Virus ID

[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.

 

[PA Bear]

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.

 

[glee]

......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.
>

 

[glee]

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.
>
>
>

 

[Franc Zabkar]

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.

 

[PA Bear]

[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.

 

[Rod]

"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.

 

[glee]

"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+

 

[Rod]

"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.

 

[bobster]

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
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+