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by: aryan30052 January 27, 2013 5:27 PM PST

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Windows XP:ActivityMonitor periodically tries install itself

by aryan30052 - 1/27/13 5:27 PM

Windows XP computer started to show a Hardware Installation window, indicating that some software is being installed for some hardware.

The suspicious problem is that no new hardware has been added, and the software appears to be something which monitors computer usage, called: "ActivityMonitor".

Other than the fact that this software was not downloaded or installed by the owner, the error message contains some text which is alarming: "The software you are installing for this hardware: ActivityMonitor has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify it's compatibility with Windows XP."
After clicking on the "STOP Installation" button, the AVG firewall is reported to be disabled. (yes, AVG is the antivirus on this computer).

Note that this pop-up appears after seeming random lengths of time, and seems to display 8-10 times per day.

What I've done so far is to scrub the computer with multiple antivirus and malware scanners;
My question is: how to prevent this thing from periodically popping up...

Thank you in advance for your help.


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by Grif Thomas Moderator - 1/28/13 12:17 PM

In Reply to: Windows XP:ActivityMonitor periodically tries install itself by aryan30052

Are you running an PC optimizer program called "Soluto".. If so, see the link below:

https://support.soluto.com/entries/20326128-activitymonitor-fsfiltertop-has-not-passed-windows-logo-testing-message-during-setup

If you're not running the program above, I see the "ActivityMonitor" error showing up in discussions about Kaspersky, Ad-Aware and a few others.. It also shows up in discussions about spyware.. I certainly would download, install, update, and run Malwarebytes and SuperAntispyware to be sure it wasn't malware in nature but since you seem to have already done such, see if you can find the "ActivityMonitor.exe" file on your computer. Maybe the file location, or the file properties will tell you something.

It's easy enough to let the installation proceed by changing the driver signing security to "Allow" the installation.. (Open the "Control Panel", double click on "System", select the "Hardware" tab, then the "Driver Signing" button.. Once there, select the "Ignore" option, then click on OK.) The question is whether you "should" or not. Verify the file and its purpose first.

Hope this helps.

Grif


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