Sprtlisten.exe

[Jambe]

I just noticed this evening a program running in the Windows Task Manager called sprtlisten.exe. It is using over 6 MB of memory.

I Googled it and didn't get much help. I even ran a suggested program called ATF-Cleaner. But before that I ran Malwarebytes and CCleaner. Malwarebytes did not find any problem.

I ran 'Add and Remove programs' and it was not on the list. I ran RevoUninstaller and it was not on the list. I searched using Windows XP search and the file was not found, but there it is in the Task Manager. It is not listed in MSConfig in the start-up list.

What is this program? Is it a virus? I am using AVG.

How do I get rid of it?

 

[ksiemb]

I just noticed this evening a program running in the Windows Task Manager called sprtlisten.exe. It is using over 6 MB of memory.

I Googled it and didn't get much help. I even ran a suggested program called ATF-Cleaner. But before that I ran Malwarebytes and CCleaner. Malwarebytes did not find any problem.

I ran 'Add and Remove programs' and it was not on the list. I ran RevoUninstaller and it was not on the list. I searched using Windows XP search and the file was not found, but there it is in the Task Manager. It is not listed in MSConfig in the start-up list.

What is this program? Is it a virus? I am using AVG.

How do I get rid of it?

This link describes the program: http://file.net/process/sprtlisten.exe.html

 

[Jambe]

Thanks for the link.

However it has some inaccuracies. It is not, as I said in my original post, on the Add and Remove Programs list. It is also not on the RevoUninstaller list.

Here is the really weird part: Windows Search cannot find it. It is found at C:\Program Files\Common Files\supportsoft\sprtlisten.exe.

When I click on the file, Windows Firewall blocks it from running.

I have renamed supportsoft and sprtlisten but have not yet rebooted. We''ll see how that goes.

 

[ksiemb]

I didn't write the article. just provided a link ! lol

 

[Jambe]

No problems with the reboot. The moving squares at startup used to make twelve passes. Now they only make six passes.

(Some of that reduction may have been due to running ATF-Cleaner.)

 

[Jambe]

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