purpose of OfficeRegisteredUser.exe

[Jerry W. Lewis]

What is the purpose of
C:\Program Files\MS Office Registered User Update\OfficeRegisteredUser.exe
and where can I get a clean copy if it is a file that I want or need?

My virus software says that it is infected with a variety of the Dropper
trojan. The only sanitization information that I have found says to delete
infected files. use the www.microsoft.com home page search option and got no
hits on OfficeRegisteredUser.exe

Jerry

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Delete the file and run your AV again. That is not a legitimate file.
Trust your AV when it tells you something is infected. Also ensure your AV
signatures are up to date.

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After furious head scratching, Jerry W. Lewis asked:

| What is the purpose of
| C:\Program Files\MS Office Registered User
| Update\OfficeRegisteredUser.exe and where can I get a clean copy if
| it is a file that I want or need?
|
| My virus software says that it is infected with a variety of the
| Dropper trojan. The only sanitization information that I have found
| says to delete infected files. use the www.microsoft.com home page
| search option and got no hits on OfficeRegisteredUser.exe
|
| Jerry

 

[Jerry W. Lewis]

Thanks. The AV had already quarantined the .exe. I knew that I could
successfully start Excel without it, but did not know if it was an MS file
that had become infected, or was the actual carrier file.

Jerry