Today I disabled a start up app from my task manager when I saw this thing called “Windscribe”. I googled it and well here I am. The thing is though, I have never downloaded Windscribe or even heard of it. Is it Windscribe VPN or what could it be?
That honestly looks like malware. Our apps would have Published = Windscribe Limited. This doesn’t have a code signature, which is a bad sign.
I don’t see the app icon. And the new app would have the name “Windscribe GUI”. You can right click it and choose properties, then choose the Digital Signature tab. It should be signed Windscribe Limited if its the real deal. Also since it’s set to start up, the Windscribe app should be showing in your task tray on the right hand side of your screen
Yeah, that startup tab leaves a lot to be desired from a security standpoint
Right click on top of “Name” in the column and add the command line mark, then it will show you the path that it is executing.
As others have said, it looks like a PUA. Look for it in the Program Files folders and remove it. Also search and remove the Windscribe folder(s) in AppData, if any.
I tried going into properties, but when I right click it just shows a low opacity grey ”properties” that I can’t click. Also what is the task tray? Can’t seem to find it anywhere.
I found someone else who had the same issue. It seems like I apparently have downloaded it quite some time ago and forgot about it haha, thank you anyway!
Not even the legacy version has a startup entry like that. Something is definitely up. You might want to scan your computer.