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[Jimbo]

Shortly after installing Simple Backup 5.0 on my notebook running Windows XP I started to get a warning from Windows Defender that "potentially Malicious" software by the name PowerRegScheduler is on my computer.  Is this software a component of Simple Backup?  Why does Defender report this as potentially malicious?  What does it do?

Thanks for any insight.

[Brendon]

Jimbo, on Nov 9 2006, 11:35 AM, said:

Is this software a component of Simple Backup?  Why does Defender report this as potentially malicious?  What does it do?

I don't think it will be a part of Simple Backup. The original PowerReg Scheduler is said to be a registration reminder as used by Iomega, Hasbro-Microprose - amongst others. Some sites say that nasties have been known to camouflage themselves as PowerRegister.

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