Windows 10: Potential malicious activity

Hello All,First post on here, thanks in advance for your help.I have identified some activity on my PC which I am suspicious of. It came to my attention when a pop up window started showing up and replicating itself every few minutes, first image below. In short it is telling me "Skeeters.exe" cannot launch. I searched windows for all instances of Skeeters, third image below, and also did some research as to what it might be. I was unable to find anything online which raised my suspicions further. Mostly appearing and replicating in my Temp folder I am at a bit of a loss as to what my next ste

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Malicious voters!

Yeah as I said, im talking about the case gallery, I am about to resend two of my cases because they were given malicious votes... given 1 without a reason... honestly whoever it is, you are a dickhead, if you are jealous, GET A JOB AND LIFE.

Now I suggest we should be allowed to see and report these malicious votes...

EDIT: Not only am I irritated it prevents my case from having fair votes as there is an "influence' thereafter.

 

malicious software removal tool

Hi Alex,

We would like to know more about the issue by answering the following questions below:

• Have you tried to uninstall and reinstall Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool?
• What is the last action taken before this issue happens?

We suggest that you check this link for more details regarding your issue:
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) helps remove specific, prevalent malicious software from computers that are running supported versions of Windows.

We look forward to your response.

 

Message that malicious or potentially unwanted software might exist. Nothing in history.

Hi Howard,



The above issue might occur due to the presence of virus/malware content on the computer.



Before we assist further, I would like to ask you a few questions:

• Since when are you facing the above issue? Did you make any recent changes to the computer?
• Do you have any third party security software installed on the computer?

Run the Microsoft Safety Scanner by downloading the software from the link below and check if it helps in removing the malicious or potentially unwanted software on the PC.



Link to download Microsoft Safety Scanner:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx



Refer to the link below on What should I do if Microsoft Security Essentials detects malicious software on my PC?:

Windows help & learning - Microsoft Support



Write to us with the status of Windows Defender showing the above error message on the PC in the same post for further assistance. Your reply is important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.