Hello,
I have Win8.1 installed on an HP Envy AiO. I have a little over a dozen tasks set-up in Task Scheduler. Everything was working fine until I attempted to install a Video File Converter from Cnet.com. That program installed something called "Auto Updater 1.2.0.3". And that's when our new problem started. The majority of the tasks in TS are now running every time we boot the machine. Not what we want.
I couldn't find much on-line about the Auto Updater program, and tried to uninstall with no success. I finally went into Safe Mode to install that way. The program is now uninstalled. I also am very careful about malware and viruses, so I ran MWBytes full scan and several AV scans with Avast Internet Security (rootkit, boot, full). All appears to be OK with the PC.
It appears that Auto Updater fowled something up with TS, possibly registry settings? I'm in IT, so I don't mind getting my hands dirty.
Can you advise if this is a known issue to Cnet, and if there is a fix? I've asked this over in the MS Community Forums also.
By the way, I don't recall the name of the File Converter that I was trying to install. It didn't even install, because I answered No to all of the "do you want to install this" questions that free programs typically ask.
Thank you, and Happy Holidays!
Todd

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