Virus ID

[Guest Rod]

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]

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/

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MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

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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]

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

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> 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]

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

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> 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]

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

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[Guest PA Bear]

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]

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]

Re: Virus ID

 

"Rod" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message

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>

> "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]

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]

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

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"Rod" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message

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>

> "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+