TSRs

Please forgive me if I'm posting to the wrong newsgroup, but I didn't
know which newsgroup was best.
I have a friend running Windows 98 on an older Pentium machine (12 Gig
HD, 96 MB Ram). She also has a built-in Zip drive, and an external CD
burner. Lately, she has been having performance problems--one good (albeit
strange) example is that her computer becomes unstable when you try to
access the control panel from the start menu.

The TSRs that appear on the list when you do Ctrl-Alt-Delete are as
follows:
Explorer
Wupdater
Attune_cu
Rnaapp
Save
Attune_di
Attune_no
Attune_ta
Comwiz
Winnet
Loadqm
Aoltray
Tppstray
Iowatch
Attune_st
Rundll
Tppaldr
Atitask
3dmouse
Aticwd32
Systray
Vshwin32
Autolaunch
Imgicon
Msgloop
Msg32

I did some research on Google and found nothing useful. I can identify
some of the obvious applications like Explorer, Systray, and Iowatch, but
that's about it. I would like to know where to look to find out what these
are, shut down anything that isn't necessary (and by extension, info on how
to shut these things off), and confirm that none of these are
viruses/malware. Where should I look for info?
Thanks in advance for any help.


------------------------------------------------
John Haywood
E-mail: jhaywoo-at-att-dot-net (correct to use--unless you're sending spam).
Quote: "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they
go." -- Oscar Wilde
------------------------------------------------

In article <af6Nb.13406$VS4.426659@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
reply@the.address.below says...
> to shut these things off), and confirm that none of these are
> viruses/malware.

Isn't vshwin32 the McAfee memory-resident scanner? If it's updated OK,
that should rule out viruses and trojans.
I suggest getting AdAware and SpyBot to check for non-viral but
unwelcome stuff planted by websites.
Does she use AOL? If not, dump AOLtray.
Many Win98 problems respond well to adding more RAM and defragging the
disk.
--
A head of steam

"John Haywood" <reply@the.address.below> schreef in bericht
news:af6Nb.13406$VS4.426659@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Please forgive me if I'm posting to the wrong newsgroup, but I didn't
> know which newsgroup was best.
> I have a friend running Windows 98 on an older Pentium machine (12 Gig
> HD, 96 MB Ram). She also has a built-in Zip drive, and an external CD
> burner. Lately, she has been having performance problems--one good
(albeit
> strange) example is that her computer becomes unstable when you try to
> access the control panel from the start menu.
>
> The TSRs that appear on the list when you do Ctrl-Alt-Delete are as
> follows:
> Explorer
> Wupdater
> Attune_cu
> Rnaapp
> Save
> Attune_di
> Attune_no
> Attune_ta
> Comwiz
> Winnet
> Loadqm
> Aoltray
> Tppstray
> Iowatch
> Attune_st
> Rundll
> Tppaldr
> Atitask
> 3dmouse
> Aticwd32
> Systray
> Vshwin32
> Autolaunch
> Imgicon
> Msgloop
> Msg32
>
> I did some research on Google and found nothing useful. I can
identify
> some of the obvious applications like Explorer, Systray, and Iowatch, but
> that's about it. I would like to know where to look to find out what
these
> are, shut down anything that isn't necessary (and by extension, info on
how
> to shut these things off), and confirm that none of these are
> viruses/malware. Where should I look for info?
> Thanks in advance for any help.

Start with spybot S&D www.tomcoyote.com/spybot
Download, update, run it and remove every entry it finds.

"John Haywood" <reply@the.address.below> schreef in bericht
news:af6Nb.13406$VS4.426659@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...

http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/h/helpexpress.asp

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:31:18 GMT, "John Haywood"
<reply@the.address.below> wrote:

> Please forgive me if I'm posting to the wrong newsgroup, but I didn't
>know which newsgroup was best.
> I have a friend running Windows 98 on an older Pentium machine (12 Gig
>HD, 96 MB Ram). She also has a built-in Zip drive, and an external CD
>burner. Lately, she has been having performance problems--one good (albeit
>strange) example is that her computer becomes unstable when you try to
>access the control panel from the start menu.
>
> The TSRs that appear on the list when you do Ctrl-Alt-Delete are as
>follows:
>Explorer
>Wupdater
>Attune_cu
>Rnaapp
>Save
>Attune_di
>Attune_no
>Attune_ta
>Comwiz
>Winnet
>Loadqm
>Aoltray
>Tppstray
>Iowatch
>Attune_st
>Rundll
>Tppaldr
>Atitask
>3dmouse
>Aticwd32
>Systray
>Vshwin32
>Autolaunch
>Imgicon
>Msgloop
>Msg32
>
> I did some research on Google and found nothing useful. I can identify
>some of the obvious applications like Explorer, Systray, and Iowatch, but
>that's about it. I would like to know where to look to find out what these
>are, shut down anything that isn't necessary (and by extension, info on how
>to shut these things off), and confirm that none of these are
>viruses/malware. Where should I look for info?
> Thanks in advance for any help.

