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Win .exe errors

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  • 13-02-2013 12:22pm
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    paco451
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Im getting random .exe messages on my machine. running win xp 32 bit. The exe errors are not specific. its not related to any applications that i can see. i havent installed anything any software in over 2 months and when you close the .exe it just generates a new one.
    Any ideas?

    sc.exe is the mail generated but its not explicitly that


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    PrzemoF
    Registered Users Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    Dying hard disk?


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    ASJ112
    Site Banned Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭ASJ112


    sounds like malware, can you download and run DDS

    http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/dds/

    post the log it gives you.


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    paco451
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭paco451


    can install that from my work machine. no admin access to install.


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    advertsfox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭advertsfox


    paco451 wrote: »
    can install that from my work machine. no admin access to install.
    Can you give us a sample of an error you received or a screenshot please?


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    paco451
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭paco451


    heres the error


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    advertsfox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭advertsfox


    paco451 wrote: »
    heres the error
    SC.exe is a Windows application that communicates with the Service Controller and installed services - if you don't have admin rights, I would ask IT for assistance in seeing what's causing this as we can't advise you on any system changes since you don't have the permissions.

    http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sc.mspx?mfr=true


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    paco451
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭paco451


    You think theres any reason for it to fail?


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    advertsfox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭advertsfox


    paco451 wrote: »
    You think theres any reason for it to fail?
    Could be a hardware conflict, could be a service that doesn't have full permissions to run or could be something minute - no way of telling for sure but by default, sc.exe does not run on startup so something is using it.


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    paco451
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭paco451


    Ok cool, Thanks for the advice :-)


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