I'm a long term user but first post on the forum.
Using Windows 7 64bit. I regularly update windows and today quite a big update causing a restart.
Upon restarting Webroot secure anywhere detected and on second attempt removed ielowutil.exe stating it as infection:Win32.UserAdded.
This is a mystery to me. I use Firefox and Chrome, not Windows Internet Explorer.
Oh yes, I had also just clicked on a message upon starting Virtualbox to download oracle's latest Virtualbox update.
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Threat identified after windows update today. Win 32.User Added
Best answer by Baldrick
Hi applepie
And welcome to the Community Forums...http://www.forumsextreme.com/images2/sBo_bouncing.gif
Have researched this a little for you and in terms of an explanation as to what this .exe relates to please see this article. As yo will read process is a legitimate Microsoft process which is a part of the Internet Explorer (which is built into Windows, of course)...so my view would be that for some reason you have a false positive detection, perhaps due to the latest Windows update introducing a new version of the .exe that WSA's database does not yet recognise.
For that reason I would submit do what Petrovic has suggested and open a support ticket in which you detail the issue and specifically the .exe you are having trouble with. That submission will automatically provide Support with a copy of the latest Scan Log, which should have the details of the FP, the .exe., the MD5 for it, etc., and from that they should be able to determine whether or not you have an infection or it is in fact an FP, in which case they can whitelist the new version, etc.
Hope that helps clarify for you? Let's us know how this turns out for you...feedback is always gratefully received.
Regards
Baldrick
And welcome to the Community Forums...http://www.forumsextreme.com/images2/sBo_bouncing.gif
Have researched this a little for you and in terms of an explanation as to what this .exe relates to please see this article. As yo will read process is a legitimate Microsoft process which is a part of the Internet Explorer (which is built into Windows, of course)...so my view would be that for some reason you have a false positive detection, perhaps due to the latest Windows update introducing a new version of the .exe that WSA's database does not yet recognise.
For that reason I would submit do what Petrovic has suggested and open a support ticket in which you detail the issue and specifically the .exe you are having trouble with. That submission will automatically provide Support with a copy of the latest Scan Log, which should have the details of the FP, the .exe., the MD5 for it, etc., and from that they should be able to determine whether or not you have an infection or it is in fact an FP, in which case they can whitelist the new version, etc.
Hope that helps clarify for you? Let's us know how this turns out for you...feedback is always gratefully received.
Regards
Baldrick
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