See http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/h/helpexpress.asp

And use spybot www.tomcoyote.com/spybot to remove your unwanted TSR's

added a few of the obvious ones....

>
> The TSRs that appear on the list when you do Ctrl-Alt-Delete are as
> follows:
> Explorer (GUI)
> Wupdater (Windows automatic update)
> Attune_cu
> Rnaapp
> Save
> Attune_di
> Attune_no
> Attune_ta
> Comwiz
> Winnet
> Loadqm
> Aoltray (AOL system tray start icon)
> Tppstray
> Iowatch
> Attune_st
> Rundll
> Tppaldr
> Atitask (ATI Video card configuration program)
> 3dmouse(3d mouse driver config program)
> Aticwd32
> Systray (Windows system tray)
> Vshwin32
> Autolaunch
> Imgicon
> Msgloop
> Msg32
>
> I did some research on Google and found nothing useful. I can
identify
> some of the obvious applications like Explorer, Systray, and Iowatch, but
> that's about it. I would like to know where to look to find out what
these
> are, shut down anything that isn't necessary (and by extension, info on
how
> to shut these things off), and confirm that none of these are
> viruses/malware. Where should I look for info?
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> John Haywood
> E-mail: jhaywoo-at-att-dot-net (correct to use--unless you're sending
spam).
> Quote: "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they
> go." -- Oscar Wilde
> ------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>

On that special day, John Haywood, (reply@the.address.below) said...

....
> Attune_cu

> Save

What's that?

....
> Attune_di
> Attune_no
> Attune_ta
> Comwiz
> Winnet
> Loadqm
> Aoltray
....
> Attune_st

Do you think, running AT&T software and AOL software at the same time,
won't cause conflicts (both are dialin/internet software after all). I
am afraid the problem is that the two are "fighting" over getting access
to the modem.


Gabriele Neukam

Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam@t-online.de


--
Ah, Information. A good, too valuable these days, to give it away, just
so, at no cost.

You have a lot of stuff that should NOT be there, use the firt two links below
to install spyware removers, update them from the update link in the installed
program and allow them to remove your garbage. Rnaapp is real networks updater
tool, you should remove it, from the preferences section of real player, as it
makes no difference to the speed at which streaming media starts (the
purported reason for its existence), they do not update the program frequently
enough fo daily checking to be neccessary, and it DOES report back to real
networks with what you are doing.

--
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG http://www.grisoft.com
Panda online scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
Catalog of removal tools http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
links provided as a courtesy, no endorsement of the products is implied, no
sane person would be without one anyway

"John Haywood" <reply@the.address.below> wrote in message
news:af6Nb.13406$VS4.426659@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
| Please forgive me if I'm posting to the wrong newsgroup, but I didn't
| know which newsgroup was best.
| I have a friend running Windows 98 on an older Pentium machine (12 Gig
| HD, 96 MB Ram). She also has a built-in Zip drive, and an external CD
| burner. Lately, she has been having performance problems--one good (albeit
| strange) example is that her computer becomes unstable when you try to
| access the control panel from the start menu.
|
| The TSRs that appear on the list when you do Ctrl-Alt-Delete are as
| follows:
| Explorer
| Wupdater
| Attune_cu
| Rnaapp
| Save
| Attune_di
| Attune_no
| Attune_ta
| Comwiz
| Winnet
| Loadqm
| Aoltray
| Tppstray
| Iowatch
| Attune_st
| Rundll
| Tppaldr
| Atitask
| 3dmouse
| Aticwd32
| Systray
| Vshwin32
| Autolaunch
| Imgicon
| Msgloop
| Msg32
|
| I did some research on Google and found nothing useful. I can identify
| some of the obvious applications like Explorer, Systray, and Iowatch, but
| that's about it. I would like to know where to look to find out what these
| are, shut down anything that isn't necessary (and by extension, info on how
| to shut these things off), and confirm that none of these are
| viruses/malware. Where should I look for info?
| Thanks in advance for any help.
|
|
| ------------------------------------------------
| John Haywood
| E-mail: jhaywoo-at-att-dot-net (correct to use--unless you're sending spam).
| Quote: "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they
| go." -- Oscar Wilde
| ------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
|

"Gabriele Neukam" <Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam@t-online.de> wrote in message
news:bu3t43$2q2$05$1@news.t-online.com...
> On that special day, John Haywood, (reply@the.address.below) said...
>
> ...
> > Attune_cu
>
> > Save
>
> What's that?
>

I have no idea what Save is.


