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Questionable executables in C drive

Started by cmnold , Aug 24 2005 07:04 AM

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cmnold

Posted 24 August 2005 - 07:04 AM

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I recently followed your instructions for removal of malware and after I completed that I noticed a couple strange entries in my C:\ drive. They are 1.exe and asdf.exe . Anyone know what these are and if it's safe to remove them?

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gerryf

Posted 24 August 2005 - 07:11 AM

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asdf.exe may very well be a keylogger (someone is recording your key strokes)

It is not a windows file, but you may opt to rename them 1.bak, and asdf.bak and then reboot to see if you get an errors before removing them completely