Re: [PCWorks] How do I get this out of my system tray?
- From: LarryB <larryb227@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:17:13 -0400
Clint at this point I'm sure what is happening.
I can right click that triangle all day and nothing comes up to check
properties on.
Also right clicking the taskbar and going to customize does not good
either as there is no triangle there to hide.
I'm not in the shop so can't do anything at this point.
I do not want to hide it, I want to remove the cause. I already have the
balloon that say click me and download software that will remove this!
It is not in the Startup file. I have checked that several times. But it
shows up as if it were in the taskbar.
I'm not sure what a manual scan with AVG is. If you mean I tell it to
scan, I've done that. My AVG is up to date and it says I am fully
protected. (so much for that.)
Spybot has all "file set" checked
LarryB
Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
> Well first we need to ascertain WHY it's there. Larry, I told
> you several times to just find the executable for it, right
> click and look at the properties. Have you done that yet?
> Have you done a search for the main file's name? Doing these
> things will tell you what it's from and possibly how it got
> there.
>
> Also, if you opt to hide the icon, it doesn't really hide it.
> What that does it keep popping up an annoying balloon that says
> something like "you have icons hidden", and the System Tray
> keeps flashing.
>
> That's IF it's in the System Tray. I'm not sure Larry where it
> is, I guess it's in the tray from the way you describe it. I
> told you that anything in the tray that's running is going to
> show up in the Task Manager, and to look at the Task Manager to
> see what it is. Go through the list, lookup the ones you don't
> know, look for something that sounds like or has the
> abbreviation in it or letters in it OF whatever the name of
> this thing is.
>
> I updated my info on your HJT log with more things to delete
> and research. If you delete ALL of those things I told you to
> delete, and install and run ALL of those programs and run the
> scans as I mentioned below, check all the areas I told you to
> check, it will get rid of the problem. Have you done the
> manual scan with AVG like I suggested with ALL hidden and
> protected OS files shown? There is a lot more to delete and
> fix than just iebtm.exe. So once you get these programs
> installed, and run ALL of those scans, you should no longer
> have the problem. Be sure when you run SpyBot it's NOT just
> running a standard scan. It MUST be set to "Select all
> available checks" under "File sets". And again, AdAware and
> the others WILL NOT scan EVERYTHING, YOU must change the way
> they scan to scan for EVERYTHING, a "deep scan" or whatever
> it's called. Not doing that will only scan basic areas and
> will miss malware.
> -Clint
>
> God Bless
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
> http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
> http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Grossman"
>
> If you have no reason to feel that the annoying yellow triangle
> is actually
> doing any damage, then right click on your taskbar, click
> Properties,
> Taskbar, Customize, and then on the program click either Always
> Hide or Hide
> When Inactive.
>
> If your antimalware programs discover a problem, they will
> remove it whether
> the triangle appears or not.
>
> David Grossman
>
> -------------------------
> I will be away for the next 4 or 5 days from that computer so
> won't be
> able to continue until Monday. I am forwarding all these email
> with
> instructions to another email address so I can open them again
> at the shop.
>
> I don't know if it is new or not, can't tell. I only know it
> does what I
> said and keeps doing it.
>
> I have to download all those programs as most of them I do not
> have.
> It's amazing what you have to have to keep these things
> running.
>
> The only thing I did was to delete the Iebtm.exe and every
> thing that
> looked like it with HJT and I ran CCleaner twice. I ran Spybot
> and AVG.
> Spybot found a few things also so I deleted them.
>
> Now that is what is left.
> The yellow triangle I have always had since the beginning of
> this mess.
> LarryB
>
> Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
>> I don't understand, so you got the original problem fixed and
>> now secureonlinetags.com is another different problem? That
>> doesn't even appear to be a valid website.
>>
>> Have you run SpyBot, AdAware, Spyware Terminator, etc.? If
>> not, you need to run ALL of them, and be sure they are setup
>> correctly to scan for everything and everywhere. Run HJT,
>> CWShredder, and CCcleaner again. Did you do a manual scan
>> with
>> AVG, after getting it setup properly and updating it? Before
>> you do any scans, under "Folder Options", and the "View" tab,
>> make sure "Show hidden files and folders" is dotted, and
>> UNCHECK "Hide protected OS files". Did you examine **very
>> carefully** the Start Up tab in Msconfig?
>>
>> Also scan your HD here and see if they find anything:
>>
>> http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
>> http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
>> http://www.bitdefender.com/ (bottom left)
>> http://global.ahnlab.com/ (right side of page; virus and
>> malware scanners)
>> http://www.commandondemand.com/
>> http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml
>> http://us.mcafee.com/apps/vsfreescan/en-us/
>> http://www.pandasecurity.com/activescan/index/
>> http://www.pcflank.com/
>> http://www.pcpitstop.com/antivirus/default.asp
>> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
>> http://security.norton.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=zdtv_cc&langid=ie&venid=zd
>> http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
>> And there's probably more listed here:
>> http://www.johannrain-softwareentwicklung.de/e_online_antivirus_scan.htm
>>
>> Hopefully these will find something odd on the PC. NONE of
>> these will find EVERYTHING. Some will miss what others will
>> find.
>> -Clint
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