Here is how it got it.
start ....... programs ........ Accessories....... system tools ......... software environment ........16 bit modules loaded
name: robot c:\tools_95\register\remind.exe
I recently trash my Win 98 and have been re-installing everything I need. One of the items is the Iomega Zip tools. Since I did not register this program to avoid being inundated by junk mail and email it installed this remind.exe program.
It is a bit scary to see so many 16 bit and 32 bit programs running in my computer that have no labels. Many say <unknown> as the source?? It is even more scary since it is a clean operating system only 2-3 weeks old. Had it not have an obvious name like "robot" I would have never paid attention to it. I hope that Norton and Lavasoft know more about these program than I otherwise, I am dead.
Thank you Craig,Mike(s),Troy,Ben(s),Tom, Albert and anyone else I missed for your help.
Manuel de Aguiar
M|D Enterprises.
Troy Sosamon wrote:
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That sounds like something worth looking into. I would go to GRC.COM and look
around for that along with checking the virus web sites. You may also want to
try the tool I recomended in another message called NeoMoniter that shows you
open ports.
It is not running on my machine.
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Hi Mikes,
I have a weird situation that started a few days ago. I do the three
finger salute to see what is running pretty often. Although, I am not
quite sure what the heck they all are I can recognize new stuff running.
I am now finding a program that list as "robot" when I do the three
finger salute. It appears nowhere in the registry, system.ini, or
win.ini. Norton AntiVirus and Lavasoft spyware sees nothing wrong but I
know this is new and the name sound terribly suspicious. Following
M.Young suggestion it does not seem to appear in the startup program
list and I am very concerned that this is some new stuff not yet
identified.
Has anyone seen a program call "robot" win98 when they do a three finger
salute? Does anyone knows what this might be?
TIA,
Manuel de Aguiar
Mike Young wrote:Hi Mike,
Go to Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Information. Once that
opens then select Tools, then System Configuration Utility. The Startup tab
has most of the stuff you will see on the Task list. From the name of the
directories you can figure out what some of it does. Try unchecking some of
it and see what does not work when you reboot. You can always recheck it.
It is a trial and error process. I think you will find that very little ofit is criticalto running your machine. AntiVirus stuff usually has 2 or 3 programsrunning.Also check out the Win.Ini tab. The very first folder, Windows, can set some
programs to run also.
Best regards,
Mike Young
On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:46:38 -0500, MJS wrote:Does anybody know all about the programs that are running in thebackground onWin98? Are they all necessary? Is there a place to look that up? When Ido a3 finger salute, I see all sorts of programs running, even multiple times,andIsee these same files running on different computers, so I presume it isrelatedto the OS, but I don't know what is safe to turn off!
Mike Sinclair
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