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louise

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:15 pm
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After rebooting, I am getting a notepad window on top of the
desktop which says

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787

I also notice that now, suddenly, in msconfig, there is
something called desktop.ini in startup - this was never
there before - that I'm sure of.

The most recent thing I installed was Mozy backup, but I've
stopped it from running at startup both in services and in
msconfig.contact.

I also installed a program connected to an online system
that notifies the BB when I'm online and available for
contact.

Any idea(s) what this might refer to?

BTW, I'm running NOD32 and SuperAntiSpyware and nothing
notable has shown up there.

TIA

Louise

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:15 pm
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You might also see files called Thumbs.db caused by that same bug.

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"louise" <louise.RemoveThis@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> After rebooting, I am getting a notepad window on top of the desktop which
> says
>
> [.ShellClassInfo]
> LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787
>
> I also notice that now, suddenly, in msconfig, there is something called
> desktop.ini in startup - this was never there before - that I'm sure of.
>
> The most recent thing I installed was Mozy backup, but I've stopped it
> from running at startup both in services and in msconfig.contact.
>
> I also installed a program connected to an online system that notifies the
> BB when I'm online and available for contact.
>
> Any idea(s) what this might refer to?
>
> BTW, I'm running NOD32 and SuperAntiSpyware and nothing notable has shown
> up there.
>
> TIA
>
> Louise

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Todd H.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:44 pm
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I haven't been actively following this thread but wanted to contribute
that Spyerase was something my brain decided to prounounce as
"Spyarse." Appropriate for something backed (ahem) by pcbutts right?

At any rate, if it is indeed as excrement a program as others seem to
think, I'd like to nominate "Spyarse" as the monicker by which it is
referred in future posts. Smile

Let's see if it'll stick....

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:44 pm
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Why are Linux users such idiots.

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"Todd H." <comphelp.RemoveThis@toddh.net> wrote in message
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>
> I haven't been actively following this thread but wanted to contribute
> that Spyerase was something my brain decided to prounounce as
> "Spyarse." Appropriate for something backed (ahem) by pcbutts right?
>
> At any rate, if it is indeed as excrement a program as others seem to
> think, I'd like to nominate "Spyarse" as the monicker by which it is
> referred in future posts. Smile
>
> Let's see if it'll stick....
>
> Best Regards,
> --
> Todd H.
> http://www.toddh.net/
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Todd H.

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:52 pm
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"pcbutts1" <pcbutts1.TakeThisOut@leythosthestalker.com> writes:

> Why are Linux users such idiots.

Actually, I prefer a Windows desktop right now. But the iBook is to
my right, and I'm nearly always ssh'd into my internet facing linux
box.

So tell us how you got the idea for Spyarse?

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:52 pm
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You mean "Spyerase" I write a lot of command line tools not just Spyerase.
You got trolls like Leythos the stalker who is a no-nothing and then Dustin
and Nick who the best they can say about Spyerase is what if? or what could
happen not what did happen because it works and if it ever breaks anything
there is a backup. They still can't explain why Spyerase works on Windows
2000 and the thieves version does not. They don't know my program. You
should not believe anything they say.

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"Todd H." <comphelp RemoveThis @toddh.net> wrote in message
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> "pcbutts1" <pcbutts1 RemoveThis @leythosthestalker.com> writes:
>
>> Why are Linux users such idiots.
>
> Actually, I prefer a Windows desktop right now. But the iBook is to
> my right, and I'm nearly always ssh'd into my internet facing linux
> box.
>
> So tell us how you got the idea for Spyarse?
>
> Best Regards,
> --
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> http://www.toddh.net/
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Heather

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:04 pm
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"Todd H." <comphelp.DeleteThis@toddh.net> wrote in message
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>
> I haven't been actively following this thread but wanted to contribute
> that Spyerase was something my brain decided to prounounce as
> "Spyarse." Appropriate for something backed (ahem) by pcbutts right?
>
> At any rate, if it is indeed as excrement a program as others seem to
> think, I'd like to nominate "Spyarse" as the monicker by which it is
> referred in future posts. Smile
>
> Let's see if it'll stick....

Funny you would come up with that because I stumbled when trying to
spell it. Perhaps our collective unconscious minds are attempting to
come up with an *apt name* for anything pcbutts steals....ROFL!!

Heather
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:35 pm
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I think 20 years working in the criminal law field gives me an advantage
when recognizing thieves and liars. And we dealt with a lot of mental
misfits as well. You fit all the categories. Hell, you are not even
sure if you are male or female!! Psychopathic tendencies?? No, just a
low IQ and a penchant for attention.

HF......and Dustin didn't modify your "program"......it was a paste and
copy patch job.


"pcbutts1" <pcbutts1.RemoveThis@leythosthestalker.com> wrote in message
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> Oh that's right you have no technical skills. Dustin modified my
> program then complains that it does not work. Over 500 downloads of
> spyerase and not one person has said it does not work except trolls.
> See my feedback here I have about 10 more waiting for approval.
> http://pcbutts1-therealtruth.blogspot.com/
>
Foul pornographic websites snipped. You are so incredibly disgusting!!
>
>
> "Heather" <laynie.RemoveThis@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> news:eo3f9i$du3$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> quote....
>> Your spyerase program is a garbled together patch job of other
>> people's
>> work. It doesn't do everything you've said, either. No backups, no
>> renaming, just deletion and possibly replace if you can find what you
>> call a clean backup. I've done a silly test with your program. I made
>> it
>> look for a file it thought was bad, due to your stupid method of
>> detection (filenames only) and guess what? It replaced the "bad" file
>> with a byte for byte duplicate it thinks is clean, simply because of
>> the
>> folder in which it found the copy!
>> unquote......
>>
>> 'nuff said, bitch.
>>
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:35 pm
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You mean you and everybody in this group don't know if I am male or female.
I know for a fact that I am female. Trolls have screwed with your mind. 20
years in the criminal law field? Maybe you can tell everyone how to sue me
because they can't seem to figure it out. Spyerase works.

