Re: Indexing Service..

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"Nepatsfan" wrote:

"nass" <nass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Poprivet" wrote:

nass wrote:
"JD" wrote:

I have decided to turn of XP's Indexing Service on my HD
and when I did that, while it was "applying attributes"
to everything on the HD I got Errors for about 10 files.
The Error was "Access is denied."

Two examples of two of the errors:

C:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Ado...\ActiveX

C:\WIN...ADOBEUPDATER.EXE-1AB51BCE.pf

I kept hitting Ignore and saved the first few error
windows and then finally just hit Ignore All.

Have I broken something?

I also went into Services and Disabled Indexing Services
there. Is this OK?

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JD..

Hi JD,
Your computer may be infected with viruses and malwares,
so try to clean up by scanning on line for both.
For scan online go here:
http://www.pandasecurity.com
http://www.sophos.com
http://www.avast.com
http://www.trendmicro.com
For malwares:
install, then run the updates to get the new definitions
and scan for malwares:
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
http://www.safer-networking.org for Spybot S&D
BTW, Adobe extension will end with PDF not PF, the spyware
would like to trick you and your system.
HTH.
Let us know.
Regards,
nass
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www.nasstec.co.uk

That's silly advice; where the heck do you get that idea
from? Rhetorical, don't answer.

So can you or dave explain for me what can help the OP in
this matter, C:\WIN...ADOBEUPDATER.EXE-1AB51BCE.pf, if it
doesn't belong to Adobe PDF and I can't see Adobe will
create a profile and call it something else rather than PDF.
And nobody asked if the OP have Adobe or not?.
HTH.
Let us know.
Regards,
nass
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www.nasstec.co.uk

It's a prefetch file located in the C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch folder.
Get it, .pf -> prefetch. Look on your computer. Odds are that
there's a similarly named file on your computer.

The Prefetch folder contains information that helps Windows
load programs faster. The presence of that file on the OP's
computer is not a cause for concern.

Nepatsfan

Thanks Nepatsfan,
I know the PF is abbreviation for Prefetch,
I will uninstall and reinstall the Adobe to see if that will eliminate the
error and look for the latest version.
Don't forget that a Virus or malware can take any name, that why I said scan
for both.
Thanks again.
Regards,
nass
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www.nasstec.co.uk

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