Possible Infection?


  1. Matt2k12
    Posts : 8
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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    Possible Infection?


    Upon boot of my PC a black window named taskeng.exe pops up and closes quickly. This just started happening yesterday. I want to make sure my PC is clean.

    System Info :

    OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
    Processor Count: 4
    RAM: 8159 Mb
    Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, -2048 Mb
    Hard Drives: C: Total - 114370 MB, Free - 1825 MB; D: Total - 476937 MB, Free - 235881 MB; F: Total - 141360 MB, Free - 117394 MB;
    Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC., P8Z68-V GEN3
    Antivirus: None
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  3. rvcjew
    Posts : 1,992
    10 Pro x64
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    Taskeng is for running scheduled tasks.

    Install MSE, then MBAM Free and run MBAM then MSE. Keep both installed for the future.

    Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft Windows
    https://www.malwarebytes.org/dl-confirm/
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