Re: Unexplained process in task manager

Glad to hear it was no big deal. In the future you can use a program such as
Autoruns or Process Explorer which are free from SysInternals/Microsoft that
can help identify the process by showing the path to the executable which
may be in an authorized application folder and by providing a publisher name
for the executable for the process that may help identify it. I have never
seen malware that had a publisher name associated with it.

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html --- Autoruns


"r. wales" <rwales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C54EF1CE-F1D7-4F19-A335-142129E66DB9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks, that was the information that I found as well. Most of the data
said
that it was a worm spread across AOL, which I don't have and haven't
received
any communication from AOL customers. But, thankfully, in the time since
I
posted my question and your reply I was able to find the culprit. The exe
doesn't reside in the Windows folder, which is good. It turns out that it
is
a utility prog for a rarely used, networked image scanner. Thanks for
your
very prompt reply, though. I truely do appreciate it.

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

Looks like it's likely malware.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mgs.exe+service&btnG=Google+Search

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/forum/Forum.htm


r. wales wrote:
I was looking through my task manager today and saw a few processes
that I didn't recognize. Most of them I was able to identify with a
little investigation. However, I have not been able to find a
satisfactory explaination for a process called MGS.exe. Can someone
tell me what this is and why it is a running process on my computer?
Thanks.





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