Persistent User Account

[TDombz 0]

For the longest time, there has been a user account named perkrgouxi being created over and over yet every eset malware scan says i dont have a virus, does anyone have any tips for me?

[Arakasi 548]

Do you have Smart security or Nod32 ?

Anti-theft creates a user account, but its usually like John .

 

Run this from an elevated command prompt.

 

Net user perkrgouxi /active:no

 

This will disable it, instead of delete which could be re-creating itself.

 

Keep in mind, you do not want to disable anti thefts user account by ESET.

Edited January 2, 2014 by Arakasi

[TDombz 0]

I have Smart Security 7. Also where can i find an elevated command prompt?

[Arakasi 548]

Navigate to the following directory : "C:\windows\system32\"

Find cmd.exe and right click the icon and choose Run As Administrator. (Elevated command prompt)

[WayneP 2]

This is not a virus but a symptom of the Smart Security Anti-Theft doing something strange. If you set up Anti-Theft, you should disable it in Setup and then delete that user account. Reboot the machine and then enable Anti-Theft again and that should make the phantom account show with the correct name and not this random name.

[Arakasi 548]

Thanks Wayne for the awesome feedback and helpful Info.

I will take it with me and run