Scubacollie Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1150562-is-this-a-genuine-windows-message-or-malware/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted May 5, 2013 Veteran Share Posted May 5, 2013 Malware/scam. Nothing in Windows that does backups requires you to "register your computer." DrJohnSmitherson 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1150562-is-this-a-genuine-windows-message-or-malware/#findComment-595673370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachno 1D Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Yea its genuine malware StarkWiz, Crisp and timster 3 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1150562-is-this-a-genuine-windows-message-or-malware/#findComment-595673380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDisneyMagic Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Definitely malware, I would CTRL ALT DEL go to processes and see if you can find it and kill it before running a scan. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1150562-is-this-a-genuine-windows-message-or-malware/#findComment-595673388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grabageek Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 It's like Russian Roulette "Do I, Don't I" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1150562-is-this-a-genuine-windows-message-or-malware/#findComment-595673390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
articuno1au Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Malware Bytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/ Have fun >.< timster 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1150562-is-this-a-genuine-windows-message-or-malware/#findComment-595673392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Mungis Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Yupp as others have said it's malware, try and find the process in task manager and end it then blast it with MalwareBytes :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1150562-is-this-a-genuine-windows-message-or-malware/#findComment-595673416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubacollie Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 Cheers guys, found it in Task Manager, disabled it, and also found the program in Explorer, but left the file there and just downloading Malwarebytes and will run that first and see if it finds it before i delete it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1150562-is-this-a-genuine-windows-message-or-malware/#findComment-595673514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Wan Kenobi Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Malwarebytes should take care of it. Piece of cake. As said above, Windows will not ask you to register for a simple backup. Sounds like you got it all under control, though! (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1150562-is-this-a-genuine-windows-message-or-malware/#findComment-595673518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted May 6, 2013 Member Share Posted May 6, 2013 I hate getting that stuff. It's super annoying. Hope you get your PC cleaned out. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1150562-is-this-a-genuine-windows-message-or-malware/#findComment-595674142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted May 6, 2013 MVC Share Posted May 6, 2013 Also judging by the "Windows update" icon next to your clock it looks like you may have some updates to do ;) Updates to Windows and to 3rd party applications such as Flash, java and Adobe reader, in my opinion are even more important than an Antivirus! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1150562-is-this-a-genuine-windows-message-or-malware/#findComment-595674204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kami- Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Also judging by the "Windows update" icon next to your clock it looks like you may have some updates to do ;) Updates to Windows and to 3rd party applications such as Flash, java and Adobe reader, in my opinion are even more important than an Antivirus! Except with Java these days it tends to be fix one security hole & open 3 more while they're at it ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1150562-is-this-a-genuine-windows-message-or-malware/#findComment-595676460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Except with Java these days it tends to be fix one security hole & open 3 more while they're at it ;) people still use java? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1150562-is-this-a-genuine-windows-message-or-malware/#findComment-595679352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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