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Smousie · 06-14-2009, 01:18 PM

I'm sure everyone is familiar with this situation: you want to open a file, so you right click and select "Open With", and it gives you a list of programs to choose from.

When I do this on my computer, one of the programs in the list is called "Dummy". This program does not appear in my program list under the Start menu, and does not appear in the list under Add/Remove programs. I have not installed any program with this name. When I select this program to open a particular file, nothing happens.

I'm concerned that this program may be malware, and I don't know what it is or how to get rid of it. Can anyone advise please?

06-14-2009, 01:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Smousie Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 16 OS: Vista	Dummy program? I'm sure everyone is familiar with this situation: you want to open a file, so you right click and select "Open With", and it gives you a list of programs to choose from. When I do this on my computer, one of the programs in the list is called "Dummy". This program does not appear in my program list under the Start menu, and does not appear in the list under Add/Remove programs. I have not installed any program with this name. When I select this program to open a particular file, nothing happens. I'm concerned that this program may be malware, and I don't know what it is or how to get rid of it. Can anyone advise please?