-=PCTechTalk=- Re: what is autoruns.exe?

The initial scan at the end of the install looks for exe files everywhere, 
even if you have multiple partitions or multiple hard drives (and even on 
externals).  If it finds an exe, it'll let you know whether it's up to date 
when the scan is finished.  Of course, this is why the scan looks like it 
gets stuck at 5% for a while.  My last install took over an hour to complete 
the scan, but then I knew exactly where all of my exe files stood, 
regardless of whether they were actually installed or not.

It's good to hear that it found stuff that even the manufacturer can't tell 
you about.  I'm just not sure if that's a plus for Secunia or a big fat 
minus for Adobe.     lol

Peace,
Gman

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Disastar" <disastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 8:34 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: what is autoruns.exe?


>I notice that Secunia even recognizes programs that are not installed.  It
> was a bit confusing at first for me because I have a fairly old copy of my
> boot partition before I re-installed last, and Secunia was telling me 
> these
> programs need updating that I did not install on my new boot partition.
> This appears to be the reason some people are getting multiple warnings
> about Java, since Java installs new versions in a new folder (with version 
> #
> in folder name) and it doesn't delete the old version.
>
> BTW Gman, Secunia was a great find.  Thank you very much.  It even found
> updates for Photoshop that Adobe considers very important but Adobe's 
> update
> program does not find when searching for updates. 

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