mmc.exe and others show "unknown publisher"; require elevation


  1. zapp22
    Posts : 730
    Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP Home SP3
       New #1

    mmc.exe and others show "unknown publisher"; require elevation


    hi friends
    I've had no changes to my system that I know of but "out of the blue" I have mmc.exe giving me an elevation request showing "unknown publisher" - hence a security or UAC issue.

    can someone point me to a valid thread that will steer me through a REAL answer? I have perused the flood of such errors threaded onto microsoft forums and all end in about the same sorry state: "please do a system restore"..... "please run sfc /scannow and that will keep you busy for awhile - tada"

    thanks for your help

    System Profile
    Lenovo Thinkpad X120E
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
    8GB RAM
    128GB Samsung SSD
    MSOffice Pro 2007
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. mdd1963
    Posts : 143
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       New #2

    get process explorer from sysinternals.....

    it has options for showing virus total hashes, and, valid company signatures for all processes/programs running...

    (mmc.exe MIGHT be legit, but, I'd investigate first)
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
Hello. My computer recently (less than a day ago) started to display User Account Control prompts whenever I deleted or copied that weren't in the "Users" folder, such as the Program Files folder. I am using an Administrator account, and the User Account Control is set to notify when programs...
I am trying to upgrade my 3 year old VAIO VPC-EB series laptop to a new hard drive. I got a 7200 1TB HGST hard drive. The old hard drive was 500GB. On my first attempt, I decided to backup all of my user data on another drive, restore OS (Windows 7) from Sony's recovery DVDs which I made in...
I have made a setup.exe file to distribute to our customers. I run it from IE. After the Run Save Cancel popping up it says "unknown publisher" (see attached image) How can I assign a publisher to my EXE? I at least want it to say Publisher: MyName rather than unknown. I guess for that...
On some machines in the company, a setup.exe runs fine but on many other machines the setup.exe shows a pop up that says: Program name: setup.exe Publisher: Unknown File Origin: Network Drive Why does my machine display Unknown publisher when I know it has a valid certificate because other...
I was able to dowload CCleaner and superantispyware which were suggested by two members here right after I restored my computer do factory defaults using the partition of my disk, but now it isn't letting me download things, such as firefox, of a third antivirus software they suggested. I am...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:29.
Find Us