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bugshaw at 08:26am on 09/01/2004
bugshaw at 08:26am on 09/01/2004Ok, I've ascertained that I can remove the crap with Ad-Aware, but it gets re-installed on startup.
A bit of digging finds I have a program called Watch, which I don't recognise.
Its lgc file is like this
{
o c1646160 2b200 "C:\WINDOWS\TWAIN_32\A4S2_600\WATCH.EXE"
R c1646160 0 40
R c1646160 80 f8
R c1646160 80 1e8
R c1646160 d200 1000
R c1646160 c000 1000
o c163c560 e4000 "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MFC40.DLL"
R c163c560 0 100
R c163c560 40 100
R c163c560 5346 100
R c163c560 a8 100
R c163c560 5e0b 100
etc for lots more dlls
And its ini file is like this
[Scanning Desktop]
Path=C:\MSCAN\Msoffice
[Cover Driven]
Cover Driven=Yes
Method=Close2Open
Status=Close
Timer3=500
[Show Startup Screen]
Show Startup=No
[Model Information]
Model=A4S2600
Path=A4S2_600
Driver=A4S2_600.IOB
DS=A4S2_600.DS
Info=A4S2INFO_600
Style=1200 III EP
And there is a file watch.exe in C:\WINDOWS\TWAIN_32\A4S2_600
In the absence of a Clanger, I put it to you - does this look like the source of my problems?
A bit of digging finds I have a program called Watch, which I don't recognise.
Its lgc file is like this
{
o c1646160 2b200 "C:\WINDOWS\TWAIN_32\A4S2_600\WATCH.EXE"
R c1646160 0 40
R c1646160 80 f8
R c1646160 80 1e8
R c1646160 d200 1000
R c1646160 c000 1000
o c163c560 e4000 "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MFC40.DLL"
R c163c560 0 100
R c163c560 40 100
R c163c560 5346 100
R c163c560 a8 100
R c163c560 5e0b 100
etc for lots more dlls
And its ini file is like this
[Scanning Desktop]
Path=C:\MSCAN\Msoffice
[Cover Driven]
Cover Driven=Yes
Method=Close2Open
Status=Close
Timer3=500
[Show Startup Screen]
Show Startup=No
[Model Information]
Model=A4S2600
Path=A4S2_600
Driver=A4S2_600.IOB
DS=A4S2_600.DS
Info=A4S2INFO_600
Style=1200 III EP
And there is a file watch.exe in C:\WINDOWS\TWAIN_32\A4S2_600
In the absence of a Clanger, I put it to you - does this look like the source of my problems?
drplokta
Re: drplokta
The problem I'm getting is something hijacking my browser and bring up a search page which auto-opens a page I can't close. Ad-aware found and deleted a load of links containing searchxl.com, and having done a bit more googling I'm inclined to follow the advice given here by Computercops.biz
Then I shall see if I still have the problem - ad-aware gets rid of it during a session, but I need it to stop re-installing itself on restart (and my poor slow computer needs a restart fairly often (but that's another problem)).
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www.scanner-drivers.com/drivers/87/87147.htm
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\RunOnce
(I'm running NT here - your registry might be different)
Installed anything new recently? Spyware sometimes gets installed along with something else, such as AudioGalaxy.
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The major change to my set-up in the last week has been:
i) getting braodband through Eclipse
ii) installing RealPlayer
iii) setting up the firewall
iv) installing ZoneAlarm
...
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Oh no, you didn't do that, did you? I truly loathe Real, they install stuff on a system I really don't want. Stuff that seemingly cannot be disabled, stuff that insists on popping up windows, stuff that just won't go away.
Even Microsoft is (so far) less evil than Real.
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Couldn't agree more. Real Player and Quicktime are two pieces of bloatware that cause pain and anguish, do much the same thing, and are both sadly necessary because of websites that support only one or the other (BBC, Teletubbies, Tractor Tom, etc).
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MC
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