Hotfixinstaller.exe?

[Noodlestein]

First off, my apologize if this isn't the right area to be posting this in.

Anyways, Over the past couple weeks I've been noticing my computer slowing down at random times, only to look through my processes to find "msi___.exe(don't quite remember all of it, standard install file)), Hotfixinstaller.exe, and another one that starts with ND______.*.

I've always forcequit the process since it never got anywhere, about the 5th time it came up I let it run it's course just to see if anything would happen and nothing ever would

This is being downloaded and attempted to install without myself telling it to do so. Also, the "temp" files are being saved onto my slave harddrive which I do not believe any normal windows updates to save itself to.

Some screenshots of the Dir's & whats inside them

not all the files have the exact same files in them, but they all have at least one of the same (I assume when I would quit the progress it would stop wherever it was(clearly))

I know they have something to do with .net framework(or so I've read) and recently did a windows update and had nothing left to install.

-edit-

Oh, my system stuff might be usefull ;P

Microsoft Windows XP Pro

Service Pack 3

AMD Sempron 2600+ (ew) 1.76GHz

2GB Kingston

[Noodlestein]

Sorry for double post but the edit button suddenly disappeared and one of the images wasn't linked properly

[Noodlestein]

Still having this issue.

[beautifulmiddlefinger]

Still having this issue.

i was just having the same problem, it was putting the files on my external hard drive. i stumbled upon this post in my research on the issue. i however did not let it finish. i unplugged my comcast modum, unplugged my linksys router, ran Avast, deleted any infections, and havnt had the problem return. i plan on running spybot search and destroy also for a little extra measures. may even run ccleaner to clean out my regestry and such, ill post back if i have the problem return!

avast - http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

spybot search and destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

ccleaner - http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

[noknojon]

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[Haider]

Hello beautifulmiddlefinger

Just an advise

[beautifulmiddlefinger]

yeh, i know what im doing....i use it all the time, its wonderful!

[beautifulmiddlefinger]

p.s.

had no further problems............