It seems to be realated to the latest update.I do not believe i have a virus at all (even a friendly one 
)and that it is a false positive.Are we all using 98 here?..or is this affecting other operating systems?
tia me
I'm under XP Home and 4-home (with this morning's update) and nothing unusual so far. Maybe it's triggered by something on whatever page (Java/Flash/etc.)?
Mike, I think this is a Windows 98 thread and not XP... I always have pstores.exe in Windows 98 and never have into my XP system...
pstores - pstores.exe - Process Information
Process File: pstores or pstores.exe
Process Name: Protected Storage Service
Description: The Microsoft Protected Storage Server (under Win9x/ME) or Protected Storage Service (under WinNT/2000/XP). Protected Storage, in the shape of PSTORES, was introduced with Internet Explorer 4.It is invoked by Microsoft Internet programs such as Outlook Express and Internet Explorer, to securely store a variety of secure and confidential data into the registry, such as Outlook Express passwords, SSL certificates, auto-complete fields (usernames and passwords to enter websites, etc...) and web forms data.
Company: Microsoft Corp.
System Process: Yes
Security Risk ( Virus/Trojan/Worm/Adware/Spyware ): No
Common Errors: N/A
(Credits to:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/pstores/)
Hope this help
