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A file Windows identifies as belonging to Acronis flagged as malware!

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Hello Moderator,

A file, identified as belonging to Acronis, named auto_reactivate.exe in my Windows\system32 directory has been flagged as malware. I tried renaming the file to see if it made any differences, and rebooted. The reboot took a very long time (not normal), but Acronis appeared to work, and a quick check of some other programs appears to be normal.

Acronis build number: 6525

What is this file, and is it required for Acronis to work?

Thanks!

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Hello brucel,

thank you for your question.

auto_reactivate.exe is responsible for correct work of Acronis Startup Recovery Manager. If you don't use this feature you can safely rename this .exe file.

Thank you.