Sunday, August 31, 2014

What the Hell; Microsoft Edition

Apologies for the quality of these photos, but I couldn't get them with screenshots.

So, every so often, this pops up on my computer screen:


But why something purportedly from Microsoft wants to install itself into a Garmin directory, I don't know.


The next three are from the boxes where I can look at its "certificate". Note that the validity date range expired in 2010.




I don't let it install. But I'm wondering what the hell it is and how do I get rid of it.
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5 comments:

  1. sps498/31/2014 4:20 PM

    The first part is Windows checking to see if you grant permission for software to change your system. If you don't know what it is, disallowal is the correct move.

    I don't know what is asking, though.

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  2. Comrade Misfit8/31/2014 5:18 PM

    Wild guess: You were a Navy ET?

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  3. Phil9/01/2014 5:36 AM

    Dang, you have some serious skillz you don't talk about, don't you?

    Allowing something you don't know what it is to messing around in your root kit is bad juju.

    Don't ask me how I know this but it cost me a computer once, a long time ago.

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  4. S O9/01/2014 11:08 AM

    Old problem:

    https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?56258-How-to-kill-Garmin-update-s-quot-sc-exe-quot

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  5. Comrade Misfit9/01/2014 8:30 PM

    S.O., thanks for the steer!

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