November 23, 200520 yr Just recently I have had a file named 'Managerrefdent.exe' attempt to phone home to Microsoft after failing to load. The file only surfaces when using FS and has a date stamp of 13/10/05 (10/13/05 for some). Does anyone have any idea what it is about and if it is something to worry about?It resides in the c:Documents and SettingsandyApplication DataAdmin for' folderThanksAndy bhttp://www.jdtllc.com/images/rcv4bannerbeta.jpg Andy Brockbank
November 23, 200520 yr AndyI searched my HD for that file name & got no results ( yes I included hidden files & folders). Maybe it's from an addon you recently installed but it doesn't appear to be a native file of flight sim or Windows.Jim
November 23, 200520 yr Andy,That sounds suspiciously like a rogue dialler - basically spyware which attempts to dial a number for which you will get charged (ludicrous amounts probably).I would suggest looking at http://www.firewallguide.com under the spyware section and find a freeware spyware remover such as ad-aware or similar to see if it removes it.Jonathan
November 23, 200520 yr winfixer is the one I can't get rid of right now even after the detection and so called removal by MS spyware beta. Jeff D. Nielsen (KMCI) https://www.twitch.tv/pilotskcx https://discord.io/MaxDutyDay VENGEANCE a8200 Gaming PC: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, GeForce RTX 5080, 64GB DDR5, 4TB (2TB/2TB) M.2 SSD, Win11 Pro
November 23, 200520 yr Author >Andy,>>That sounds suspiciously like a rogue dialler - basically>spyware which attempts to dial a number for which you will get>charged (ludicrous amounts probably).>>I would suggest looking at http://www.firewallguide.com under>the spyware section and find a freeware spyware remover such>as ad-aware or similar to see if it removes it.>>JonathanSpybot doesn't detect it nor does Ad-Aware and AVG. The folder it is in has some strange executable files where the name are a series of letters that mean nothing.A GOOGLE search delivers no leads at all. I'm gonna move the file to a floppy and re-boot to see what happens. Fortunately if it is a dialler it won't get very far with a cable connection and no link to the phone system.Thanks for your comments. http://www.jdtllc.com/images/rcv4bannerbeta.jpg Andy Brockbank
November 24, 200520 yr >Scan your PC with ewido. Has nothing to do with the topic at hand but....I'd like to thank you for recommending that. I saw this post, had never heard of it, and decided to try it. It found 267 items on my computer.:-eek Thanks again.
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