Hi. I hope this is the right place to ask this. Umonit with a little icon has opened on my taskbar, and rightclick does not remove it, and rebooting brings it back, too. When i search in 'files&folders' on my pc, it appears to be a file in C:\WINDOWS\prefetch as UMONIT.EXE-07102CB9.pf and as UMONIT in C:\WINDOWS\system32. When i google to see what it is, i see that some websites consider it a trojan horse and offer ways to remove it. Why doesn't Norton Internet Security pick this up in my regular scans? Should I remove this or ignore it? Thanks for any wise advice.
Have you used a Sandisk USB drive lately. There is a legitimate Umonitor that monitors when a USB drive is plugged in. The System32 folder is the correct place for the legit application.
Removal instructions are here:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/umonit.exe-5928.html
Hi, thanks for reply. I leave my printer and scanner plugged into USB ports quite often. maybe that's it, though i don't know why the umonit is on taskbar now and not all the time. anyway, good to know it's in the right place and is legit.
Hi. I hope this is the right place to ask this. Umonit with a little icon has opened on my taskbar, and rightclick does not remove it, and rebooting brings it back, too. When i search in 'files&folders' on my pc, it appears to be a file in C:\WINDOWS\prefetch as UMONIT.EXE-07102CB9.pf and as UMONIT in C:\WINDOWS\system32. When i google to see what it is, i see that some websites consider it a trojan horse and offer ways to remove it. Why doesn't Norton Internet Security pick this up in my regular scans? Should I remove this or ignore it? Thanks for any wise advice.
Hello ohayogayle
Please read over delphineum's post again and check out the link that was posted. Please make sure that it is the legitimate file.. You can follow the instructions I gave also to make sure. Thanks
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