Hello.

MS Antispyware blocked the acs.bat on my laptop during startup. As far as I
can recall, I have had that batch file from the day i bought the laptop.
Should I be worried?

Script blocking has some major issues and it has been reported many times
here. I would turn it off and hope it gets fixed in beta 2.
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"shakil" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello.
>
> MS Antispyware blocked the acs.bat on my laptop during startup. As far as
> I
> can recall, I have had that batch file from the day i bought the laptop.
> Should I be worried?

Thanks for the info. :-)

"Andre Da Costa" wrote:

> Script blocking has some major issues and it has been reported many times
> here. I would turn it off and hope it gets fixed in beta 2.
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> "shakil" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:61BEFB22-2373-4BF5-9DB2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello.
> >
> > MS Antispyware blocked the acs.bat on my laptop during startup. As far as
> > I
> > can recall, I have had that batch file from the day i bought the laptop.
> > Should I be worried?
>
>
>

"shakil" wrote:
> Hello.
>
> MS Antispyware blocked the acs.bat on my laptop during startup. As far as I
> can recall, I have had that batch file from the day i bought the laptop.
> Should I be worried?

As Andre indicated, it's a bug in MSAS *but* the batch file is from a third-party
software installation. I have the (same) or (similar) on my laptop and do not allow
it to run without any issues.
Type "msconfig" (no quotes) from your Run > Dialog box, go to the "startup"
"TAB" > scroll to the "acs.bat" entry > uncheck > Apply and OK your way out.
Reboot if you like and away you go.
There's no need to worry, as this is not a malicious file.

Hope this helps.

Silj

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Thanks for the message Randy.

I wonder if Dell included it in their inatallation of Windows XP? (I have a
Inspiron 5150 with XP Pro).

I didn't notice any ill effects after ACS.bat was blocked (or when
unblocked). Would be nice to know exactly what its is there for. Any ideas
anyone?

- Shakil.

"Randy Knobloch" wrote:

> "shakil" wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > MS Antispyware blocked the acs.bat on my laptop during startup. As far as I
> > can recall, I have had that batch file from the day i bought the laptop.
> > Should I be worried?
>
> As Andre indicated, it's a bug in MSAS *but* the batch file is from a third-party
> software installation. I have the (same) or (similar) on my laptop and do not allow
> it to run without any issues.
> Type "msconfig" (no quotes) from your Run > Dialog box, go to the "startup"
> "TAB" > scroll to the "acs.bat" entry > uncheck > Apply and OK your way out.
> Reboot if you like and away you go.
> There's no need to worry, as this is not a malicious file.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Silj
>
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>
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"shakil" wrote:
> Thanks for the message Randy.

You're most welcome!

> I wonder if Dell included it in their inatallation of Windows XP? (I have a
> Inspiron 5150 with XP Pro).

As I stated in my previous reply, it is *likely* installed by third-party software
and
not Dell, although, in your case you would have to check with Dell as I run an older
machine.

> I didn't notice any ill effects after ACS.bat was blocked (or when
> unblocked). Would be nice to know exactly what its is there for. Any ideas
> anyone?

It is evidently a batch file that wants to run on start-up, why, I've Googled
repeatedly and found little to convince me to allow it to run.

I don't believe that I have the file blocked via MSAS but I (do) have it disabled
from running via MSCONFIG.
'How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP'
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;310560

Silj

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