Re: Newest updates causing me a lot of problems

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I was hoping you would return and read my earlier reply.
Nothing behind your back.
I was refering to your statement in one of your replies:

"I was wondering why I received no response to this post from a pro. You all
ought to be ashamed of yourselves. I was having problems with my pc and not
one of you told me it was due to spyware that was downloaded and installed in
my pc under the guise of a security fix. I feel like my own dog bit me!

I won't be back to Microsoft forums again. I'll go to MajorGeeks or
GeeksToGo for honest answers to my questions and pc problems.

Goodbye,and I'm brushing the dirt off the bottom of my feet as I leave."

I was never my intention to insult you or whatsoever. I'm sorry if I did.

You are the only one who came with a suggestion -maybe even a sollution- and
I doubt if there are any pro's here. (are there?)

I'm just a numnut who's afraid to make things worse, but my XP now is lousy,
so I'll take a chance.

I will take your advice, for which I thank you (again).
Meanwhile I too joined MajorGeeks.
Maybe I see you there.




"HartsVideo" wrote:

I came here only because I mistakenly thought that the email I received from
Microsoft was a notification that I had a response to a post at MajorGeeks or
GeeksToGoor I wouldn't have come. Now that I did, I'm happy because it's not
me who came, spit on the floor and slammed the door . . . it was you who did
it to me behind my back, thinking I wouldn't be coming here any longer.
WgaTray.exe is Microsoft spyware. Do a search for it using find hidden and
system files and it'll come up with Microsoft's silver star, meaning, do you
have genuine Microsoft Windows in you pc? If it's determined that you do,
why does it keep in contact with Microsoft several times a day? What info is
Microsoft getting about me and my pc habits? Microsoft is a Peeping Tom and,
like all Peeping Toms, it should be removed. Just a fast Google search came
up with all negative remarks about WgaTray.exe:

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/04/workarounds-to-disable-non-genuine.html

http://www.smartcomputing.com/QABoard/QAMain.aspx?search=fq&fqid=557407&guid=

http://www.outpostfirewall.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17423

http://www.broadbandreports.com/gs/wgatray.exe?cat=remark

http://outpostfirewall.com/forum/showthread.php?p=127084

http://news.zdnet.com/5208-3513-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=21854&messageID=416453&start=1

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16220001~mode=flat

If you don't care that you're being spyed upon, keep WgaTray.exe in your pc.
As for me, I deleted the file when a-sqared notified me that it was spyware.
I hadn't yet performed a scan. A-squared told me whenever WgaTray.exe
phoned home and asked me if I wanted to allow it one time, always, never or
delete it. I deleted it.

If all spyware is bad, then WgaTray.exe is bad. I don't know who you are to
advice anyone not to delete the file but you obviously don't understand that
it is spyware. When I deleted the file, the speed of my pc more than
tripled. After I deleted WgaTray.exe, I performed 8 hours worth of scans of
my pc in Safe Mode and Safe Mode with Networking and I had no viruses,
spyware, malware, trojans, worms, or adware in my pc. So it was only
WgaTray.exe that caused the problems with my pc.

MajorGeeks Forum: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/

Excellent programs to use to check for viruses, spyware, malware, trojans,
worms, or adware:
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407

Follow ALL the steps listed in the above url and then post the results here
for help:
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=35

If you have your Windows disk, pop the DVD into your DVD drive and Windows
will check all of your protected files to ensure that they are the original
files and not modified:

Start > Run > (type in box) sfc /scannow > ok

When the Windows installation screen opens, click EXIT.

It will not give you a report when it is done.

Re-boot the pc afterwards.

This might solve the problems that you're having with your pc.

Hopefully I won't make the same mistake by coming here, thinking it was a
MajorGeeks or GeekstoGo forum notification because it p*sses me off to no end
when someone maliciously talks behind someone else's back.

Denise

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"Dorre" wrote:

WgaTray.exe can easily be replaced by malware. In fact, you could delete it
(I advice NOT to) and Windows will stil run normaly.
I also have WgaTray.exe on my system. At your advice I ran A-square, but a2
did not find any problem.
You probably had a WgaTray.exe that was replaced by malware (using the same
name).

Thanks for the advice and the links to some fine freewarez.
Next time please read all forum-entries before you spit and slam the door
behind you.

By the way, MY problem is still not solved.


"HartsVideo" wrote:

The programs that I mention are all free and extremely thorough. When you've
finished, you'll know exactly what you have in your pc, with no doubt
whatsoever. Adaware is good but you need to use the other programs along
with Adaware if you suspect a Trojan, virus, worm, malicious spyware, etc.
It took me about 8 hrs to run all of the scans that are listed in the link
that I posted, but I have complete piece of mind that I have none of those
problems in my pc. The problem that I have is with the updates that
Microsoft has been sending and which I downloaded and installed in my pc.
When I've downloaded the last 3 updates, each time my pc had very serious to
semi-serious problems. When I removed the updates, my pc worked well again.

As I said in a previous thread, the program named a-squared found spyware
that Microsoft placed in my pc with one of their updates. The name of the
file is WgaTray.exe When I removed the program, my pc's speed doubled.
.

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