New to PG - Defrag.exe? au_.exe?

Free PG 3.150 since 2 days back - and I love it!

Defrag.exe wants to start "out of the blue" meaning I did not push any button.
When I allow it I never see anything of it - defrag does not start.

Whats au_.exe? Some sort of update?

Best Regards
Rivalen

 

Hi Rivalen, Yo wrote

Windows XP does defragging when your PC is not busy, this is normal on some machines but not on others for some reason I'm not sure if there is a way for this to be turned off on those machines that do it but I am sure others will advise.

HTH Pilli

 

you can turn off "auto-defragging" (in win xp) with "tweakui" (for win xp)..

you can get "tweakui" for win xp from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

i noticed that my computer "auto-defragged" today.. i went to run defrag, and found that it had already "defragged"..

 

As for au_.exe you're welcome to zip and email it to the email address in my profile. Before doing so perhaps upload it to http://virusscan.jotti.org (a good place to be your first visit when unsure!)

 

Does anyone know what the process Au_.exe is??

I have a computer that shows Au_.exe and Bu_.exe taking up 99% of the system.

Any idea what they are from??

 

Send both files to me please.. no usable results from a search would indicate possible malware

 

Au_.exe is a process used by NSIS install packages, what exactly it does....?

 

Is it not bad for hard drive to be defragged all the time? I have a similar situation see my post at https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=607385#post607385

 

Where do you see that it has auto defragged please? I do not see in reports. I have XP Home in case that is different. Thanks

 

I just saw this proccess in Task manager i scanned it with AVG Internet Security 7.5 and it had 64 viruses and spyware/malware. I dont know what you guys have found but i know what i have found. I am currently scanning for futher infections.

 

http://www.fbmsoftware.com/spyware-net/Process/au__exe/3082/

Spyfalcon...nasty

 

Bad...baaaad...verry bad!

http://www.2-spyware.com/review-spy-falcon.html

http://www.2-spyware.com/megasearch.php?query=spyfalcon&Submit22=Search

 

lol well thats what exactly AVG picked up . Good research.

I would recommend to anyone that doesnt have AVG and has this problem go to www.grisoft.com and get AVG Anti-Virus free addition and AVG Anti-Spyware. both are free.

 

This removal process works too.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic43659.html