Guest Rod Posted November 29, 2007 Posted November 29, 2007 In the short 10 minutes, I exited AVG antivirus to install a thumb drive *.exe, my cursor would pass over an icon, and the icon would disappear. I assumed I had picked up a virus, I rebooted and did a partial 40 minutes AVG scan It reported no viruses found ,yet it shows this http://cjoint.com/data/lDoZp5P86L.htm Is this a virus report or what? what is meant by "change" thanks very much. R.
Guest PA Bear Posted November 29, 2007 Posted November 29, 2007 Re: Virus ID Please tell us why you closed your anti-virus application before installing an application from/to use a flash drive? AVG Free Forums http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/ -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/ Rod wrote: > In the short 10 minutes, I exited AVG antivirus > to install a thumb drive *.exe, my cursor > would pass over an icon, and the icon would disappear. > > I assumed I had picked up a virus, I rebooted > and did a partial 40 minutes AVG scan > It reported no viruses found ,yet it shows this > http://cjoint.com/data/lDoZp5P86L.htm > > Is this a virus report or what? > what is meant by "change" > thanks very much. > R.
Guest glee Posted November 29, 2007 Posted November 29, 2007 Re: Virus ID ......because I told him to. ;-) Rod had a USB flash stick driver installation for Win98, and I told him to close all open apps and disable his anti-virus while he installed the driver package. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23JFZVkqMIHA.5300@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Please tell us why you closed your anti-virus application before installing an > application from/to use a flash drive? > > AVG Free Forums > http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/ > -- > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) > AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net > DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/ > > > Rod wrote: >> In the short 10 minutes, I exited AVG antivirus >> to install a thumb drive *.exe, my cursor >> would pass over an icon, and the icon would disappear. >> >> I assumed I had picked up a virus, I rebooted >> and did a partial 40 minutes AVG scan >> It reported no viruses found ,yet it shows this >> http://cjoint.com/data/lDoZp5P86L.htm >> >> Is this a virus report or what? >> what is meant by "change" >> thanks very much. >> R. >
Guest glee Posted November 29, 2007 Posted November 29, 2007 Re: Virus ID Are you referring to your Desktop icons? Does it still happen after you reboot the computer? I'm not positive and can't check right now, but I *believe* the "generic" USB driver you got (from a link by Alan Edwards, you stated IIRC) may have installed an updated version of user.exe, which would be what AVG is showing you in that screenshot. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "Rod" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message news:e1NLc%23oMIHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > In the short 10 minutes, I exited AVG antivirus > to install a thumb drive *.exe, my cursor > would pass over an icon, and the icon would disappear. > > I assumed I had picked up a virus, I rebooted > and did a partial 40 minutes AVG scan > It reported no viruses found ,yet it shows this > http://cjoint.com/data/lDoZp5P86L.htm > > Is this a virus report or what? > what is meant by "change" > thanks very much. > R. > > >
Guest Franc Zabkar Posted November 29, 2007 Posted November 29, 2007 Re: Virus ID On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:47:10 -0500, "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> put finger to keyboard and composed: >I'm not positive and can't check right now, but I *believe* the "generic" USB driver >you got (from a link by Alan Edwards, you stated IIRC) may have installed an updated >version of user.exe, which would be what AVG is showing you in that screenshot. The nusb31.exe driver set contains ... user.exe 19/04/01 8:33 AM 549,792 bytes user32.dll 19/04/01 8:36 AM 55,296 bytes - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
Guest PA Bear Posted November 29, 2007 Posted November 29, 2007 Re: Virus ID [Hope you told him to physically disconnect from the internet, too.] glee wrote: > .....because I told him to. ;-) > > Rod had a USB flash stick driver installation for Win98, and I told him to > close all open apps and disable his anti-virus while he installed the > driver package. > "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:%23JFZVkqMIHA.5300@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Please tell us why you closed your anti-virus application before >> installing an application from/to use a flash drive? >> >> AVG Free Forums >> http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/ >> -- >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) >> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) >> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net >> DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/ >> >> >> Rod wrote: >>> In the short 10 minutes, I exited AVG antivirus >>> to install a thumb drive *.exe, my cursor >>> would pass over an icon, and the icon would disappear. >>> >>> I assumed I had picked up a virus, I rebooted >>> and did a partial 40 minutes AVG scan >>> It reported no viruses found ,yet it shows this >>> http://cjoint.com/data/lDoZp5P86L.htm >>> >>> Is this a virus report or what? >>> what is meant by "change" >>> thanks very much. >>> R.
