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Pointman06 - 20 Oct 2004 20:43 GMT

I have a pc with windows 98 - several programs have stopeed responding
properly (they will lock up) because of a rogue program that shows up in the
program list if you press cntl - alt - del. This just started happening
recently, there have been no new programs loaded (that I know of) on this
workstation. The program causing the problem shows as "Scrsng" in the
program list - if I force it down then the other programs that were locked
will come back to life, and the problems are fixed until I log out and log
back in again, then the Scrsng is reloaded and it starts all over
again.,.........

Does anyone have any idea what this program is?

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Alan Edwards - 20 Oct 2004 21:27 GMT

No idea what it is, but try disabling it at Startup.

Check in Msconfig for any oddities.
(Start-Run-MSCONFIG-Startup tab)
If you cannot see anything in Msconfig then:

Start-Run-msinfo32
Click the + beside Software Environment to expand.
Click Startup Programs
Ctrl+A to Select All, Ctrl+C to Copy.
Paste that information in your message.

...Alan

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In microsoft.public.win98.performance, "Pointman06"

>I have a pc with windows 98 - several programs have stopeed responding
>properly (they will lock up) because of a rogue program that shows up in the
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>
>Does anyone have any idea what this program is?

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Buffalo - 21 Oct 2004 01:42 GMT

> I have a pc with windows 98 - several programs have stopeed responding
> properly (they will lock up) because of a rogue program that shows up in the
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> Does anyone have any idea what this program is?

Do a Find for it on your computer and then check its Properties.
You may be able to find out more about it in msconfig .

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Brian K - 22 Oct 2004 06:17 GMT

On 10/20/2004 3:43 PM Pointman06 plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger
and said:

>I have a pc with windows 98 - several programs have stopeed responding
>properly (they will lock up) because of a rogue program that shows up in the
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>Does anyone have any idea what this program is?
>

Just to be sure your system is clean, download, install and run a copy
of Spybot Search & Destroy. You can get a copy at Cnet's download.com
The utility effectively searches out and eradicates spyware and trojans
that McAfee or Norton don't spot.

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