Re: Does Anyone know this application? Pls help!!

From: Ricky (rsjoiner_at_no_spambellsouth.net)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 20:11:27 -0500

Have you tried right clicking the file and going to properties? It may
tell who the file is from.

"JR" <JR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB49E573-0CCF-4C74-9837-6CE22158BB6B@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Simon. God forbid that this day and age technology is made
> to be
> 'easy to use and understand' UGH!!
>
> "Simon Watkinson" wrote:
>
>> Hi JR,
>>
>> I find the same sort of pleblem with may things, tyrying to know
>> what is
>> working what and so on.
>>
>> Bye the way Norton Sysemworks is good at this sort of thing (Naff
>> company
>> apart from that).
>>
>> I have a trick which has nor failed me yet.
>>
>> If I find a file and I am not sure about it or what it does, I find
>> the file
>> and rename it by putting an '&' in front of the file name. then i
>> wait to
>> see what will not work. When an application errors and say cna't
>> find
>> 'nastyfile.exe' I look for that file with search as '(note this
>> bit) * (got
>> that) nastyfile*.*. and it wil find a file called '&nastyfile.exe'.
>> So then
>> me thinks do i want this file to work for me.
>> If I do then I rename it and remove the'&'. if I think it is (how
>> shal we
>> say) giving me the old mess about. I either don't rename it or (if
>> I feel in
>> the mood) I delete the old bugger. That is what thew recycled bin
>> is for
>> isn't it!
>>
>> I know it is a back to front way about it but it really solves the
>> problem
>> and can be recovered. I can tell you that the file is not needed to
>> run basic
>> windows. so it is unlikely to make your system fall over.
>>
>> So i say stuffit with '&' and see!
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> "JR" wrote:
>>
>> > HI, I have McAffee and I blocked the following application
>> > because I could
>> > not get any information on it to verify if I should allow acces:
>> > K404SearchSetup_MS10.exe
>> > C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\K404SearchSetup_MS10.exe
>> > Permission: BLOCKED
>> > Rule created on: 7/30/2004 9:26:36 PM
>> >
>> > Does anyone know what it is? Should I allow access?
>> > Many thanks!!

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