Guest Rod Posted November 30, 2007 Posted November 30, 2007 Re: Virus ID "Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message > The nusb31.exe driver set contains ... > user.exe 19/04/01 8:33 AM 549,792 bytes > user32.dll 19/04/01 8:36 AM 55,296 bytes > - Franc Zabkar Thanks Frank, Glen, PA Bear, that resolved the query. No Glen did not tell me to disconnect from the internet, but I take the full blame, it should have been common sense I decided to live on the edge, thinking 10 minutes there would be no harm. I've patched my thought process in that regard. Sorry I was tardy in reply, it was nighty night in my part of the blue ball.
Guest glee Posted November 30, 2007 Posted November 30, 2007 Re: Virus ID "Rod" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message news:OE3wkAvMIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > "Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message > >> The nusb31.exe driver set contains ... >> user.exe 19/04/01 8:33 AM 549,792 bytes >> user32.dll 19/04/01 8:36 AM 55,296 bytes >> - Franc Zabkar > > Thanks Frank, Glen, PA Bear, > that resolved the query. > No Glen did not tell me to disconnect from the internet, > but I take the full blame, it should have been common sense > I decided to live on the edge, > thinking 10 minutes there would be no harm. > I've patched my thought process in that regard. > > Sorry I was tardy in reply, it was nighty night in my > part of the blue ball. It's a risk, but one I have taken here many times with no ill effects. I have disabled my AV countless times during installations, and have never once unplugged my router or modem during that period. In fact I've browsed web sites with the AV disabled a number of times. Still, my bad for not laying that out in my step-by-step. Did the disappearing icon issue resolve itself with a reboot, or no? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
Guest Rod Posted November 30, 2007 Posted November 30, 2007 Re: Virus ID "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message > It's a risk, but one I have taken here many times with no ill effects. I have > disabled my AV countless times during installations, and have never once unplugged > my router or modem during that period. In fact I've browsed web sites with the AV > disabled a number of times. I cannot recall receiving a virus in 8 years with 98se, excepting of course, on occaisions slipping in a Thai CDRom > Did the disappearing icon issue resolve itself with a reboot, or no? Yes it did, Glen.
Guest bobster Posted December 1, 2007 Posted December 1, 2007 Re: Virus ID For various reasons I have often turned off my Avast! AV or my ZA firewall, but I never turn them both off at the same time. If I want to make changes that are self-contained within my computer and don't need to be connected to the internet, I merely switch off my cable modem. Never had a virus, or a significant spyware problem. BTW, I will use Windows 98se until they pry it from my cold dead hands -- apologies to the NRA gun nuts. "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message news:O8vAr0wMIHA.2432@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... "Rod" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message news:OE3wkAvMIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > "Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message > >> The nusb31.exe driver set contains ... >> user.exe 19/04/01 8:33 AM 549,792 bytes >> user32.dll 19/04/01 8:36 AM 55,296 bytes >> - Franc Zabkar > > Thanks Frank, Glen, PA Bear, > that resolved the query. > No Glen did not tell me to disconnect from the internet, > but I take the full blame, it should have been common sense > I decided to live on the edge, > thinking 10 minutes there would be no harm. > I've patched my thought process in that regard. > > Sorry I was tardy in reply, it was nighty night in my > part of the blue ball. It's a risk, but one I have taken here many times with no ill effects. I have disabled my AV countless times during installations, and have never once unplugged my router or modem during that period. In fact I've browsed web sites with the AV disabled a number of times. Still, my bad for not laying that out in my step-by-step. Did the disappearing icon issue resolve itself with a reboot, or no? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
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