-=PCTechTalk=- Re: START UP MENU

An excellent site for information on any and all windows services, what
they are, what they do, and if you need them or not, is
www.blackviper.com  Have a look.  Kat

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Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 8:30 AM
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Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: START UP MENU


When doing a search in Google, you would type in the name of the file
with the extension in quotes. You don't have to do it in quotes, but
sometimes it helps.
So, one of the processes I have running on my system is NPROTECT.EXE so
in Google I would type:
"NPROTECT.EXE"
with the quotes.
And, it would return several results. In this case, although nothing
outright says that this file running in the background is Nortons, it
all says that the file is part of Nortons, and I know Nortons is running
in the background, so I assume its good. Its an investigative process.
After awhile, doing it so much, you start recognizing what's good and
what's not. Most people know NPROTECT.EXE is Nortons as well as
NAVAP32.EXE and a few others.

The running apps you mentioned:

LOAD POWER PROFILE... I'm assuming you're using a laptop. If so, leave
these on, both of them. If not a laptop, remove these.

Memory Meter, TVTMD, and Web Assistant are spyware. Get SpyBot and do a
scan of your whole system. SpyBot is available for free at:
http://www.safer-networking.org/

Power Strip I believe is necessary for a laptop, but not 100% sure on
that one.

Although Trojans and Viruses are two different things, they're both
caught by Nortons. The important thing is your virus definitions need to
be up-to-date. If not up-to-date, then you might as well not have any
scanner at all. Be sure to update Nortons at least once a week. I check
for updates every few days. And, you can even have Nortons update
automatically without user intervention.

If Nortons says you're clean, you probably are. But, there's no reason
not to double-check. You can use a free online scanner such as Trend
Micro's online scanner at:
http://www.trendmicro.com

Get the latest SpyBot and run that as well. And, I would also recommend
a scan with Ad-Aware, which is also attainable for free. The website can
be found with Google. I think its Lavasoftusa.com or something like
that. No, not necessary to use Ad-Aware if you use SpyBot, but doesn't
hurt for the extra protection.

---Troth



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Patsy Becker 
  To: PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 10:20 AM
  Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: START UP MENU


  Good morning, I have been reading the items on the start up  menus and
I thought about my own and went to check it out.  I found 29 items
listed on the startup menu.  Some of them I do not know what they are.
When I go to google, do I need to type in the whole file name to get a
description of what they are.  I did do that to a couple of strange ones
like Load Power Profile (which is listed 2x on the menu), Load=, Memory
Meter, TVTMD, Power Strip, Web Assistant.  Can you tell me what these
are and if they should stay or go.
  Also, when I start up my computer, there is a little box that comes up
that says 
  Error!  Could not download application!  Please try again and then a
box that says ok.  I always click on the OK and it goes away but I have
no idea what application it is talking about.  How would I go about
finding what this is.

  And on the techie side, I am not to literate so this may sound like a
dumb question (but I have always been told there is not question that is
dumb)  anyway, how do I find out if I have a Trojan worm on my computer.
I do a scan with Norton and it usually comes up clean but a couple of
times, it has found things which I quarantine, does that take care of
them.  Does Norton "catch" Trojans???
  I love this site and thank you all so much for your expertise.
  I have a HP Pavilion running win98.
  Pat Becker 
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