How to determine if an exe has been installed?

Gurus:

I have Windows 7 and Norton-Anti-anti-virus/firewall.

I came across a strange pop-up message when I logged in to my computer today. A pop-up window, said that "do you want to install \SYSWOW\MAClean.exe (not sure the path or the name of the exe)? While I was doing research on it using another computer, he disappeared. What is one-sided, I don't think any exe with MA*.exe in the computer. My computer also seems to be suspended during indexing - it connects normally - no delay - if I remove the wireless connection. other times, he connects very well, even with the wireless connection is ON.

My questions are:-

(1) how to determine if an exe has been installed ("I see not all facilities in uninstall it or change of program" window in the control panel)?

(2) is it possible to list out all messages 'Alerts' or 'Popup' that appears on the screen?

Best regards

San

HI San,

Thanks for posting your question on the Forum of the Microsoft community.

This can happen if the corresponding .exe file is associated with a program that is installed on your computer. To check the instance of the file, you can check in the list of programs and features in Control Panel. Apart from this, it can be due to an infection by the virus.

To know different alerts and notifications, you can open the Action Center in Windows and check important notifications or the needs of Windows to accomplish tasks. To do this, please refer to the following location: Start > Control Panel (see: large icons) > Action Center.

Also, you can also check error messages in the event viewer for more information.

(Click Start, type Event Viewer in the Start Search and press ENTER.)

To check the program third party or service by giving pop-ups/alerts, you can start the computer in a selective startup with no third-party software in operation. This process is known as a clean boot.

How to perform a clean boot in Windows
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

Note: See "How to reset the computer to start normally after a boot minimum troubleshooting" to reset the computer to start as usual after a repair.

In addition, if your computer hangs or crashes often, I suggest you to try the steps from the following link.

8.1 Windows, Windows 8 or Windows 7 hangs or freezes

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2681286/en-us

Warning: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

I hope this information is useful. Please post for any further assistance.

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