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PowerRegScheduler warning from Defender

#1 User is offline   Jimbo 

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Posted 09 November 2006 - 10:35 AM

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.
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 02:36 PM

View PostJimbo, 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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