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Is PXIMouse A Virus?

Shaan5
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I noticed this program called PXIMouse running as a Background process on my PC even though I have no memory of downloading or installing it. I looked it up on my PC and found nothing. I googled it and found people saying that it's a Virus but other people saying that it's not. I have been having PC issues and I need to know whether It's a Virus or not. It doesn't show up in Control Panel<Programs and Features but it shows up as a Background Process in Task Manager.

is It A Virus

 

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have you tried scanning with an antivirus?

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have you tried scanning with an antivirus?

 

I scanned with AVAST and Malwarebytes and nothing came up but I've heard that Some Virus' can slip by programs like that. 

I'm just confused as to how it got there because I never downloaded it

 Case: Define R5 I GPU: G1 GTX 970 I CPU: i5 4690k I RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X I PSU:  EVGA 750B2 I Cooler: Noctua NH D15 


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go into task manager find a process press right mouse button press go to file location copy the exe to desktop. now go to virustotal.com upload the file and you will get the ansver weather its a virus or not scanned with 50+ popular antivirus programs

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go into task manager find a process press right mouse button press go to file location copy the exe to desktop. now go to virustotal.com upload the file and you will get the ansver weather its a virus or not scanned with 50+ popular antivirus programs

 

Did it and It came up safe!

 Case: Define R5 I GPU: G1 GTX 970 I CPU: i5 4690k I RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X I PSU:  EVGA 750B2 I Cooler: Noctua NH D15 


MB: ASUS Z97-A I SSD: Crucial MX100 256GB I HDD: WD Black 1TB

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  • 10 months later...
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Out of curiosity, does anyone else who has this pixmouse.exe running happen to have a gaming/high dpi mouse, especially ones where you can select the dpi levels?
Because it only appeared in my system after I purchased my first gaming mouse...

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On 19/5/2015 at 3:29 AM, Shaan5 said:

 

Did it and It came up safe!

I have a Razer Taipan and never heard of that program. Doesn't seem like a virus... What brand is your mouse?

 

Edit: Forget that. It's not a virus, it's some kind of Windows crap, by pixart. Like some sort of tool for your mouse, or driver. There isn't really much information about it. It's harmless, so I would keep it.

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Dude don't worry I have the same thing pximouse (pixart imaging inc.) I have cooler master recon mouse it is responsible for displaying the mouse pointer animation please do not do what I did I disabled it and my mouse pointer disappeared I had to go through the shit storm of trying to re-enable it my games wouldn't even work properly. now I finally got it working and enabled again my keyboard is working, my mouse is working, and I can finally rest. 

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This is not a virus, here is the score: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/63ae8dd8e41260123e8c98905bd3d444bed86aea6353f690483e5cb116433ac2/detection

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Pelo que eu vi ele esta localizado provavelmente em sua pasta sys32 provavelmente não é um virus e sim um programa do sistema

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