CMD poped up always

From last few days,

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I am facing a problem, which is my cmd terminal pops up on regular baises out of nowhere.It contains a message which I am giving bellow

Too many arguments in command line.

The process tried to write to a nonexistent pipe.

FINDSTR: Cannot open c:\ProgramData\packard bell\updater2\updater2.xml

The system cannot find the path specified.

Too many arguments in command line.

FINDSTR: Cannot open c:\ProgramData\gateway\updater2\updater2.xml

The system cannot find the path specified.

Too many arguments in command line.

FINDSTR: Cannot open c:\ProgramData\founder\updater2\updater2.xml

The system cannot find the path specified.

Too many arguments in command line.

Please help me with this, It's very annoying and also hamper my game play.

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sri369

Looks like a virus attack! Do you have any antivirus installed on your system? If not, I would recommend installing one immediately, and running a scan.

Also, check the programs that auto start with windows, and any tasks under task scheduler, and delete as needed in both.

CaptainZawad

No I am not using any antivirus right now. Windows startup program seems ok. Is windows defender is enough??

JackE

Windows defender should be enough. Which ACER, Packard-Bell or Gateway model number do you have? If it's an ACER brand model, it may have the wrong Windows version installed. Jack E/NJ

sri369

Get the Avast internet security; been using it for over 7 years now. Plus there is a crazy deal on amazon for 3 user 2 year license for under $15. And this surely does more than what Defender does.

muumis

sri369 said:

Looks like a virus attack! Do you have any antivirus installed on your system? If not, I would recommend installing one immediately, and running a scan.

Also, check the programs that auto start with windows, and any tasks under task scheduler, and delete as needed in both.

are you sure it's a virus I just got that thing too but I have f-secure running scan atm

sri369

muumis said:

are you sure it's a virus I just got that thing too but I have f-secure running scan atm

Filenames and their path names are too similar to one another to think otherwise.

xapim

I have superantispyware and nod32 on all my systems and in all the pcs i installed/repaired so far a no virus at all if u suspect and no virus on any ever just run malwarebytes first to see if it finds anything if so clean it and after install a good antivirus/spyware and follow @sri369 instructions spyware etc can setup tasks to run on startup even in your browsers