc.
I then have difficulty doing anything, since if I open a program the
focus switches back to the dialog asking if I want to allow
installation.
wgasetup.exe is usually the Windows Genuine Advantage tool setup, as I
am sure you all know, but what concerns me is the folder name,
e4661ea49d09a930252000402.
dir on the D: drive does not show this folder, even when told to show
hidden folders. Booting into PCLinuxOS also does not show this folder
through NTFS_3G. Even booting from CD and running solely from cd does
not show this folder.
The only wgasetup.exe I have on my system is in
C:\windows\system32\KB905474\wgasetup.exe dated 10/03/2009, which is
over 3 weeks ago, and I assume that this has already been run and
installed.
Can anyone inform me how to find out if this is in fact a legit
wgasetup or if I have some form of malware.
All I would like to know, if possible, is where this
D:\e4661ea49d09a930252000402\wgasetup.exe file identification comes
from, and if I am justified in being suspicious.
I run Avast!, MalwareBytes, SpyBot S&D, SuperAntiSpyware ( the legit
one, not one of the iffy ones)
TIA
My PC has 2 internal disks, 80Gb and 250GB. XP is installed on the
80Gb disk, and PCLinuxOS is installed on the 250Gb disk.
When running Windows, the 80Gb disk is recognised as C: and the 250Gb
disk is recognised as D:, naturally not showing the Linux partitions.
In my Windows I have installed Ashampoo Uninstaller 3, which sets an
installation watcher to start at boot to pick up any installation
programs and let me know. Suddenly, when I boot into Windows I receive
a message from the installation watcher that
D:\e4661ea49d09a930252000402\wgasetup.exe is trying to run, with the
usual do I want to allow this, do I want to monitor the installation
etc.
I then have difficulty doing anything, since if I open a program the
focus switches back to the dialog asking if I want to allow
installation.
wgasetup.exe is usually the Windows Genuine Advantage tool setup, as I
am sure you all know, but what concerns me is the folder name,
e4661ea49d09a930252000402.
dir on the D: drive does not show this folder, even when told to show
hidden folders. Booting into PCLinuxOS also does not show this folder
through NTFS_3G. Even booting from CD and running solely from cd does
not show this folder.
The only wgasetup.exe I have on my system is in
C:\windows\system32\KB905474\wgasetup.exe dated 10/03/2009, which is
over 3 weeks ago, and I assume that this has already been run and
installed.
Can anyone inform me how to find out if this is in fact a legit
wgasetup or if I have some form of malware.
All I would like to know, if possible, is where this
D:\e4661ea49d09a930252000402\wgasetup.exe file identification comes
from, and if I am justified in being suspicious.
I run Avast!, MalwareBytes, SpyBot S&D, SuperAntiSpyware ( the legit
one, not one of the iffy ones)
TIA