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"Preparing Security Options" message - is it genuine or a virus?
On my laptop the "Preparing Security Options" message is displayed if I press crtl alt del after I logon to Win7, before the desktop is displayed. Please can somebody give a definitive answer if this is a genuine Windows message or the action of a virus. Even MS won't give a definitive answer. There are many posts about this, people have said what they have done to remove the message but without any confirmation of whether it is or isn't becasue of a virus.
I think it is related to slow post bootup on my machine. Tghus far I checked the C: drive for errrors (none) scanned with malware bytes, run CC cleaner, avast anti virus, used system file checker and made sure the most up to date drivers are in use, reduced start up services and programs to the minimum. I still get this message after all that. So again please can somebody tell me definitively if "Preparing Security Options" is a genuine Windows message or the action of a virus.