Vanguard,
"If you are running MS Office 2004/X
(
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/office2004/office2004.aspx?pid=office2004)"
"Is there a reason you didn't mention you were using a Mac?
You are posting in a *Windows* XP newsgroup,
not a Mac newsgroup."
I never mentioned what platform I was using
(which is XP/SP2, btw).
That's why I posted in a *Windows* XP Newsgroup!
"Doesn't the HijackThis log tell YOU were (sic)
to find the items that it reported?"
I help out on them all the time, if I know something
someone else doesn't know. No one person can
know everything, which is why everybody asks
other people about things of which they are not
familiar.
So I return to my questions -- if this is used on Mac OS
(and/or for O/2004) as a Process Identifier to run in the
background, what possible use could it have on a
W/XP SP2 system using O/2000)?
"Vanguard" <see_signature> wrote in message
Thanks (please see below)...
1.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Windows+Genuine+Advantage+Validation+Tool&btnG=Google+Search
That explains this one - got it now.
2.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Microsoft+PID+Sniffer&btnG=Google+SearchI looked through the first 10 or so entries and they're allHiJack This! logs.I'm trying to find out what this actually does.(Anytime I see the word 'sniffer', I feel as if M.S. is spyingor snooping on me or something semi-paranoid like that)! "Mike" <
[email protected]> wrote in message news:
[email protected]... I noticed when I run HiJack This to check forunwanted items, two M.S. 'utilities' always show up: a.) Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool and b.) Microsoft PID SnifferCan someone please tell me (if you know): 1.) What these are used for? 2.) Do I need these for anything (i.e. Windows or Office Update -- or something else)? 3.) How would they have gotten on my system (or does M.S. just automatically install them)? 4.) If I DON'T need them, how would I remove them? (I don't see them in the Add/Remove Panel).Then modify the search criteria to eliminate "hijackthis" from thesearch results, as in:
http://www.google.com/search?&q=+Microsoft++"PID+sniffer"+-hijackthiswhich results in a mere 3 articles (read the 2nd one). I then Googledon "MS database daemon" (with quotes so to match that exact string).A couple articles had links in them (no longer valid) back to a mvps.orgdomain (known for experienced Microsoft helpers), so I went towww.mvps.org, used their search on "database daemon" and found:
http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_t...rage.mvps.org/glossary/daemon.htmlPersistence pays off. Learn to Google, to tailor the resultsand to expend some effort to dig a bit.If you are running MS Office 2004/X(
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/office2004/office2004.aspx?pid=office2004),is there a reason you didn't mention you were using a Mac? You areposting in a *Windows* XP newsgroup, not a Mac newsgroup. If somehowyou have polluted your Windows platform with Mac stuff, it won't belisted in Add/Remove Programs. Doesn't the HijackThis log tell YOU wereto find the items that it reported? You could post your HijackThislogfile so we can see what you see.--_________________________________________________________________Post your replies to the newsgroup. Share with others.E-mail: vanguard_help AT yahoo.com (append "#NEWS#" to Subject)_________________________________________________________________
