What the hell is msiwin84.exe? Somehow this has been installed on my computer in c:\windows\system. Zonealarm warned me that it was trying to access the internet and act as a server. And then about 300 identically sized exe files (136 KB each) with random filenames showed up in c:\. Symantec virus scan didn't pick anything up, and google comes up empty for variations of the filename. I deleted questionable files with today's date stamp, and rebooted - am I okay now?
posted by PrinceValium on Apr 27, 2004 - 10 answers

Why are Spyware removal and Antivirus software separate products? Both are spread insidiously and often involuntarily, the scanning processes are identical, etc. There are a few political/commercial reasons I can think of, but nothing that persuasive.
posted by abcde on Apr 3, 2004 - 8 answers