There're two copies of taskman.exe, in WINDOWS and system32 directories.

I tried running them from Run, cmd or direct clicking but nothing happens. Taskmgr.exe works normally.

No virus found by F-Secure.

What do they both do?

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documen...mb_tol_aubc.asp

I've tried it on other XP systems with the same result.

Other threads say it's safe to remove.

Anyone know what it actually does?

taskman.exe should exist under C:\windows and C:\windows\system32

However.. Make sure under c:\windows\system32 you also have taskmgr.exe. It is the actual exe that runs and shows you the running processes. If you dont have it.. Run

sfc /scannow

to kick in System File Check and see if it adds it back for you.

Edited August 2, 200521 yr by bilemke

1 might be a virus. Check your run areas in safemode using regedit.

taskman.exe by default is in both windows and system32 directories

for SP2:

CRC is 0x5E9721D0

MD5 is F4DFD83153E8C9088AE2DB704107060D

and yes, it does absolultely nothing, justs wastes 32KB of HD space

I didn't think it was a virus before or after checking MD5:

f4dfd83153e8c9088ae2db704107060d

f4dfd83153e8c9088ae2db704107060d

Many thanks to all of you who replied and esp. to midas.

The MD5 is a good idea!

it does absolultely nothing

=> that's really what I wanted to know!

What do I use to find out the CRC?