After Windows update, new file: epswad4.exe???

[dw]

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After a Windows update all of a sudden i have a new file that pops up on the
desktop: epswad4.exe????

Not only that, but now some of my desktop shortcuts no longer work unless I
open "run as" then close it.

Every time I get a windows update it takes me days to figure out why
something doesn't work anymore. I've turned the damn Windows Update OFF!

 

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Based on Google search, this module is a component of Adware.Adpopup.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.adpopup.html

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"ÐW" <ÐW@thehouse.tv> wrote in message
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> After a Windows update all of a sudden i have a new file that pops up on
> the desktop: epswad4.exe????
>
> Not only that, but now some of my desktop shortcuts no longer work unless
> I open "run as" then close it.
>
> Every time I get a windows update it takes me days to figure out why
> something doesn't work anymore. I've turned the damn Windows Update OFF!
>