My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have insecure
and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what I've read, it looks
like this folder is essentially the original setup of the computer--what
would be used to restore it if I didn't have an installation CD. I'm
guessing that this means the files are never updated.

To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options: delete
the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

Jo-Anne wrote:
> My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
> insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
> I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
> setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
> have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
> never updated.
> To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
> delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.
>
> My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?

You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often instead of
having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup? I
tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Jo-Anne wrote:
>> My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
>> insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
>> I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
>> setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
>> have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
>> never updated.
>> To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
>> delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.
>>
>> My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?
>
> You could also update these files...
> But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
> (Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often instead
> of having it run at startup.)
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

Delete the shortcut in Start > All Programs > Startup

If you still can't find out where it's starting (but that's where it
installed itself for me), download and run Autoruns, which shows a
comprehensive list of everything that starts up.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx

Jo-Anne wrote:
> Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup? I
> tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.
>
> Jo-Anne
>
> "Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Jo-Anne wrote:
>>> My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
>>> insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
>>> I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
>>> setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
>>> have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
>>> never updated.
>>> To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
>>> delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.
>>>
>>> My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?
>> You could also update these files...
>> But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
>> (Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often instead
>> of having it run at startup.)
>>
>> --
>> Shenan Stanley
>> MS-MVP
>> --
>> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>
>

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

start run msconfig. you can enable and disable startup programs here. you can
also remove it from the run key in the registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
either way works. Do not delete those files. they are important to windows.

"Jo-Anne" wrote:

> Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup? I
> tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.
>
> Jo-Anne
>
> "Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Jo-Anne wrote:
> >> My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
> >> insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
> >> I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
> >> setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
> >> have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
> >> never updated.
> >> To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
> >> delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.
> >>
> >> My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?
> >
> > You could also update these files...
> > But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
> > (Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often instead
> > of having it run at startup.)
> >
> > --
> > Shenan Stanley
> > MS-MVP
> > --
> > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
>
>
>

Thank you, Lem! After I followed Nepatsfam's suggestion about working within
the program, I checked Start > All Programs > Startup, and it was empty
(which is strange, since several programs begin at Startup).

Jo-Anne

"Lem" <lemp40@unknownhost> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> Delete the shortcut in Start > All Programs > Startup
>
> If you still can't find out where it's starting (but that's where it
> installed itself for me), download and run Autoruns, which shows a
> comprehensive list of everything that starts up.
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx
>
> Jo-Anne wrote:
>> Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup? I
>> tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>>
>> "Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Jo-Anne wrote:
>>>> My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
>>>> insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
>>>> I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
>>>> setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
>>>> have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
>>>> never updated.
>>>> To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
>>>> delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.
>>>>
>>>> My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?
>>> You could also update these files...
>>> But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
>>> (Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often instead
>>> of having it run at startup.)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Shenan Stanley
>>> MS-MVP
>>> --
>>> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP
>
> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Thank you! The program is disabled in Startup now--but see my response to
Nepatsfan about how it reinstalls itself in the system tray.

Jo-Anne

"thehman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CE406BD9-0E05-4CA5-8C22-(E-Mail Removed)...
> start run msconfig. you can enable and disable startup programs here. you
> can
> also remove it from the run key in the registry
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
> either way works. Do not delete those files. they are important to
> windows.
>
> "Jo-Anne" wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup? I
>> tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>>
>> "Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Jo-Anne wrote:
>> >> My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
>> >> insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
>> >> I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
>> >> setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
>> >> have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
>> >> never updated.
>> >> To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
>> >> delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.
>> >>
>> >> My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?
>> >
>> > You could also update these files...
>> > But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
>> > (Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often
>> > instead
>> > of having it run at startup.)
>> >
>> > --
>> > Shenan Stanley
>> > MS-MVP
>> > --
>> > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>> >
>>
>>
>>