When opening microsoft outlook 2003, an error message pops up asking to install a plugin called dumpster.exe. If I hit ok, it just keeps popping up 4 or 5 times and then outlook crashes out. The message said something about migrating data as well. I am not quite sure if this is malware or some other application that is safe. Does anyone here know what dumpster.exe is?

Also I am not quite sure if this goes under this section of the forums or in the section that deals with office issues. Any help on what is causing this issue would be appreciated.

That seems to be a legit file, read here:

This DUMPSTER.EXE Malware Research Report contains DUMPSTER.EXE findings.


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1. Save HJTInstall.exe to your desktop.
2. Double-click on HJTInstall.exe to run the program.
3. By default it will install to C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis.
4. Accept the license agreement by clicking the "I Accept" button.
5. Click on the "Do a system scan and save a log file" button. It will scan and then ask you to save the log.
6. Click "Save log" to save the log file and then the log will open in Notepad.
7. Click on "Edit -> Select All" then click on "Edit -> Copy" to copy the entire contents of the log.
8. Come back here to this thread and paste the log in your next reply.
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