File Scout - is this a virus?

platypus · 18 Jan 2013 at 07:40

Not sure where this has come from, certainly haven't seen it in Windows before.

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I get it whenever I try to open a file that hasn't got an application associated with it; I've run spybot, malware and it hasn't found anything.

zakblood · 18 Jan 2013 at 08:00

File Manager Software for BlackBerry® Devices

so answer is no, its not a virus or spyware either

platypus · 18 Jan 2013 at 18:23

Ok then I guess my next question is where it could have come from. Given that a BB has not been near my computer.

bluDawg · 18 Jan 2013 at 18:41

platypus said:
Ok then I guess my next question is where it could have come from. Given that a BB has not been near my computer.

Freeware?

platypus · 22 Jan 2013 at 16:11

Only freeware programs I have are malwarebytes and spybot.

sbridle1989 · 25 Jan 2013 at 14:43

It is also associated with drop box so if you have installed that it could have come along with that program if that helps.

edscdk · 25 Jan 2013 at 14:45

you were tricked into installing it along with something else

lurkio · 25 Jan 2013 at 20:45

edscdk said:
you were tricked into installing it along with something else

^ This

Swordfish · 25 Jan 2013 at 20:46

edscdk said:
you were tricked into installing it along with something else

Read twice click once and think before you link.

lurkio · 25 Jan 2013 at 20:51

and remember kids , when installing software ALWAYS use the manual install not the express/quick install