This is a part of a malicious parasite that violates user privacy and damages the compromised system. The my preferences.lnk file can be used for different purposes depending on the related parasite's type, functionality and carried payload. Although my preferences.lnk may not take any malicious actions by itself, it ensures that a parasite is working properly and therefore needs to be removed. DO NOT open, execute or edit my preferences.lnk!
The my preferences.lnk file is installed and used by
NetSonic.
Sometimes a presence of my preferences.lnk does not indicate that your computer is infected. It can be an essential system file or a file installed by harmless legitimate software and therefore may not pose any threat to your privacy and the system. Although such cases are quite rare, you should thoroughly examine my preferences.lnk before completely deleting or leaving it in the system.
WARNING!!! File my preferences.lnk is related to spyware. This is serious violation of your privacy, your system is under security threat.
We advice you to scan your computer and eliminate possible threats.
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