Background Program?

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by hawkemoon64, Jan 25, 2019.

  1. hawkemoon64

    hawkemoon64 Private E-2

    I recently replaced my hard drive so have a fairly clean installation of win7 xp ultimate. about a month after installation I noticed a pop up (very fast) that appears to be a dos box pop up on background then disappear, to fast to read or identify what it is, this happens every 10 min or so constantly as long as PC is on. If I am in a full screen game it will pop me to the desktop. If in a windowed program it will pop up then disappear. I have installed newest version of malwarebytes and ran it, no hits, I uninstalled that and installed and have currently on my pc bit defender and superantispyware. Neither of which are showing any hits.
    how can I identify this program and find out whats goin on?
     
  2. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Start by telling us what is...
     
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  3. hawkemoon64

    hawkemoon64 Private E-2

    lol, didn't even notice that, heh, Win 7 ultimate heh
     
  4. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Look at the Startup items and also in Task Scheduler for anything unusual.
     
  5. hawkemoon64

    hawkemoon64 Private E-2

    from superantispyware it says the only startup items are my usb, (nusb3mon.exe from NEC electronics) and 2 windows programs, (mtcadmin.exe and sidebar.exe both signed as Microsoft windows)
    how do I find the task scheduler?
     
  6. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Search for it from the Start Menu.
    I typed ta and it appeared.
     
  7. hawkemoon64

    hawkemoon64 Private E-2

    okay, for the last several days i have been poking around trying to resolve this,
    first off i upgraded system to windows 10 pro
    i have run task scheduler and set it for all tasks run in last hour, let it run for awhile, saw the popup, checked task scheduler and there were no tasks run in last hour at all
    bit defender shows complete clean scan
    superantispyware shows complete clean scan
    maywarebytes shows complete clean scan
    i have tried to narrow it down with task manager, it says no current apps, but 44 background processes and i have no idea what i am looking for in the other tabs (details and services)
    it is still happening, every 10 min or so
     
  8. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire


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