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Anyone having problem with Trend Micro Housecall?
Andavari replied to englishmen's topic in Windows Security
I got rid of IE once on my Win98 system a few years back and to my amazement Win98 seemed like a bland piece of crap after removing it, sure it ran faster but allot of the functionality I was used to was gone. Reinstalling IE on a system that is without it can be a tricky thing. -
No, I only had a DOS av scanner which at the time was F-PROT Antivirus for DOS which doesn't install anything into the registry and isn't resident at all. I decided I needed real-time protection when I discovered Avast's resident shield wouldn't work. It's been like that for over two years now through various versions of Avast and in one version the resident shield could be enabled during a Windows session, but would not be active when the computer was restarted. It doesn't matter all that much to me since the Win98 is only a backup PC to transfer files from my WinXP PC, I just keep it updated in the event my WinXP PC goes kaput for any reason.
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bug in windows xp shutdown after using ccleaner?
Andavari replied to kaybee's topic in CCleaner Bug Reporting
My comp is clean! -
I personally prefer Avast, however I've noticed on my Win98 system the resident shield can't be enabled therefore I installed AVG instead. For Win2k and WinXP I'd use Avast (without the skins). As for free third-party software-based firewalls, you can take your pick from many (to find them Google them): * ZoneAlarm (2 way protection, buggy, free, updated often). * Sygate Personal Firewall (2 way protection, buggy, free, not updated often, bugs reported by users go unresolved). * Outpost Free (2 way protection, free, an old version, to me it has an unconventional way of configuration via the terms used). * Kerio Personal Firewall v2.1.5 (2 way protection, free, old version, has vulnerabilities if not properly configured to block certain incoming TCP and UDP ports -- you'll have to know what to block, can lose it's configuration when least expected). * Jetico (2 way protection, free, needs to mature through a few versions and eventually pass GRC.com as TruStealth). If I missed any someone else will probably give the lowdown on them.
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Boot into safe mode with the Admin account and try from there, since it could be some security software installed that isn't allowing the registry to be cleaned.
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These two are extensions added into the registry when you opened a folder containing files ending with those extensions. CCleaner will offer to remove them since there's "probably" not an application installed that directly opens them. Note: The .tmp extension is a temporary file extension, otherwise known as a junk file! This I have no ideal what it pertains to. If the .reg file won't import (don't know why it wouldn't) you could open it with Notepad and change heading from: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 To: REGEDIT4
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Anyone having problem with Trend Micro Housecall?
Andavari replied to englishmen's topic in Windows Security
HouseCall hasn't worked on either of my two systems for the past year or so even when using it with Internet Explorer, it was constantly having problems either updating, initiating, and giving an analysis after scanning was completed. I've completely given up on it. -
Defragmentation Programs and Hardware Issue
Andavari replied to Ultimate Predator's topic in Software
Try a defrag in 'safe mode' to see if it can deal with some locked/in-use files that it "may not" be able to deal with in 'normal mode'. -
bug in windows xp shutdown after using ccleaner?
Andavari replied to kaybee's topic in CCleaner Bug Reporting
You don't by any chance have Microsoft AntiSpyware or ZoneAlarm installed do you? They are two culprits that can cause shutdown issues, especially Microsoft AntiSpyware. -
The usual problem I suspect is if a program uses any type of executable compressor program such as UPX. I'm not picking on UPX, but as an example allot of av scanners have flagged completely safe UPX compressed files (.exe, .dll, .sfx) as being infected or suspicious, hence the reason newer releases of WinRAR don't compress SFX created archives since the SFX module itself is no longer compressed by UPX.
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I got rid of McAfee's online scanner which was OEM-installed by Dell using RegSeeker. To get rid of allot of it that even manual cleaning can't possible accomplish run several programs with registry cleaners. You already know about CCleaner and RegSeeker, however there's also EasyCleaner and a few freeware one's I've never tried listed on Softpedia.com via an advanced search for "registry cleaners" filtered as freeware.
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If you're talking about their antispyware I don't know, it's still rather new however it will probably improve given some time. I'll probably try it again sometime next year.
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Ink Levels Disappear after cleaner run
Andavari replied to Marc0nius's topic in CCleaner Bug Reporting
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Just unselect Office in the Cleaner Settings. CCleaner then won't clean any part of MS Office.
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Yes I have. However, MSAS ranks like ZoneAlarm on my system meaning it's on a fine edge between staying on my system and being uninstalled. If it's annoying restart/shutdown/logoff issues happen too much it will be uninstalled.
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It's up to you if you want to use MSAS or not. Personally I have it installed and I'm even using the real-time protection. Whatsmore none of my other scanners have found anything suspicious with MSAS those would be Ad-Aware, ClamWin Free Antivirus, eTrust EZ Antivirus, Ewido, and Spybot S&D.
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In order to properly clean the registry (with any registry cleaning program) you need to logon with the Administrator account for your system, if you haven't done so already.
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MSPUB.EXE is Microsoft Publisher and it has nothing to do with Word, and their settings are stored differently. Whatsmore if you allow MS Office to store the setup files on the hard disk it can easily be repaired in a matter of minutes - sometimes without even rebooting.
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MSAS should really be able to download and upgrade itself, it could make for a smaller download by only upgrading components that have changed.
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It doesn't look suspicious and it doesn't say it's hidden from the Windows API. View the screenshot on the RootkitRevealer website to see what something malicious looks like: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.html
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There's no such thing as securing a computer from being physically stolen unless of course it's in a hardend government facility.
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It gave me the validation message just yesterday when I downloaded the new version of Microsoft AntiSpyware, it then updated Genuine Windows Validation. Something else Microsoft has a website after you validate a download that will allow you to download some other Microsoft freeware.
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While you're at it you may want to get the system transferred into your name (that would be the service tag), that way you can download updates from Dell's website that are tailored just for that PC.
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That's good information to know. The only reason I removed Wackget was because I thought it couldn't resume downloads, looks like I'll be reinstalling it. Split downloads is the hype some download managers rave about which supposedly allows for faster downloading, I've never seen such a feature give me any speed boost, which I suppose would have to be thoroughly tested to be credited or discredited. Split downloads can however save a download that would otherwise fail when one download server is really slow, I've seen that happen multiple times when downloading for instance QuickTime Alternative.
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For starters make sure you're logged on with Administrator's privileges which is required for importing data into the Windows registry. Other than that I see no errors with the .reg file you listed.