Windows 10: CampaignManager running at shutdown and preventing normal shutdown.

What the heck is going on? I can find nothing useful of this. And I view this as a security and privacy issue.


Started two days ago, when I went to shut down a PC (Windows Pro 10 build 1903) I was confronted with a warning that "CampaignManager" was still running. I research here and not that I am NOT in a domain. I am not connected to a local workgroup. (I have not introduced and USB stick or foreign device to this PC.) This is the ONLY Windows PC in a network of Linux computers. In each case I killed the process and exited.


I do find a reference to CampaignManager in the registry (see below in part) which references " \Microsoft\Windows\UNP\RunCampaignManager"

A search for "CampaignManager" on the PC reveals nothing

A search for UNP reveals a bunch but now where the regedit would have me look. (see jpg attached.)


Why would something installed in March become active in October and what is this about?


Reg Key:

Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tasks\{0AAC2C9B-C9C4-4F9F-BC88-FE2F0F0F553B}

Class Name: <NO CLASS>

Last Write Time: 5/28/2019 - 11:55 AM

Value 0

Name: Path

Type: REG_SZ

Data: \Microsoft\Windows\UNP\RunCampaignManager



Value 1

Name: Hash

Type: REG_BINARY

Data:

00000000 cc dd 4b b5 96 4e a8 dd - 7d ed 78 62 11 9f 7b af ÌÝKµ.N¨Ý}íxb..{¯

00000010 6c 65 a3 a6 1b 11 02 5f - 3f 74 8f 91 57 3b 5f 16 le£¦..._?t..W;_.





Value 2

Name: Schema

Type: REG_DWORD

Data: 0x10002



Value 3

Name: SecurityDescriptor

Type: REG_SZ

Data: D(A;;GA;;;SY)(A;;FRFX;;;LS)(A;;FRFX;;;BA)(A;;FRFX;;;AU)



Value 4

Name: URI

Type: REG_SZ

Data: \Microsoft\Windows\UNP\RunCampaignManager



Value 5

Name: Triggers

Type: REG_BINARY

Data:





:)

 

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Hi Pierre,

There must be some services running that's preventing Shutdown. We suggest following the resolution provided by our
MVPs in this link.

We look forward to your response.

All the best.

 

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