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ilovedota2

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    First time in Task Scheduler, are those tasks supposed to be here? Seems weird.
    « on: April 15, 2012, 02:07:44 PM »
    Check 1st attached pic. I googled H0KNspb3.com and H0KNspb3 with no results, so i suspect it might be a virus?.
    2nd pic is error msgs when i try to disable or delete. I'm administrator.

    Quote from: Allan on April 15, 2012, 02:38:12 PM
    Other than that, are you having any problems with your system?
    no

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    Allan

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    Re: First time in Task Scheduler, are those tasks supposed to be here? Seems weird.
    « Reply #1 on: April 15, 2012, 02:27:01 PM »
    Are you have some problem(s) with your system?
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      Re: First time in Task Scheduler, are those tasks supposed to be here? Seems weird.
      « Reply #2 on: April 15, 2012, 02:36:34 PM »
      Quote from: Allan on April 15, 2012, 02:27:01 PM
      Are you have some problem(s) with your system?
      Task scheduler runs a file that i cant find in google and i wanna know if its bad.
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      Re: First time in Task Scheduler, are those tasks supposed to be here? Seems weird.
      « Reply #3 on: April 15, 2012, 02:38:12 PM »
      Other than that, are you having any problems with your system?
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        Re: First time in Task Scheduler, are those tasks supposed to be here? Seems weird.
        « Reply #4 on: April 15, 2012, 02:44:49 PM »
        Quote from: Allan on April 15, 2012, 02:38:12 PM
        Other than that, are you having any problems with your system?
        no
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        Re: First time in Task Scheduler, are those tasks supposed to be here? Seems weird.
        « Reply #5 on: April 15, 2012, 02:47:06 PM »
        Then I wouldn't spend a lot of time worrying about it. Feel free to run full system scans with your anti virus app and with MalwareBytes.
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        Re: First time in Task Scheduler, are those tasks supposed to be here? Seems weird.
        « Reply #6 on: April 15, 2012, 02:54:59 PM »
        Quote from: Allan on April 15, 2012, 02:47:06 PM
        Feel free to run full system scans with your anti virus app and with MalwareBytes.

        A whole string of numbered tasks triggering a randomly-named 16-bit .com program hourly are an odd thing to see in Vista or 7. I second the above advice. Thoroughly.
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        Re: First time in Task Scheduler, are those tasks supposed to be here? Seems weird.
        « Reply #7 on: April 15, 2012, 03:50:04 PM »
        Quote from: Salmon Trout on April 15, 2012, 02:54:59 PM
        A whole string of numbered tasks triggering a randomly-named 16-bit .com program hourly are an odd thing to see in Vista or 7. I second the above advice. Thoroughly.

        Update: the OP has a virus. He is a member of a botnet. The tasks with sequential numbers - at1, at2, at3, etc are a clear sign of the conficker virus. If the infected computer is on a network, the OP should contact the system administrator URGENTLY to get all connected machines disconnected and disinfected. If this is a standalone machine, post again in the Computerhope virus/malware section, or whatever, but do something SOON.




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        Re: First time in Task Scheduler, are those tasks supposed to be here? Seems weird.
        « Reply #8 on: April 15, 2012, 04:03:11 PM »
        Good catch ST -

        ilovedota2 - I was clearly mistaken when I said not to be too concerned. Please follow the instructions in the following link and post your logs in the thread you create (NOT in this thread):
        http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,46313.0.htmlxt reply
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