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Unknown User Account
Hi,
I've noticed something a bit strange with an unknown user account on my system. Can someone help explain where this may have come from? I have no recollection of creating this account, and it is not possible for someone to have created this account on my system,
Background:
I am the only User on my PC. I always log on with the same password protected User account, and only I know this password. The system is well protected : UAC always on, Windows always updated. MSE and Malwarebytes both resident and always updated.
Symptoms:
If I navigate to Control Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety\User Accounts\Manage Accounts, I see this:
If I navigate to Control Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety\Parental ControlsControl Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety\Parental Controls, I see this:
The UpdatusUser is completely unknown to me. Recently, I have been running Ubuntu 11.04 and Mint 11 inside VirtualBox. For those two Linux OS's I created a user account....but this is inside the virtual Linux OS's. Could this unknown Windows 7 user account be related to the user account created for the Linux OS's?
I have not noticed any strange behaviour on my PC, but to be safe, I have run an on-line scan using ESET. As expected, nothing has been picked up.
Can anyone offer any advice on trouble-shooting this?
Thanks,
Golden
Last edited by Golden; 01 Sep 2011 at 04:48. Reason: add images