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>>>>>>>Go to http://www.dnsstuff.com/ - it will show you what IP address you are using just below the black title bar (light grey). You can also go to http://www.ip2location.com/ and it will show you the same info.
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>>>>>>Thank you very much. Good thing it does not show how much I weigh <g>.
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>>>>>>>iro RegScan see these:
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>>>>>>>http://www.file.net/process/regscan.exe.html
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>>>>>>>http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/regscan/
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>>>>>>>http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/regscan
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>>>>>>Thank you also for the links. It looks like RegScan.exe could be a legitimate program or a trojan. I have already downloaded and ran UniBlue Registry booster. It found some 500 errors in my registry. Right now I am deciding if I should purchase their program to eradicate the errors (and if in fact it will help with the RegScan.exe problem) or to leave it alone for now.
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>>>>>There is also a free registry cleaner here (middle column) http://techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm
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>>>>Thank you very much. Very impressive list. Call me paranoid but I am very concerned running a utility that will "clean" registry if I am not sure it will fix this problem with RegScan.exe.
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>>>Run the online scans first. Use more than 1 AV. First confirm the nature of regscan. Then decide whether it needs to be removed.
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>>I will make a good backup first, just in case. And then do an AV scan.
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>Make sure to use new media for your new backup. Do not backup over your only other backup, if you get my drift :)

I use external hard drive as a backup media. I create 5 sets of backup and alternate them. When AV runs it usually scans the external drive too. I also do smaller backups to a DVD disks.