Taskeng.com

On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:46:17 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:

"Stormin' Norman" wrote in message
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:38:41 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:

Hello again

Can anyone tell me what the 'taskeng.com' file is?

It pops up from time to time on both computers ... a black screen which
comes with white text which closes too fast to read.

Is it something MS has sneaked in?

The computer is infected.

See:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...ce351fb?auth=1

Thank you very much, Norman! I am running Malwarebytes Anti malware Home
Premium. I just ran it and it picked up 'PUP.Optional.MindSpark'. It
usually picks up a lot of 'Pup' files routinely but somehow missed this one.
Could this have caused my problem?

Note it is only TASKENG.COM that is the problem. TASKENG.EXE is a
legitimate Windows program (it runs the Task Scheduler that Windows -
and other - apps use to automatically run tasks and applications at
scheduled times). The legitimate TASKENG.EXE runs from
C:\windows\system32. You generally do not want to delete this file
(unless you really know what you are doing) and antivirus knows to
leave it alone too.

TASKENGs running from other locations are usually fair game though ;-)

"Spalls Hurgenson" wrote in message
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:46:17 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:

"Stormin' Norman" wrote in message
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:38:41 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:

Hello again

Can anyone tell me what the 'taskeng.com' file is?

It pops up from time to time on both computers ... a black screen which
comes with white text which closes too fast to read.

Is it something MS has sneaked in?

The computer is infected.

See:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...ce351fb?auth=1

Thank you very much, Norman! I am running Malwarebytes Anti malware Home
Premium. I just ran it and it picked up 'PUP.Optional.MindSpark'. It
usually picks up a lot of 'Pup' files routinely but somehow missed this
one.
Could this have caused my problem?

Note it is only TASKENG.COM that is the problem. TASKENG.EXE is a
legitimate Windows program (it runs the Task Scheduler that Windows -
and other - apps use to automatically run tasks and applications at
scheduled times). The legitimate TASKENG.EXE runs from
C:\windows\system32. You generally do not want to delete this file
(unless you really know what you are doing) and antivirus knows to
leave it alone too.

TASKENGs running from other locations are usually fair game though ;-)

I will keep a beady eye out)



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"Stormin' Norman" wrote in message
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On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 09:11:38 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
wrote:

On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:46:17 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:

"Stormin' Norman" wrote in message
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:38:41 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:

Hello again

Can anyone tell me what the 'taskeng.com' file is?

It pops up from time to time on both computers ... a black screen which
comes with white text which closes too fast to read.

Is it something MS has sneaked in?

The computer is infected.

See:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...ce351fb?auth=1

Thank you very much, Norman! I am running Malwarebytes Anti malware Home
Premium. I just ran it and it picked up 'PUP.Optional.MindSpark'. It
usually picks up a lot of 'Pup' files routinely but somehow missed this
one.
Could this have caused my problem?

Note it is only TASKENG.COM that is the problem. TASKENG.EXE is a
legitimate Windows program (it runs the Task Scheduler that Windows -
and other - apps use to automatically run tasks and applications at
scheduled times). The legitimate TASKENG.EXE runs from
C:\windows\system32. You generally do not want to delete this file
(unless you really know what you are doing) and antivirus knows to
leave it alone too.

TASKENGs running from other locations are usually fair game though ;-)


Did anyone advise the OP delete taskeng.exe? That must have slipped by me.

It hasn't reappeared so I must have done something right, although I don't
know what

Incidentally the reason I was surprised you asked me is because you know I
report back so I thought you knew something I didn't

Anyway, it still looking good so thanks again to everyone who responded

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"Stormin' Norman" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:18:10 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"Stormin' Norman" wrote in message
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On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 09:11:38 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:46:17 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:

"Stormin' Norman" wrote in message
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:38:41 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:

Hello again

Can anyone tell me what the 'taskeng.com' file is?

It pops up from time to time on both computers ... a black screen
which
comes with white text which closes too fast to read.

Is it something MS has sneaked in?

The computer is infected.

See:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...ce351fb?auth=1

Thank you very much, Norman! I am running Malwarebytes Anti malware
Home
Premium. I just ran it and it picked up 'PUP.Optional.MindSpark'. It
usually picks up a lot of 'Pup' files routinely but somehow missed this
one.
Could this have caused my problem?

Note it is only TASKENG.COM that is the problem. TASKENG.EXE is a
legitimate Windows program (it runs the Task Scheduler that Windows -
and other - apps use to automatically run tasks and applications at
scheduled times). The legitimate TASKENG.EXE runs from
C:\windows\system32. You generally do not want to delete this file
(unless you really know what you are doing) and antivirus knows to
leave it alone too.

TASKENGs running from other locations are usually fair game though ;-)


Did anyone advise the OP delete taskeng.exe? That must have slipped by
me.

It hasn't reappeared so I must have done something right, although I don't
know what

Malwarebytes is likely what solved your issue as you reported it found and
removed Mindspark.

Did any of the other utilities report finding suspicious files or entries?

No, none at all.


Incidentally the reason I was surprised you asked me is because you know I
report back so I thought you knew something I didn't

Force of habit.

It was very kind of you anyway

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