New User created without my permission? Doesn't exist in registry.

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  1. Posts : 5,605
    Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
       #11

    Strange, when I opened the file it opened to my .etvx location in event viewer.

    If you can't figure out any of those ID's, try going to friendly view and copy/paste that into notepad and post.

    Just saw your post.

    Okay, let us know how its going.

    Your welcome.
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  2. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #12

    Here are some log files from my VM - hope this will help.

    New User created without my permission?  Doesn't exist in registry.-eset-1.png
    New User created without my permission?  Doesn't exist in registry. Attached Files
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  3. Posts : 5,605
    Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
       #13

    I'm not sure whats happening, but when I opened either your (UI) or lcz's .evtx logs it comes up with my machine name.
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  4. Posts : 10
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #14

    Surprisingly it has been ESET causing the phantom account. Re-Enabled the Anti-Theft feature, and wouldn't you know it, a random account came up again. Wouldn't have ever noticed it if I didnt reboot my computer and was asked to log in. In either case, Thanks for all the help!
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  5. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #15

    I'm not sure that ESET has this anti-theft feature working just right. They ask you to pick a name for the account and they fill in the field with an example of "John". It does not matter what name I put in, the name created on the computer has a random name. ESET tells you to pick a name that won't look suspicious and yet the create a very suspicious looking name.

    There are some other flaws in the way ESET has implemented this - but I don't have time to go into that now.
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  6. Posts : 10
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #16

    I think there may be more than a single flaw with ESET security, but in the end, it was near free when I purchased it. Otherwise I was just using Microsoft's Security Essentials.
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