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Is the file keygen-core.exe necessary??

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Hello All, 

Having purchased 3 1T harddrives last year (2 SATA's and 1 portable), and having Seagate's Diskkeeper included in the install, I figured (after reading the Acronis label on this software) why not go to the real source!??!

Malwarebytes (purchased a few days ago- AVG claimed it had found some "nasty RootKits" ) found and deleted a few files which contained some Trojans. Specifically:

Malwarebytes results:
Files Infected:
c:\documents and settings\all users\documents\acronis.true.image.home.v10.0.4942.incl.keymaker-core\keygen-core.exe (Trojan.Dropper.PGen) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
c:\program files\GetRight\patch_52d.exe (Trojan.Bancos) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
c:\program files\CoolPix\ColorPix.exe (Trojan.Dropper) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.

So... the question here is (1)Am I looking at some trouble here, and (2) how can should I correct this?

Many thanks in advance...

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>why not go to the real source!??!
>acronis.true.image.home.v10.0.4942.incl.keymaker-core

It's not 'real' source, it's an old (~4 years old) version of true image obtained (most likely) in violation of copyright law, dmca and what not (or what is keygen there for?). Real product keys are obtained from acronis site, not from keygens.

So... the question here is (1)Am I looking at some trouble here, and (2) how can should I correct this?

At some. You can always run keygen in virtual machine or in some other kind of sandbox. but it's stll doesn't guarantee that the software obtained god-knows-where itself is not altered and ridden with malware.

Hi Dev,

I think I know where this (acronis.true.image.home.v10.0.4942.incl.keymaker-core ) might have come from...

It's probably from Seagate's Diskkeeper that I wrote of. Seagate buys/contracts with Acronis to have the rights to an older version, so they can put it in with their Harddrives! Not an unusual occurrence.

Many thanks....