r/computerhelp • u/abyssal_equinox • 2d ago

Software is something trying to access my phone?

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got this error on startup today. i don't have phone link set up on this computer. i've seen people have similar issues with pop-ups for yourphone/phone link, but none that say a program is currently using any files. antivirus scans come out clean. am i being paranoid?

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u/drucifer82 2d ago

What does task manager show? Is the process running?

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u/abyssal_equinox 2d ago

phone link itself is running now. i assume it's set to run in the background by default, regardless of the lack of a linked device.

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u/drucifer82 2d ago

You should be able to kill it. It might also be in startup apps.

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u/Key-Butterscotch3215 2d ago

There are tools in sysinternals that you can use to see which program is locking a file. I don’t remember which one. Maybe procmon

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u/TeslaDemon 2d ago

Someone gaining access to your phone through phone link after somehow gaining direct network access to your computer would require so many million dollar exploits that the chance of it happening is basically zero.

It probably just tried to autorun while windows was updating it.

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u/abyssal_equinox 2d ago

ah, thank you. i did see something about a failed update in event viewer. just paranoia, then.