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Suspicious tmp.exe files needing to be blocked daily

Every day after Windows startup I see a privacy warning from my antivirus software (Trend Micro Maximum Security) that one or more new files in C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp is trying to access my C: drive, as it is protected against ransom attack by the antivirus software, and offering to block it.

The files being blocked are all of a certain type, ending .tmp.exe. File properties reveal them to be "7-Zip Standalone Console" files, and are executable.
For instance:
de9f9807-308a-48bf-9311-7495c8765374.tmp.exe
cec08685-b06f-4c1d-a05c-0333f9a5ce4e.tmp.exe

Are you able to tell me what this executable is doing in the background? I am suspicious of it.
(I cannot add an exe file to this submission)

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Dec 28, 2023 at 12:39 PM

Bricked my HP Evo Prod ID 669a1ua after driver update

So I'm old-school (DOS Win 3.11) computer-savvy...but not much more (never heard of secure boot/TPM/Bitlocker - until I used your program to update a bunch of drivers (probabally the BIOS) and I got BSOD demanding Bitlocker key and after 3 days found no darn way around it. Finally went to HP Cloud recovery (supposed to resture factory config) but this tool does not work for me (gets stuck in a boot loop...internet search did not reveal fix/work-around that I haddn't tried; i.e at the BIOS I turned off Secure boot, allowed USB Boot, made that the first boot device...even tried re-directing the boot loader to the flash drive...but I digress).
Only thing left seemed to be a clean install using flash drive media from MS website to download installer for W11 and then het drivers from HP. So...Flash installer W11 called-up a view of the diskpart showing X: as "System" with like 200MB, C: is the main partition with ~433GB and is BITLOCKED... and then there is a small Recovery partition.
So the only partition I might use was the Bitlocked one...thus I had to delete it and ReFormat to do the clean install.
...So far so good!
Now I go top HP and get my wlan drivers...install from recovery CMD using pnpuil...and I fire-up Windows.
I get the intro screen to select my language, then keyboard, then it hangs at "lets get you connected to the internet"
so - TWO questions: (1) what othe (critical) drivers might I need to get online? Here's the list of possibilities: https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/closure/hp-spectre-x360-16-inch-2-in-1-laptop-pc-16-f1000/2101006126/model/2101006145 and
(2) I tried just installing "all" of the available drivers...but I ran out of room???
It seems that even when I'm at he C:\ prompt - everything I install actually goes to the X: partition [which has run out of space now...] Is there some kind of start-up initialization pointer thats redirrecting "System" traffic/commands to X: (instead of c:\Windows\System\System32 - where drivers usually reside?
- If so - how do I change it?
- If not then might it relate somehow to the fact that I never really "completed" the install process?
Also FYI - now that I have gotten around Bitlocker I tried the HP Cloud recovery again and got the same blind boot loop.
Thanks for your help
-Adam

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Sep 14, 2023 at 08:37 AM

Computer randomly turns off while gaming

While i am playing games my computer seems to suddenly turn off i can turn it back on with no problem but it randomly happens every 2 hours ish.

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Nov 12, 2019 at 07:05 AM

Word and Excel load slowly with 'not responding' message

I am having problems with Windows Word and Excvel !
I keep getting a message ' not responding' - when loading both Word and Excel - then after about 30 seconds it loads ?!
I have tried all sorts of published ways to correct this problem.
Is their a simple way to stop this annoying problem.
Thank you in advance
Chris Morley

1903 views
Nov 30, 2021 at 06:38 AM
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Screen goes black

When my system boots when i come to user login screen when I try to type my password and click suddenly it goes black it becomes again and again I have to power shutdown suddenly but it allows me to login properly.

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Apr 13, 2021 at 03:01 PM

почему выделенной памяти больше, чем используемой?

Подскажите, почему у меня выделенной памяти всегда больше, чем используемой?
Как можно ее очищать? Вручную или атвоматически.

