Explorer Search Cannot Find...

Discussion in 'Software' started by Dumb_Question, Aug 14, 2012.

  1. Dumb_Question

    Dumb_Question Sergeant Major

    Windows Defender has found Win32\PowerRegScheduler, and before doing anything Id like to make a guess as to how it came to be on my PC (with wahat program). So I want to find out when it appeared. So I've searched My Computer for filenames containing 'PowerRegScheduler' and 'PowerReg' and looked for a directory Win32. I cannot find it.
    I have the folder options set to display Hidden, and am searching in System folders and subdirectories and hidden.

    Can someone tell me how I can view details of offending "malware" which doesn't show up on AVG ?

    (how do you include a screenshot without putting it in a word document first ?)

    Dumb_Question
    14.August.2012
    Compaq Presario S5160UK DT261A under XP/SP3
    Processor - Celeron 2.7 GHz
    Motherboard - MSI MS-6577 v2.1
    RAM - 1GB + 512MB (1GB +1GB max) DDR PC2700
    PSU - Octigen 300W model 10270PSOTG ('upgraded' from original Bestec 250W PSU [in 2011?])
    Nvidia GeForce 6200 graphics card in AGP slot.
     

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    Dumb_Question, Aug 14, 2012
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  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Source: http://www.microsoft.com/security/p...try.aspx?name=program:win32/powerregscheduler
     
    plodr, Aug 14, 2012
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  3. Dumb_Question

    Dumb_Question Sergeant Major

    Thank you plodr. I had seen this - one of the first things I did was try to find out what was.

    Can you help me me find this file(s) on my PC please ? I want to find out when it was loaded so that I can have a better guess as to what it's associated with, so that I can decide to register the product, and then remove PowerRegScheduler. It's a piece of spyware.

    It's in 'win32/PowerRegScheduler' but I can't find any reference to it using Expolorer > search

    Dumb_Question
    14.August.2012
    Compaq Presario S5160UK DT261A under XP/SP3
    Processor - Celeron 2.7 GHz
    Motherboard - MSI MS-6577 v2.1
    RAM - 1GB + 512MB (1GB +1GB max) DDR PC2700
    PSU - Octigen 300W model 10270PSOTG ('upgraded' from original Bestec 250W PSU [in 2011?])
    Nvidia GeForce 6200 graphics card in AGP slot.
     
    Dumb_Question, Aug 14, 2012
    #3
  4. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    In the thread I linked to it says
     
    plodr, Aug 14, 2012
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  5. pwillener

    pwillener MajorGeek

    You can attach images directly without putting them into a Word or PDF file; accepted image files are bmp, gif, jpe, jpeg, jpg, png, psd.
     
    pwillener, Aug 14, 2012
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  6. Dumb_Question

    Dumb_Question Sergeant Major

    -> pwillener

    Yes. Perhaps I should have asked what the quickest, easiest way to post (include/attach) a SCREENSHOT to a post in MG is ?

    Dumb_Question
    15.August.2012
    Compaq Presario S5160UK DT261A under XP/SP3
    Processor - Celeron 2.7 GHz
    Motherboard - MSI MS-6577 v2.1
    RAM - 1GB + 512MB (1GB +1GB max) DDR PC2700
    PSU - Octigen 300W model 10270PSOTG ('upgraded' from original Bestec 250W PSU [in 2011?])
    Nvidia GeForce 6200 graphics card in AGP slot
     
    Dumb_Question, Aug 15, 2012
    #6

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