verizon.exe

[Phil Rhodes]

I'm getting a pop-up during some (but not all) boot ups in the morning. It
gives me the option of allowing it or cancelling it - cancelling means I
don't know what the program is and don't want it to load.

What the heck is going on? Is this mal-ware? Is it already on my computer?
My mal-ware scans with Ad-Aware don't mention it. Nor do scans by Windows
Defender. But it's spooky....

 

[Sam Hobbs]

Does the name verizon.exe give you a clue? Have you recently switched to
Verizon or have you considered it? Is there someone else that might have
installed something in your system?

Note that you say "a pop-up" and that is the entire description of what you
are getting. It is unlikely anyone can help you; are you expecting people to
be psychic?

 

[Phil Rhodes]

Thanks, Sam, you have answered my question. No one else is getting this, so
it must be bundgled with my new laptop (even though I can't find it). And
yes, I have a cell phone with Verizon, but I don't remember telling Verizon
my IP - although they do know my email (the ambigious 'pop-up' appears
mysteriously on my desktop with no other windows open.

 

[Sam Hobbs]

I did not say that no one else is getting it. You have not specified what it
is. It might be a relatively obscure virus, so the fact that none of the
relatively few people that look here have not seen it proves nothing. As far
as I know, you should not have any software in your system from Verizon, but
I could be wrong.

 

[Sam Hobbs]

Did you intend to reply to me? I assume not, since you say "you need to post
the complete text of the popup", but this reply was posted as a reply to me.