Re: Strange System Process

From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 05/29/05 

Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 13:04:54 -0600

plays.exe is not an XP file.

A google search turns up nothing, this usually indicates virus or spyware.

My C:\WINDOWS\security contains no *.exe files at all.

Right click plays.exe and select Properties. Look at everything. 

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Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:7F26E9D7-C85C-4D87-AAC3-4BF86A4A9533@microsoft.com,
Serdash <Serdash@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Been stuck on this for a while.
> 
> I've got a system process that I can end, but keeps popping up.  The
> system process is plays.exe
> 
> When I do a Windows Search the only results that come up are in
> C:\WINDOWS\security
> 
> Is this a general system process that I'm just not aware of, or is it
> something that is potentially harmful.
> 
> It's been on there for a while and no tech forums I've gone to have come
> up with anything.  Nobody I know has this process either.  So I figured
> I'd check here.
> 
> Any help?