MSCAT.EXE Anyone know what this is? Does? Why it exists? And why..

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....is it sapping most of my system resources causing this thing to run so
darn slow? Did the spybot, ad-aware and the virus scan thing. mscat seemed to
disappear yesterday eve and the machine ran great. It's back again tonight
and the machine is a dog!

Any help?
 
Thanx Tony but it is 'msCAT.exe'. I can remove this in task manager if I do
it first thing in task manager and it doesn't come back until next start up,
but if I start surfing or doing other things before I remove it, it
immediately comes back no matter how many times I remove it.

Anybody? Bueler? Anybody? Bueler?
 
Has all the marks of spyware.
--
Ted Zieglar


Winsum38 said:
Thanx Tony but it is 'msCAT.exe'. I can remove this in task manager if I do
it first thing in task manager and it doesn't come back until next start up,
but if I start surfing or doing other things before I remove it, it
immediately comes back no matter how many times I remove it.

Anybody? Bueler? Anybody? Bueler?
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Ted Zieglar said:
Has all the marks of spyware.
--
Ted Zieglar


message

manager if I
do
until next start
up,
 > >
 > > "Winsum38"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
 > >
  > > > ...is it sapping most of my system resources
causing this thing to run
so
  > > > darn slow? Did the spybot, ad-aware and the
virus scan thing. mscat
seemed
  > > > to
  > > > disappear yesterday eve and the machine ran
great. It's back again
tonight
  > > > and the machine is a dog!
  > > >
  > > > Any help?
 > > Do you mean MSCStat.exe? if so look here:
 > >
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?filter=&letter=M
 > >
 > >
 > >
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I also noticed this mscat.exe and my PC is running extremly slow...
Did you ever find out what it is?
 
Hey Kristaj,

Haven't found out what it is yet. Sent it to McAfee for them to investigate
but haven't heard back yet.

I created a new xp user account and deleted the old one. It's kind of a pain
because the original account was my 'owner' account so I had to log on to it
and copy the files over to my new name. It wouldn't let me access them
otherwise.

The only other workaround was to get into task manager immediately after
signing on and clicking 'end process' for mscat. Naturally, it's only a temp
fix cause' it will come back next sign on.

Hope this helped. Good luck.
 
winsum38 said:
Hey Kristaj,

Haven't found out what it is yet. Sent it to McAfee for them
to investigate
but haven't heard back yet.

I created a new xp user account and deleted the old one. It's
kind of a pain
because the original account was my 'owner' account so I had
to log on to it
and copy the files over to my new name. It wouldn't let me
access them
otherwise.

The only other workaround was to get into task manager
immediately after
signing on and clicking 'end process' for mscat. Naturally,
it's only a temp
fix cause' it will come back next sign on.

Hope this helped. Good luck.


 > > Has all the marks of spyware.
 > > --
 > > Ted Zieglar
 > >
 > >
 > > "Winsum38"
<[email protected]> wrote in
 > > message
 > >
  > > > Thanx Tony but it is 'msCAT.exe'. I can
remove this in task
 > > manager if I
 > > do
  > > > it first thing in task manager and it
doesn't come back
 > > until next start
 > > up,
  > > > but if I start surfing or doing other
things before I remove
 > > it, it
  > > > immediately comes back no matter how many
times I remove it.
  > > >
  > > > Anybody? Bueler? Anybody? Bueler?
  > > >
  > > > "Tony" wrote:
  > > >
  > > > >
  > > > > "Winsum38"
 > > <[email protected]> wrote in
message
  > > > >
 > >
  > > > > > ...is it sapping most of my system
resources
 > > causing this thing to run
 > > so
  > > > > > darn slow? Did the spybot, ad-aware
and the
 > > virus scan thing. mscat
 > > seemed
  > > > > > to
  > > > > > disappear yesterday eve and the
machine ran
 > > great. It's back again
 > > tonight
  > > > > > and the machine is a dog!
  > > > > >
  > > > > > Any help?
  > > > > Do you mean MSCStat.exe? if so look
here:
  > > > >
 > >
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?filter=&letter=M
  > > > >
  > > > >
  > > > >
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Thanks! I will try that. Let me know if you hear anything back from
McAfee.

Kristaj
 
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