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Question

Anyone ever see cksFC62.tmp?

Nov 17, 2014 9:17AM PST

This has happened several times: a warning pop-up window telling me a program is corrupt or has to close and references a temp file: cksFC62.tmp

Path: C|Users|'name'|AppData|Local|Temp

Nothing ever happens when I click 'OK' and I do not have to restart any crashed programs.

Anyone have an idea?

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Answer
Time to learn about the Event Viewer.
Nov 17, 2014 9:34AM PST

While I always suspect malware, you need to dive into your event viewer logs.

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Thank you!
Nov 18, 2014 8:24AM PST

Should have mentioned - I've tried searching (Google & Bing) for cksFC62.tmp with no luck. ...and I'm running Malwarebytes.

Appreciate the suggestion. I have to admit to never looking at the event viewer. Any suggestion as to what I'm looking for? I've given it a cursory view, but I'll have to do more research ...I am seeing quite a few Media Center (MCUpdate) errors.

Thank you again!

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The thing is
Nov 18, 2014 8:33AM PST

Temp and such file names are random. I too took a quick google so I would be looking at the event viewer for events that logged as that crashed. Event Viewer and how to get there is on the web but I use what's in the log for more research.

There's also AUTORUNS and if I own my machine, I know what each thing does. I know, I know, that's asking a lot of folk today but we have a choice to learn, pay or get burned.
Bob