If you do not have it, download the suitable version from here to your Desktop. Make sure that you still have FRST.exe on your Desktop. I am sure, however, that Conhost.exe does have something in common with the popups. I'm not sure if this is a normal property of Cmd.exe or unique to my issue. It has the ability to force me out of a game when the popups happen. What does this mean? Am I infected? I don't see anything malicious as of yet, but it is very frustrating and I want to get to the bottom of it, before it turns into something else. When the popups happen, they expand the same way, but I am unsure if it is the 'same' copy I saw when I opened Cmd manually. When I open Cmd.exe manually, they expand to include another copy. I have three copies of Conhost.exe by default according to Process Explorer. The only file left that is of interest so far is Conhost.exe or maybe WmiPrvSE.exe (the latter because I did see it temporarily highlighted green several times when the popups appear). I disabled all three, and nothing changed. I then suspected LMS.exe and UNS.exe, because upon the cmd appearing, they seemed to also appear, with Google Update triggering before them. I thought that Mobsync was the cause of it, but this turned out false. Today, I installed Process Explorer to hopefully discover some more information about the mysterious cmd windows. Interestingly, the cmd window appears only once (instead of 'flashing' twice) without an internet connection. I initially thought it was my adapter that was causing this, so I swapped it out and put in a new one. All that was found was some old files and keys from Adware I long since gotten rid of. I scanned with Malwarebytes, and nothing significant came up. I cannot find the root source of it, however, and I fear it may be some form of Malware, although I haven't heard of anyone else having an issue like this. With the help of a friend, I discovered it had something to do with my IP being renewed and released upon startup, and even doing it hours after that. I have no idea what this is, and it only appeared four weeks ago. It is simply a blank window, and the text on top just says 'Cmd.exe'. The window actually appears twice on startup, around 15 seconds after the first one, and does not contain any text. I have been having this issue with a cmd.exe window appearing a few minutes after booting. I just joined and have been using Malwarebytes for years now.

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