How to remove mstask error

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mstask.exe file information

The process belongs to the software mstask.exe or Stealth Folder Hider by BC COMPUTING.

Description: File mstask.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows (e.g. c:\windows\system\). The file size on Windows XP is 700416 bytes.
Program has no file description. The program is not visible. It is located in the Windows folder, but it is not a Windows core file. The process is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). It is not a Windows core file. mstask.exe is able to record inputs, hide itself. Therefore the technical security rating is 64% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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External information from Paul Collins:
There are different files with the same name:

• "Mstask" definitely not required. Added by the OPASERV.N WORM! Note - this is not the legitimate mstask.exe system file and the executable resides in C:\Windows or C:\WINNT
• "mstask" definitely not required. Browser hijacker - redirecting to find-more.net. Note - this is not the legitimate mstask.exe system file
• "SchedulingAgent" can run at start up. MS Scheduling Agent displayed as a box with a stopwatch in the System Tray that is only needed if you have regular scheduled disk defragmenting, ScanDisk, etc. Required if you have regularily scheduled events such as weekly virus scans

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as mstask.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the mstask.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

Links: mstask.exe, mstask.exe

runs every time I log on
  frank y  

i went to the Symantec website and saw the following instructions: ".....Scroll through the list, and look for the following process: msstask.exe. CAUTION: This is not the same as Mstask.exe--note the single "s". Mstask.exe is a legitimate Microsoft process. Do not end that task."
  sweetrosette  

its ms task scheduler. if you go into scheduled tasks and see no tasks scheduled, go ahead and disable the service
  james BONDS  

making the computer run 100, slows everything down. IE barely runs, AV and firewall, along with ASUS dont respond need a way to kill it, cant even search for it, took me five minutes to get to this site
  David  

Taskplaner
  MR  

keeps runniing a task every 10 minutes and saves a log
  Jerry  

task scheduler, had no use for it and it was listening for connection.. disabled it from control panel to be sure.
  /html  

unless it is in the system32 folder then its a virus
  jeremy wf,tx  

Helps scedule applications
  Josh  

true sword anti-spyware identified a duplicate of this file and alerted me that the duplicate was spyware.
  daviduk  

get rid of it
  tg  

This program, as all Microsoft programs, give me a stiffy and I love to run it lots and lots
  Your Momma  

If I want to schedule something I'll turn the damn thing on. Why does it need a port anyways?
  Kempis Curious  

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