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My Father-in-law got a message from Spybot S&D that it was trying to add wextract_cleanup0 as a startup.
when I called 866-PC Safety, Microsoft's virus line, they said that I should tell him to deny that change. I was not convinced that the tech support person knew what he was talking about.
Everything I could find on the web (not much) seems to point to this being a harmless file and part of Microsoft's automatic update.
Can someone please clarify this for me?
when I called 866-PC Safety, Microsoft's virus line, they said that I should tell him to deny that change. I was not convinced that the tech support person knew what he was talking about.
Everything I could find on the web (not much) seems to point to this being a harmless file and part of Microsoft's automatic update.
Can someone please clarify this for me?
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harleybriscoe
Alot of people are wondering what it is. It's always been a small invisible program belonging to Windows and is exactly what it says it is, a clean up program. You are only noticing it now because of the spyware scanning procedures, especially when using Webroot Spy Sweeper or other spyware software that does a deep clean search. Programs that require a reboot need access to files extracted from archives before Windows reloads. This command loads the routine to clean up what is left in the temporary system files. It's part of your operating system so when asked if you want to delete it or keep it, click on KEEP IT.
I received the same alert directly after installing SQLServer Dev Edition on my machine.