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"Heather" <laynie.TakeThisOut@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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>I think 20 years working in the criminal law field gives me an advantage
>when recognizing thieves and liars. And we dealt with a lot of mental
>misfits as well. You fit all the categories. Hell, you are not even sure
>if you are male or female!! Psychopathic tendencies?? No, just a low IQ
>and a penchant for attention.
>
> HF......and Dustin didn't modify your "program"......it was a paste and
> copy patch job.
>
>
> "pcbutts1" <pcbutts1.TakeThisOut@leythosthestalker.com> wrote in message
> news:kMKdncg-GvHy2jjYnZ2dnUVZ_t6qnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> Oh that's right you have no technical skills. Dustin modified my program
>> then complains that it does not work. Over 500 downloads of spyerase and
>> not one person has said it does not work except trolls. See my feedback
>> here I have about 10 more waiting for approval.
>> http://pcbutts1-therealtruth.blogspot.com/
>>
> Foul pornographic websites snipped. You are so incredibly disgusting!!
>>
>>
>> "Heather" <laynie.TakeThisOut@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:eo3f9i$du3$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>> quote....
>>> Your spyerase program is a garbled together patch job of other people's
>>> work. It doesn't do everything you've said, either. No backups, no
>>> renaming, just deletion and possibly replace if you can find what you
>>> call a clean backup. I've done a silly test with your program. I made it
>>> look for a file it thought was bad, due to your stupid method of
>>> detection (filenames only) and guess what? It replaced the "bad" file
>>> with a byte for byte duplicate it thinks is clean, simply because of the
>>> folder in which it found the copy!
>>> unquote......
>>>
>>> 'nuff said, bitch.
>>>
>
>
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:00 pm
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"pcbutts1" <pcbutts1.DeleteThis@leythosthestalker.com> writes:

> You mean "Spyerase"

No I mean "Spyarse!"


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(Msg. 11) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:51 pm
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pcbutts1 wrote:
> You might also see files called Thumbs.db caused by that same bug.
>
I did - and I deleted that without thinking much about it -
the other concerned me more.

Louise
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:52 pm
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Out of curiosity when you ran bughunter, at anytime during any scan did you
manually cancel it? or did you always let it fully complete?

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"louise" <louise.RemoveThis@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> pcbutts1 wrote:
>> You might also see files called Thumbs.db caused by that same bug.
>>
> I did - and I deleted that without thinking much about it - the other
> concerned me more.
>
> Louise
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:31 pm
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louise wrote:
> pcbutts1 wrote:
>> You might also see files called Thumbs.db caused by that same bug.
>>
> I did - and I deleted that without thinking much about it -
> the other concerned me more.
>
> Louise

Hi everyone,

The desktop.ini file, of which you speak, is normal for XP systems to
have in the common startup group. It will normally show up under msconfig.
The reason why it appears to open in a text file on the desktop suddenly
upon bootup is usually because the attributes for the file have changed to
normal instead of hidden and system. The thumbs.db file is generated by
Windows in any folder where 'show thumbnails' has been selected and can
safely be deleted.
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:20 pm
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louise beweerde :
> pcbutts1 wrote:
>> You might also see files called Thumbs.db caused by that same bug.
>>
> I did - and I deleted that without thinking much about it - the other
> concerned me more.

Please do NOT listen to the advice of the buttman.
He is a known troll in this newsgroup.
He gives very bad advice and uses stolen software.
His makes war against the (trustworthy) regulars in a very rude way.

I have the buttman a long time in my killfile.
Therefore I do not have to read (and see) his filthy and abusive
language and pictures.

Stay away from every advice from butts.
(this is just my opinion.)

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(Msg. 15) Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:27 pm
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"BS" <rstacy6.nospam.munge.DeleteThis@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi everyone,
.. The thumbs.db file is generated by
> Windows in any folder where 'show thumbnails' has been selected and
> can safely be deleted.

Thanks for that bit of information. I had just started using thumbnails
in my picture folder and noticed that one. Glad to know I can safely
delete it.

I find some of the MVP's on the MS XP news groups can be rather rude, so
tend to learn bits and pieces from here and also the WinME ng. (G)
There are not many people running WinME any more, so we have
unofficially made it our "transition ng".

I have another odd one if anyone cares to answer it. In My Music
folder, I am now getting all sorts of "Album Art" files. I use Music
Match and generally download an album cover to go with a song. But that
never happened on WinME. These are very small jpegs (3-10 kb), but I
get dire warnings if I try to delete them. Says they are "System Files"
and a program might not work if I delete them.

I have several subfolders (14) and these songs were mostly transferred
over from my WinME computer and the dates of the Album Art go back to
when I did that, I believe. They are not in every subfolder tho. Just
one of those "hmmm" things.

Cheers......Heather
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