How can this be?

[george3095]

I have several computers: two run different distributions of Linux; two run Windows 7 64 bit; one runs Windows XP; and one runs Apple Leopard. I ran Advanced Systemcare on the XP machine and it announced a new version, which I downloaded and installed. Just for kicks, I ran one feature that would do a quick scan of the hard drive. When it finished, it announced that I had two malware programs. I checked the Program Files directory and, sure enough, there were two directories presumably containing the program files for the two malware apps. First red flag: one directory was empty; the other had an executable that was not installed. Second red flag, I had NEVER installed the two programs or created the two directories - not even the empty one. My first guess: the update planted the two directories and the files in one of them. Iobit, this is underhanded.

[Toppack]

Which malware programs did you have directories for?

 

Are they Microsoft created programs or 3rd-party programs?

 

Which ASC utility found the malware software directories?

(I have run all of them, I think, and don't remember any that reported other security software)