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Strange msfeeds*.* self-scheduled Marek Kalisz 07-21-2006
Posted by Marek Kalisz on July 21, 2006, 1:08 pm
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I have some scheduled by myself tasks. Today I discovered that I have also
something like
User_Feed_Synchronization-
(periods mark charcters I didn't catch). It has a remark "multiple
schedules" but is scheduled only once every day. Properties shows:
"Windows\system32\msfeedssync.exe.sync"
In the system32 subdirectory I founded a few files msfeeds*.*. Their
properties shows a legit company - Microsoft.
I also looked into Microsoft resources searching for those files. Search
didn't find any mentions of those. So, what are they and for what
reason/function?
Any help...
Marek Kalisz



Posted by karl levinson, mvp on July 22, 2006, 7:29 am
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>I have some scheduled by myself tasks. Today I discovered that I have also
>something like
> User_Feed_Synchronization-
> (periods mark charcters I didn't catch). It has a remark "multiple
> schedules" but is scheduled only once every day. Properties shows:
> "Windows\system32\msfeedssync.exe.sync"

A google search for msfeedssync.exe.sync and msfeedssync.exe seems to
suggest it's legitimate and might be part of IE 7 and its RSS "Feeds"
feature. Any chance you're using IE 7?

--
kind regards,
Karl Levinson, CISSP, CCSA, MCSE [MS MVP]
--------------------------------
Microsoft Security FAQ:
http://securityadmin.info



Posted by on August 12, 2006, 1:17 am
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I'm using IE 7 and msfeedssync.exe keeps sucking up all my resources
practically stopping my machine in it's tracks. All I want to know is
if there is a way to disable it without uninstalling IE 7. I suppose a
better question would be... Can't Microsoft make any program that
doesn't drain the life out of our machines?

karl levinson, mvp wrote:
> >I have some scheduled by myself tasks. Today I discovered that I have also
> >something like
> > User_Feed_Synchronization-
> > (periods mark charcters I didn't catch). It has a remark "multiple
> > schedules" but is scheduled only once every day. Properties shows:
> > "Windows\system32\msfeedssync.exe.sync"
>
> A google search for msfeedssync.exe.sync and msfeedssync.exe seems to
> suggest it's legitimate and might be part of IE 7 and its RSS "Feeds"
> feature. Any chance you're using IE 7?
>
> --
> kind regards,
> Karl Levinson, CISSP, CCSA, MCSE [MS MVP]
> --------------------------------
> Microsoft Security FAQ:
> http://securityadmin.info


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