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More info?)
Yes, all run in Safe mode. Since I moved the file and removed the Registry
entries I have seen no recurrence of this filename in the Registry, so I'm
hoping that whatever it was is not very bad.
"Fitz" <SENDNOMAIL@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:fRzHe.68265$oj4.1547554@twister.southeast.rr.com...
>I don't know what it is then. I'd suggest watching it or maybe renaming it
>to see if anything breaks. My best guess is that it's some type of
>malware. Have you run all your anti scumware programs in Safe Mode?
>
>
> "Tony" <none@none.com> wrote in message
> news:Zq6dnUOXb8IUWHPfRVn-pQ@comcast.com...
>> No, I haven't installed anything like that. This popped up after I had to
>> do a System Restore to a previous instance of my Registry (only one day
>> previous). It came about because after that I had to reinstall a couple
>> of programs (Photoshop CS being the main culprit). After I was all done I
>> noticed this file.
>>
>> Under the Summary panel for File/Properties none of the fields (Source,
>> Author, etc) have any entries.
>>
>> I moved the file to a temp area on another drive and removed the MUICache
>> entries in the Registry, and nothing seems to have broken. Weird.
>>
>> "Fitz" <SENDNOMAIL@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OigHe.77057$3j2.2670281@twister.southeast.rr.com...
>>> Have you installed a game called "Seal" something or other? I found a
>>> reference in Google that said when someone tried to uninstall the game
>>> that it referenced IFinst27 as not a valid win32 app. Have you right
>>> clicked on the file to see what the properties are, e.g. manufacturer,
>>> version, etc.?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Tony" <none@none.com> wrote in message
>>> news:gsCdnfagdcUpFHDfRVn-2w@comcast.com...
>>>>
>>>> "Malke" <notreally@invalid.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:u23%23%23cilFHA.1148@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Tony wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I had to do an XP System Restore after having some weird problems
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> Powerstrip, and afterwards notices this file in my C:\Windows
>>>>>> directory. Searched on Google and Yahoo but could find no ID for it.
>>>>>> Can anyone tell me what it is?
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know how you searched, but I just did a Google for
>>>>> "IFinst27.exe" and got 43 links. Not a lot, but enough to see that it
>>>>> is malware. Here are general removal steps:
>>>>>
>>>>>
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
>>>>>
>>>>> Malke
>>>>> --
>>>>> MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
>>>>> Elephant Boy Computers
>>>>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>>>>> "Don't Panic"
>>>>
>>>> I did a Google Groups search. I did a web search and also got a bunch
>>>> of hits. But I did not find anything in looking over any of the links
>>>> that proves it's malware. I had previously CWShredder, Adaware, and
>>>> Spybot and got nothing. I also submitted the file to
>>>>
>>>> http://virusscan.jotti.org/
>>>>
>>>> and got back the "it might or might not be a suspicious file" response.
>>>> So far everything I've tried has been less than conclusive. And the
>>>> only place the file name shows up in my Registry is in the MUICache
>>>> key.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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