"Super" converter from erightsoft.com - any updates on strange dll files?

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As per the post below from last month, someone mentioned 5 strange files
installed. I tried the program and it seems to work. Are there any open
registry questions or malware/spyware issues?

From: Demetris - view profile
Date: Mon, Feb 6 2006 1:39 pm
Email: Demetris <[email protected]>
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Before I install it, though, does anyone know if it's got any
nasties hiding in it, or does it appear to be clean freeware?

Last working version I tried was 1.811 back in October, and it did
something I did not like: it put 5 *hidden* files in
%systemroot%\system32: cygwin1.dll, cygz.dll, AVSredirect.dll,
smab.dll, x.264.exe. Its uninstallation routine did not remove them.

Even when I removed these files, or moved them to the program's
directory, they were recreated in system32 upon running the program.


I cannot understand why these five files have to be hidden, and I also
suspect they could break a working Cygwin installation. For this reason,
I don't like SUPER and don't recommend it. Apart from that, I find it is
an efficient and very easy-to-use conversion suite.


(I also tried the first 2006 version on two machines, and it would not
start on any of them. The log of the current 2006 version says this has
been fixed.)


Greetings,
Demetris

 

[Elvis the King]

Hi!
Just wondered what method or program did you use to see the
installtion of those hidden files by the program being installed??
I am playing with WINTASK 3.1 but even after using a "crack" it says
"Demo Expires" afte 30 days. Even after removal and new installtion it
still says expired.
Obviously the original program installationl leaves a hidden file
somewhere....Any ideas on how to find them??
Will appreciate and info.
Thanks.

Elvis the King

 

[Al Klein]

Obviously the original program installationl leaves a hidden file
somewhere....Any ideas on how to find them??

Probably not a file, but a registry entry. How to find it AFTER you
installed it? Probably not, if the programmer tried to hide it.
Something like Total Uninstall could probably have told you what the
installation program did.