Program or background process popup keeps appearing

Anonymous
2018-08-14T17:13:21+00:00

For days I've been getting this popup window on my Windows 10 Build 1803 computer:

"The program or a background process quit unexpectedly. Would you like to send information to a developer?"

It occurs intermittently, often every 5-10 minutes, and is EXTREMELY annoying. When I click on it, it disappears with no results but keeps reappearing. I cannot figure out what program is causing this as all programs I use are accounted for. The machine has been scanned several times and there is no sign of virus or malware. There have been no new programs installed and Windows and all drivers are current. It's a total loss to me what this is. 

Anyone have any idea?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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Anonymous
2018-10-16T04:58:19+00:00

The newest build of System Mechanic - version 18.02.486 -- released in mid-October 2018 finally puts an end to this most irritating problem.

It appears to be safe to use System Mechanic again.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-08-27T21:45:33+00:00

    I think you are right, Dave. When I opened System Mechanic to do what you recommend, I immediately got the popup window. Funny that I've had SM for years and only started getting the popup recently. 

    I'll monitor the system and see if that fixes it. If not, I'll just get rid of System Mechanic. The subscription runs out in a few months. 

    Thanks so much!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-29T11:50:14+00:00

    I believe this has been happening since the last Windows (10) update.  Hopefully, someone can figure out what is causing it and can create a fix for it because it is definitely very annoying.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-08-29T12:04:44+00:00

    Just wanted to add something to my above comment.  I, too, have System Mechanic and thought that might have been the problem due to the number of events showing for Iolo in the Event Monitor.  However, a friend of mine does not have any Iolo product, and she's getting the same pop up.  I downloaded their "Malware Killer" program with a recent update and wonder if that might be the culprit for me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-08-29T21:13:27+00:00

    I described the problem to Iolo/System Mechanic support last week. They acknowledged receiving my message, but they have not responded since. Yesterday, I decided I had suffered enough and uninstalled System Mechanic. Haven't seen the aggravating popup since. I may reinstall if the problem is fixed, or I may go back to using AVG, although I would prefer a bug free System Mechanic.

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