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December 22, 2015, 05:38:08 AM
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Noticed my bandwith was being sucked up. Checked running processes and found Microsoft Skype and Microsoft html application host(mchta.exe). I'm fairly certain these came from here as I mainly just use this pc for altcoin mining and minor web browsing. Wish I knew which coin wallet it was. Check for these processes and be safe in the future guys! Off to format and reinstall windows.
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December 22, 2015, 05:44:03 AM
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You could post this thread any time in the last year and it will always have been true
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December 22, 2015, 05:56:02 AM
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Have you checked all your wallets with virustotal?

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December 22, 2015, 05:56:15 AM
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mshta.exe is a legit windows file but of course anything could be named like that. Always run wallets in a sandbox where wallets doesn't have write privileges in system folders and even read privileges for other wallets and important files/drives.

You could check when the file was created and compare that to when your wallets were downloaded.

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December 22, 2015, 06:20:57 AM
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The team at steps have a stay safe active for online wallets for this exact reason.

Take a look, they are doing some good work. Stops you needing to download wallets.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1173385.0

                                 
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