> ...
> > Attune_di
> > Attune_no
> > Attune_ta
> > Comwiz
> > Winnet
> > Loadqm
> > Aoltray
> ...
> > Attune_st
>
> Do you think, running AT&T software and AOL software at the same time,
> won't cause conflicts (both are dialin/internet software after all). I
> am afraid the problem is that the two are "fighting" over getting access
> to the modem.
>
(snip)

She isn't running AT&T--just AOL. What made you think otherwise?


------------------------------------------------
John Haywood
E-mail: jhaywoo-at-att-dot-net (correct to use--unless you're sending spam).
Quote: "If it's free, it's me." -- Fred Taylor, Jacksonville Jaguars
halfback
------------------------------------------------

Thank you for your advice. This especially goes for the stuff about
RealPlayer--I hadn't heard that before, and that is the kind of thing my
friend would have and want to deal with.
I'd heard that AdAware and Spybot were somewhat redundant, but, the
consensus suggesting otherwise, so I'll also probably get that one for
myself.

------------------------------------------------
John Haywood
E-mail: jhaywoo-at-att-dot-net (correct to use--unless you're sending spam).
Quote: "If it's free, it's me." -- Fred Taylor, Jacksonville Jaguars
halfback
------------------------------------------------



"AlmostBob" <batterybob@optusnet.DELETECAPITALS.com.au> wrote in message
news:uv9pSTs2DHA.2060@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> You have a lot of stuff that should NOT be there, use the firt two links
below
> to install spyware removers, update them from the update link in the
installed
> program and allow them to remove your garbage. Rnaapp is real networks
updater
> tool, you should remove it, from the preferences section of real player,
as it
> makes no difference to the speed at which streaming media starts (the
> purported reason for its existence), they do not update the program
frequently
> enough fo daily checking to be neccessary, and it DOES report back to real
> networks with what you are doing.
>
> --
> Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
> spybot http://security.kolla.de
> AVG http://www.grisoft.com
> Panda online scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
> Catalog of removal tools http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
> links provided as a courtesy, no endorsement of the products is implied,
no
> sane person would be without one anyway
>
> "John Haywood" <reply@the.address.below> wrote in message
> news:af6Nb.13406$VS4.426659@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> | Please forgive me if I'm posting to the wrong newsgroup, but I
didn't
> | know which newsgroup was best.
> | I have a friend running Windows 98 on an older Pentium machine (12
Gig
> | HD, 96 MB Ram). She also has a built-in Zip drive, and an external CD
> | burner. Lately, she has been having performance problems--one good
(albeit
> | strange) example is that her computer becomes unstable when you try to
> | access the control panel from the start menu.
> |
> | The TSRs that appear on the list when you do Ctrl-Alt-Delete are as
> | follows:
> | Explorer
> | Wupdater
> | Attune_cu
> | Rnaapp
> | Save
> | Attune_di
> | Attune_no
> | Attune_ta
> | Comwiz
> | Winnet
> | Loadqm
> | Aoltray
> | Tppstray
> | Iowatch
> | Attune_st
> | Rundll
> | Tppaldr
> | Atitask
> | 3dmouse
> | Aticwd32
> | Systray
> | Vshwin32
> | Autolaunch
> | Imgicon
> | Msgloop
> | Msg32
> |
> | I did some research on Google and found nothing useful. I can
identify
> | some of the obvious applications like Explorer, Systray, and Iowatch,
but
> | that's about it. I would like to know where to look to find out what
these
> | are, shut down anything that isn't necessary (and by extension, info on
how
> | to shut these things off), and confirm that none of these are
> | viruses/malware. Where should I look for info?
> | Thanks in advance for any help.
> |
> |
> | ------------------------------------------------
> | John Haywood
> | E-mail: jhaywoo-at-att-dot-net (correct to use--unless you're sending
spam).
> | Quote: "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they
> | go." -- Oscar Wilde
> | ------------------------------------------------
> |
> |
> |
> |
> |
>
>