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Other => Viruses and worms => Topic started by: REDACTED on July 11, 2018, 11:56:47 PM

Title: task.exe pop up
Post by: REDACTED on July 11, 2018, 11:56:47 PM

Hi all,
I posted about this message of "task.exe" popping up and following instructions have uploaded Farbar, MBAM and a screen shot of the Avast message.
Am i infected?
thanks

Title: Re: task.exe pop up
Post by: Sass Drake on July 12, 2018, 11:32:53 PM

Open Notepad (click Start button -> type notepad.exe -> press Enter)
Copy text from code block below and paste it into Notepad

Code: [Select]

2018-04-25 08:09 - 2018-04-25 08:09 - 000099384 _____ () C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\inst.exe
2018-04-25 08:09 - 2018-04-25 08:09 - 000007859 _____ () C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\pcouffin.cat
2018-04-25 08:09 - 2018-04-25 08:09 - 000001167 _____ () C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\pcouffin.inf
2018-04-25 08:09 - 2018-04-25 08:09 - 000000055 _____ () C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\pcouffin.log
2018-04-25 08:09 - 2018-04-25 08:09 - 000082816 _____ (VSO Software) C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\pcouffin.sys
Task: {9D60DF18-8E60-4FD8-86A2-55B3D5D1DD36} - \Microsoft\Windows\User Profile Service\User Profile Service -> No File <==== ATTENTION
AlternateDataStreams: C:\ProgramData\TEMP:78E0DF72 [98]
AlternateDataStreams: C:\ProgramData\TEMP:C100B6E7 [118]
cmd: bitsadmin /list /allusers

Go to File -> Save As
Make sure that UTF-8 is selected as Encoding (left side of Save button)
Save it as fixlist.txt on Desktop
Open again FRST and click on button Fix
Wait until FRST finishes
fixlog.txt should be genereted and opened. Attach it your post and wait further instructions.

Title: Re: task.exe pop up
Post by: REDACTED on July 13, 2018, 12:19:07 AM

Hi, file as requested

Title: Re: task.exe pop up
Post by: Sass Drake on July 13, 2018, 01:25:36 AM

Are you still getting Avast popups?

Title: Re: task.exe pop up
Post by: REDACTED on July 13, 2018, 01:42:25 AM

Hi again,
None has appeared for the last hour or so. Hopefully you have fixed it....many thanks :)