Jeff said:
Tim Meddick said:
Jeff,
The "Microsoft Antimalware Service" is not found in Task Manager
under the name "msseces.exe " (that's the process name for the
user-interface program) - the actual service-name of the running process
is called "MsMpEng.exe".
But I trust that by telling you this, you won't follow the useless advice
to simply stop the process from Task Manager but follow the procedure I
outlined in my first post to this thread.
That is; to use "Start" > "Run" > "services.msc" to stop the Microsoft
Antimalware Service" [MsMpSvc] by clicking on it and pressing the "Stop"
service button. Then disable it (Startup-Type > choose "disabled" from
the drop-down list).
Finally delete the service (un-register) with the "sc" command from a
Command Prompt window :
sc delete MsMpSvc
(if you get "sc is not a recognized...." or "could not find..." you can
download the "sc" command [sc.exe] from the link below)
http://www.dynawell.com/download/reskit/microsoft/win2000/sc.zip
(open the ZIP-file (by clicking on it in Explorer, then copy the file
"sc.exe" to a folder in your "path", such as your [c:\windows] )
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
Jeff T said:
Jeff T wrote:
Is it safe to delete Microsoft Security Client? I can't get rid of
Microsoft Security Essentials. The computer tells me that it's
running
but I can't find it anywhere. Is the security client the same thing?
I can find a recipe of sorts here. Basically it passes an argument to
the
original installer.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/protect_start/remova...
But before jumping to that conclusion, in a search engine, I can see
several attempts by rogue malware, to confuse and complicate matters.
If you're seeing dialog boxes, warning you're infected, and would
you like to buy the infection removal tool, that isn't coming from
Microsoft. There are a number of similarly named things, which
are rogues, and attempt to extort money from you.
Paul
I can't install MSE because it tells me it's running but I can't find
it.
Control-Alt-Delete
Windows Task Manager...to stop MSE just end process for
Msseces.exe...you do need help.
Yes, I do need help. ==Msseces.exe isn't in the task manager.
Tim, I hate to start a new thread but my latest post was buried and I didn't
think you'd see it.
What do you mean by a command prompt window.
I'm a little hesitant to do all this, I'm afraid I'll screw something up
again! Is there much chance of that?
Start : Programs : Accessories : Command Prompt
That will give you a "MSDOS Window", which accepts text commands you type in.
This may serve as a refresher, on what some of the commands can be. The Command
Prompt is not a perfect emulation of DOS, but a few of the things here will work.
http://www.vfrazee.com/ms-dos/6.22/help/
The "cd" command is typically the first one I use. The "current directory"
will show in the prompt. For example, right now mine shows
C:\Documents and Settings\MyUserName>
If I enter this as a command
cd \
the prompt shows my current working directory as
C:\>
Then, I might like to move to my download directory, which is on C:
cd downloads
That gets me
C:\Downloads>
Now, executable programs are the things used in a command prompt.
For example
copy file1.txt file2.txt
would copy file1.txt to a new, identical file called file2.txt. And
place them both in the current working directory. Now I'd have these
two files in my Downloads directory.
C:\Downloads\file1.txt
C:\Downloads\file2.txt
Operating systems, typically have some rules for the "execution path".
This is a preferred set of directories where the shell will look
for a program you request. If the program you specify is not in the path,
then you get an error. For example,
'bafflegab.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external...
and that means bafflegab isn't in the path, nor in the current working
directory. It could quite well be somewhere else on C:, but the
shell isn't allowed to go off on a lark, looking for the file. The
path is tightly controlled for a reason. It especially prevents
accidents, where the wrong thing might get picked up.
There is a control panel, where is stored environment variables. You
can modify the path, to add directories to the path. Some installers,
when they install DOS-like programs, make modifications to the
execution path.
The current directory is also included in the path. As I'm a lazy
guy, sometimes I "cd" to my Downloads directory, and just dump the
executable I need into the same directory. For example, I keep a copy
of "md5sum.exe" in my Downloads directory. md5sum computes a checksum,
and on some downloaded files, I compare the checksum as a measure
of authenticity (compare to someone else who has a legitimate copy).
and it is picked out of my current working directory. Both md5sum.exe
and file1.txt are in my Downloads directory.
That's not nearly enough to get you started, but may give you a
few hints.
When comparing "command prompt" to the usage of a "script", a script
is a collection of commands, one after another, potentially with
conditional statements to make the script intelligent. When a
user types into a DOS "command prompt", that is called an interactive
session, as the user can react to any accidents in a more intelligent
way than a script could (the script is only as intelligent as the
original writer of the script).
Even the MacOSX has this feature. On a Macintosh computer from Apple,
you open a Terminal window, and can issue the same kind of commands
as you can in Windows. The combination of GUI based programs
(the normal way), plus the power of issuing commands from a
command prompt, gives you the best of both worlds. When something
is well and truly broken, command prompts are there to help.
Paul
