PowerReg Scheduler V3.exe and msmsgs.exe question

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by sabbath_dude, Aug 9, 2005.

  1. sabbath_dude

    sabbath_dude Private E-2

    Hello people,
    The other day I did a virus scan with avg and it found a trojan on my pc. It fixed it but I still did another full system scan with spybot, adaware and Avg in safe mode with system restore switched off just to be on the safe side. All results came back negative and I also ran CClean. However today I thought I'd do a HijackThis scan. It listed a couple of things I wasn't to sure about one of which being PowerReg Scheduler V3.exe and msmsgs.exe. I did a google search on both of them and one website said that V3.exe was adware but I couldnt find out for sure if msmsgs.exe was genuine or not. As i'm not too sure how Hijackthis works I was hoping one of you friendly people could take a look at my logfile and tell me if everything is ok?. Just let me know if you can and i'll attach the file. Any help will be much appreciated! :)
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

  3. sabbath_dude

    sabbath_dude Private E-2

    I followed the steps in the link you gave me and I think everything related to powerreg has now been deleted.

    msmsgs.exe is located in C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe on my pc. Is this good or bad?.

    Thanks for your help.
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome.

    That's Windows Messenger which is part of your Window's default installation. If you do not want it (do not use it) you can, use a program like: Uninstall Messenger for XP systems.
     

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