Re: Trojan Horse or valid Windows file?

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Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:20:45 -0700

"Roger L." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:01db01c4840e$f03c2aa0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Compaq Presario, AVG Version 6.0 Virus Scanner, Windows
> XP with all current updates applied. My virus scanner
> detected and "placed in the virus vault" what it thinks
> is a trojan horse at c:\windows\system32\msCMTsrvc.exe.
> Some files can be confused as trojan horses so I need
> help in identifying this file. I can't find any reference
> on the web to this file as a trojan horse. Does any one
> know whether this is a valid windows file or not? Thanks.

Quick Google:
"msCMTSrvc.exe is an application that gets bundled with a particular series
of the Compaq Presario systems. msCMTSrvc is called the Content Monitoring
Tool Service (CMTS). The Compaq Offer Zone, displayed on the desktop as the
Hot Deals icon, uses the CMTS to update the computer when new merchandise is
available for purchase by the user."

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