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Jun 14, 2023 at 12:20 PM

Resolve high system resource usage

PC OS OVERLOADING FULLY IN 4GB AMD 99%

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Apr 15, 2020 at 11:59 AM

Не могу открыть диск

На разных дисках установлена Windows 8.1 и Windows 10. Один раз я искал нужный файл, который был Windows 8.1. Для этого изменил занрузку в BIOS и запустил Windows 8.1. Искал файл. Вернулся на Windows10 у меня начались проблемы Windows 10. Потом много чистил и обновлял Windows 10 с помощью Auslogics. Удалось исправить, но вот с диском никак. Да и времени просто не хватает. Помогите с чего начать чтобы работать с диском

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Jun 16, 2021 at 04:01 PM

Commit Page Memory Use

After about 4 hours of just Windows running with no other programs, the Commit Charge memory fills to 100% and I have to restart the computer. I have the settings set to automatic that control teh Commit Charge memory and it doesn't seem to prevent the problem from occurring. Any other suggestions to correct this?

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Nov 02, 2021 at 10:30 AM

как разделить диск?

как произвести разделения диска что бы перенести виндус на другую часть диска ?

1893 views
Nov 04, 2022 at 09:09 PM

Device stops and freezes reqularly

My device is a very old one but still works properly, But these Days it starts To freeze reqularly and sometimes crashes, This only happened when i upgraded my laptop to windows 10, What should i do to prevent it

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Oct 09, 2020 at 07:17 AM

Windows11について

Windows11には対応していますでしょうか。
対応していない場合、いつ頃、バージョンアップで可能となりますでしょうか。

1892 views
Oct 08, 2021 at 07:15 AM
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How to delete a user account?

After boot. Windows ask for user. To choise of two with same name en than pin code.
Want to delete wrong choise

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Jan 28, 2022 at 04:00 PM

error loading python .dll

i am encounteredwith the attached python.dll error, kindly let me know the solution.
i am using windows 7 , 64 bit.

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Mar 16, 2022 at 05:23 PM

safe to delete files with empty folder cleaner?

Is it ok to delete the files listed after running the cleaner?

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May 01, 2023 at 01:41 PM

Right Click Menu freezing

Hello, My question is this: From time to time when I right mouse button click on a file on the desktop or in a folder the computer just freezes with the little blue circle turning for like 20-30 seconds before the right click menu will pop up, it does not do it all the time and seems random and there does not seem to be a reason for this, I have followed all the tutorials online that I could find and that is even why I purchased your software but nothing seems to solve this annoying issue, hopefully you can help. I am also attaching a screen shot to my computer spec details

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Mar 01, 2021 at 03:38 PM

How to fix missing brightness control?

My 'brightness control' slider dissapeared in Windows 10 and I can't figure out a way to get it back. Now the screen just stays fairly bright all the time. There also isn't one in the notifications tab that I could us instead of the missing one on the desktop.

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Nov 25, 2020 at 06:35 AM

Settings app does not open

hello,my laptop has had an issue where the settings app does not open because it does not have an app associated with it. How can i fix this issue? It does not open at all.

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May 11, 2021 at 02:05 PM

Quedarse sin RAM

Hola:
Tengo Un HP Elitedesk con 16 GB RAM, disco NVMe de 512 GB, Procesador I7 Octava Gen (Modelo Elitedesk 800 G4), con Windows 10 Pro actualizado todo a la ultima version. Este equipo trabaja muy bien y rapido...pero al utilizarlo con varias aplicaciones que tengo que abrir simultaneamente (TradingView Desktop, Binance Desktop, Metatrader 5 y Brave Browser), el equipo trabaja perfectamente, pero al pasar unas horas y yo cerrar algunas pestañas en las apps, y abrir otras, e incluso reduciendo su numero, la RAM no es recuperada y me quedo sin memoria. Hay alguna manera de automatizar la recuperacion de la RAM asi esto no me suceda mas? Tengo la Virtual Memory de Windows en cero, ya que tengo un disco duro de estado solido y no quiero que sea usado para swap para prologar su vida util.

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Nov 02, 2021 at 03:42 PM

Windows 10 freezes

after using the cpu for a few minutes the windows 10 freezes all of a sudden and has to be restarted again.What is the best solution to resolve this problem.

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Nov 30, 2020 at 10:21 AM