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msiexec.exe malware issue amongst other issues
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<blockquote data-quote="gheddleson" data-source="post: 294518" data-attributes="member: 30387"><p>hello there.. What a nightmare. I've been having serious issues with my old Vista computer I use</p><p>for my database with my work at home job and it stores basically my whole life. So I really need</p><p>this computer and it CANNOT GO DOWN.</p><p></p><p>I won't bombard you with all the issues at once but the most pressing first and the one that I think</p><p>is causing the most issues right away. .... I noticed my computer being pegged at 100 CPU with jumps</p><p>down to 40 at times and then going back up. I noticed the file msiexec.exe in Task Manager having high</p><p>CPU usage so I read up on it and found out that it can be compromised by a virus making an exact </p><p>name file and placing it in another directory. I searched and sure enough msiexec.exe is where it should</p><p>be in /Windows/System32/msiexe.exe AND IT'S ALSO in /Windows/Installer/{0C7DD44-3328-4737-A49B-F4017F53C8C1} . I assume that is not supposed to be there. So.... if not, how do I get it off, as I read it</p><p>can be deleted but them comes right back at times. </p><p></p><p>With my computer being extremely slow for weeks I've done at least 20 male-ware / virus scans</p><p>and it never picked it up but it did pick up others but many of them came back and I can only guess</p><p>it's because the msiexe.exe didn't fully get deleted so I'd like to start there....</p><p></p><p>So.. Do I just delete it ? Would that work ?</p><p></p><p>Gerald</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gheddleson, post: 294518, member: 30387"] hello there.. What a nightmare. I've been having serious issues with my old Vista computer I use for my database with my work at home job and it stores basically my whole life. So I really need this computer and it CANNOT GO DOWN. I won't bombard you with all the issues at once but the most pressing first and the one that I think is causing the most issues right away. .... I noticed my computer being pegged at 100 CPU with jumps down to 40 at times and then going back up. I noticed the file msiexec.exe in Task Manager having high CPU usage so I read up on it and found out that it can be compromised by a virus making an exact name file and placing it in another directory. I searched and sure enough msiexec.exe is where it should be in /Windows/System32/msiexe.exe AND IT'S ALSO in /Windows/Installer/{0C7DD44-3328-4737-A49B-F4017F53C8C1} . I assume that is not supposed to be there. So.... if not, how do I get it off, as I read it can be deleted but them comes right back at times. With my computer being extremely slow for weeks I've done at least 20 male-ware / virus scans and it never picked it up but it did pick up others but many of them came back and I can only guess it's because the msiexe.exe didn't fully get deleted so I'd like to start there.... So.. Do I just delete it ? Would that work ? Gerald [/QUOTE]
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