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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by SpectralPineapple@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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I'm running Windows 10.

I have absolutely no idea what is going on. Task Manager doesn't show anything useful, I killed processes that might be it with no effect. Is there any way whatsoever for me to learn what is causing this and remove it? I ran a Windows Defender scan and nothing showed up.

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[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Most likely an app updater written by someone who is too lazy to make their updater hidden.

I feel seen!!

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago

Honestly it can be really tricky to keep that crap from popping up and if the guy that wrote the install did it all dirty and didn't hide his windows, calling a boatload of processes, it can be truly difficult for the guy that writes the updater to keep everything hidden.

I've been there.

[–] Bene7rddso@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago

Guilty as charged. At least in my case the updater is always started by the app, and when it's done it starts the app again