Re: hiden programs?

From: tlviewer (tlviewerSHRUB_at_yahoo.CHENEY.com)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:42:04 -0700

"Dave Patrick" <mail@NoSpam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message news:efbjO7iXEHA.3112@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> The first one may be spyware. The others are legit.

Dave is right, it is bonafide spyware. It registers
a BHO (dll) and installs an EXE as parent to that
BHO, and as long as you have a browser (IE) open
it will make numerous connections to
www.wildtangent.com. Open [netstat -a]
and you will see those connections.

regards,
tlviewer

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> "LoRene" wrote:
> | What are these:
> | WildTangent Control Panel
> | DirectX9 Hotfix KB839643
> | Microsoft XML Parser and SDK
> | Windows 2000 Hotfix KB823182 and 11 other numbers
> | Windows Media Player Hotfix (See Q828026 for more info)
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