How to remove an newsflsh error

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Newsflsh.exe file information

The process known as Newsflash or NewsFlash or WebSniffer belongs to software MySoftware Newsflash or MySoftware NewsFlash Utility or MySoftware InterCom WebSniffer Utility by MySoftware (www.ensisoft.com).

Description: The file newsflsh.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files\Common Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 233,472 bytes (46% of all occurrences), 261,120 bytes, 217,088 bytes or 260,608 bytes.
It is not a Windows system file. The process starts when Windows starts (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders). newsflsh.exe is able to record inputs and connect to Internet. Therefore the technical security rating is 35% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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External information from Paul Collins:

"MySoftware NewsFlash": ??

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as newsflsh.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the newsflsh.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

I believe it's loaded with MyLabelsPremium, possibly for updates to the label software.

don't knwo what is is doing but it opens file handles by the 10's of thousands, a resource hog and ... why the hell does it need to do this? I't can't possibly be benign
rick

I don't know where I got "newsflash.exe" but I don't remember installing it. It wants to run at startup and deposits an icon in the task bar. I uninstalled this "program" once, however it still seems to be hiding in C:\Program Files\Common Files...\Newsflash.exe
Mike (further information)

Believe it is part of "My Mailing List" snail mail software

A Windows search revealed that NEWSFLSH.EXE-2EA9CA83.pf was located in C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch. It was a 13 KB folder containing unreadable files deposited by probably other programs, including the firewall program ZoneAlarm. There is also an application called NewsFlsh in C:\Program Files\Common Files\MySoftware. This is a 255 KB file that was produced by MySoftware, Inc. In the same folder (C:\Program Files\Common Files\MySoftware) there is another activeX control file called WEBSTER HTML Control. It was produced by Home Page Software Inc. -- info@homepagesw.com and Copyrighted in 1997.
Navaratnam

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Does come with my mail list. Not needed if you don't use their online postal features
David

Summary: Average user rating of newsflsh.exe: based on 3 votes with 7 reviews.

2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user think newsflsh.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 5 users doesn't grade newsflsh.exe ("not sure about it").

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