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Hidden Twenty
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Hidden Twenty
Monday, October 6, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Posted by OzFenric
(2 messages posted)
I have a mystery 'window' that often starts on my Windows XP machine. It can't be
seen as a window in the taskbar, doesn't appear in the Applications tab of the task
manager, and doesn't have an obvious entry in the Processes list. It does appear
on the tab-through application select box (from an Alt-Tab) as "Hidden Twenty", but
cannot be activated. I'm not aware of it causing problems, but would like to know
if it's an anti-piracy driver installed by Adobe or Microsoft... or something else.
There's no results in Google for this! Has anybody come across this before and might
be able to advise what this application is doing? Thanks in advance!
OzFenric!
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re: Hidden Twenty
Monday, October 6, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Posted by geek9pm
(913 messages posted)
What happens in Safe Mode with networking?
What does NOT function in Safe Mode?
Geek9pm 
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re: Hidden Twenty
Monday, October 6, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Posted by Ricer46
(20470 messages posted)
It's almost surely malware.
On Monday, October 6, 2008 at 3:37 pm, OzFenric wrote:
>I have a mystery 'window' that often starts on my Windows XP machine. It can't be
>seen as a window in the taskbar, doesn't appear in the Applications tab of the task
>manager, and doesn't have an obvious entry in the Processes list. It does appear
>on the tab-through application select box (from an Alt-Tab) as "Hidden Twenty",
but
>cannot be activated. I'm not aware of it causing problems, but would like to know
>if it's an anti-piracy driver installed by Adobe or Microsoft... or something else.
>There's no results in Google for this! Has anybody come across this before and might
>be able to advise what this application is doing? Thanks in advance!
>
>OzFenric!
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re: Hidden Twenty
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Posted by Damon
(1 messages posted)
I just found I had the same window, but only sometimes.
I installed the very useful app "Process Explorer", which lets you see the window
title associated with any process, and it ended up being associated with my Kingston
USB key, which has a secure/private storage area.
Mystery solved. Not Malware.
Damon.
On Monday, October 6, 2008 at 3:37 pm, OzFenric wrote:
>I have a mystery 'window' that often starts on my Windows XP machine. It can't be
>seen as a window in the taskbar, doesn't appear in the Applications tab of the task
>manager, and doesn't have an obvious entry in the Processes list. It does appear
>on the tab-through application select box (from an Alt-Tab) as "Hidden Twenty",
but
>cannot be activated. I'm not aware of it causing problems, but would like to know
>if it's an anti-piracy driver installed by Adobe or Microsoft... or something else.
>There's no results in Google for this! Has anybody come across this before and might
>be able to advise what this application is doing? Thanks in advance!
>
>OzFenric!
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re: Hidden Twenty
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Posted by OzFenric
(2 messages posted)
Thanks, Damon! I'll have to look up that Process Explorer tool.
OzFenric!
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