RE: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA
There's a function in VB (and other languages) to remove it's entry from the task manager, so that wouldn't necessarily work. Another possibility is that it attached itself to a system program that runs on startup, which is what the system file checker is good for if your on win98. 2K and XP check system files automatically. You didn't say which OS is on that computer though. _ steve oliver senior internet developer atnet solutions, inc. http://www.atnetsolutions.com -Original Message- From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 1:46 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA Without the knowledge of the exact problem, it could be a virus. But if it is a program then running the task manager will help identify this. I had to recently clean a machine that the desktop icons would run away any time you moved the mouse near them, and is the reason I made my suggestion. -Original Message- From: Steve Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, 9 March 2002 5:40 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA Usually those Gotcha programs disable themselves if you put the mouse in the top left or right corner. I doubt it's a virus, just a stupid program made in VB or something. You'll have to look in msconfig (regedit if your on 2K or NT) and remove the program if it runs on startup. _ steve oliver senior internet developer atnet solutions, inc. http://www.atnetsolutions.com __ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA
Without the knowledge of the exact problem, it could be a virus. But if it is a program then running the task manager will help identify this. I had to recently clean a machine that the desktop icons would run away any time you moved the mouse near them, and is the reason I made my suggestion. -Original Message- From: Steve Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, 9 March 2002 5:40 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA Usually those Gotcha programs disable themselves if you put the mouse in the top left or right corner. I doubt it's a virus, just a stupid program made in VB or something. You'll have to look in msconfig (regedit if your on 2K or NT) and remove the program if it runs on startup. _ steve oliver senior internet developer atnet solutions, inc. http://www.atnetsolutions.com __ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA
Usually those Gotcha programs disable themselves if you put the mouse in the top left or right corner. I doubt it's a virus, just a stupid program made in VB or something. You'll have to look in msconfig (regedit if your on 2K or NT) and remove the program if it runs on startup. _ steve oliver senior internet developer atnet solutions, inc. http://www.atnetsolutions.com -Original Message- From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 1:30 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA Have you tried running a virus protector, to clean the system? This appears to be a variant of the w32.hybris virus. -Original Message- From: Matthew R. Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 8 March 2002 8:45 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA Hi all... OK, this is ridiculous, but my boss's son got stupid and opened up a program that puts some sort of thing on his machine that has a button on it and moves when you go near it. It says something like "Gotcha" when you go near it. Any ideas what it is? Help on how to get rid of it or find out what it is is appreciated. I'm not anywhere near the computer, and don't intend to go near it unless the boss says to. I'm really sorry for the off topic post, but I can't find any info on this. Thank you, - Matt Small __ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA
Have you tried running a virus protector, to clean the system? This appears to be a variant of the w32.hybris virus. -Original Message- From: Matthew R. Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 8 March 2002 8:45 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA Hi all... OK, this is ridiculous, but my boss's son got stupid and opened up a program that puts some sort of thing on his machine that has a button on it and moves when you go near it. It says something like "Gotcha" when you go near it. Any ideas what it is? Help on how to get rid of it or find out what it is is appreciated. I'm not anywhere near the computer, and don't intend to go near it unless the boss says to. I'm really sorry for the off topic post, but I can't find any info on this. Thank you, - Matt Small __ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA
This may be a stupid suggestion, but...Try hitting the esc key. I get those kinds of emails all the time. Brian Yager President - North AL Cold Fusion Users Group Sr. Systems Analyst NCCIM/CIC [EMAIL PROTECTED] (256) 842-8342 -Original Message- From: Joseph DeVore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 4:36 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA Oh your suggestion is so kind. Yeah, just go ahead and format your C drive. That will certainly fix your GOTCHA problem (as well as any others your system may be having) People.. -Original Message- From: Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 2:10 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA is it a button on the web browser (like an HTML button)? is the button just floating around on the desktop? try format c: to fix it. On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Matthew R. Small wrote: > Hi all... > OK, this is ridiculous, but my boss's son got stupid and opened > up a program that puts some sort of thing on his machine that has a > button on it and moves when you go near it. It says something like > "Gotcha" when you go near it. Any ideas what it is? Help on how to get > rid of it or find out what it is is appreciated. I'm not anywhere near > the computer, and don't intend to go near it unless the boss says to. > > I'm really sorry for the off topic post, but I can't find any info on > this. > > Thank you, > - Matt Small > > > > > __ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA
Oh your suggestion is so kind. Yeah, just go ahead and format your C drive. That will certainly fix your GOTCHA problem (as well as any others your system may be having) People.. -Original Message- From: Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 2:10 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA is it a button on the web browser (like an HTML button)? is the button just floating around on the desktop? try format c: to fix it. On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Matthew R. Small wrote: > Hi all... > OK, this is ridiculous, but my boss's son got stupid and opened > up a program that puts some sort of thing on his machine that has a > button on it and moves when you go near it. It says something like > "Gotcha" when you go near it. Any ideas what it is? Help on how to get > rid of it or find out what it is is appreciated. I'm not anywhere near > the computer, and don't intend to go near it unless the boss says to. > > I'm really sorry for the off topic post, but I can't find any info on > this. > > Thank you, > - Matt Small > > > > > __ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA
is it a button on the web browser (like an HTML button)? is the button just floating around on the desktop? try format c: to fix it. On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Matthew R. Small wrote: > Hi all... > OK, this is ridiculous, but my boss's son got stupid and opened > up a program that puts some sort of thing on his machine that has a > button on it and moves when you go near it. It says something like > "Gotcha" when you go near it. Any ideas what it is? Help on how to get > rid of it or find out what it is is appreciated. I'm not anywhere near > the computer, and don't intend to go near it unless the boss says to. > > I'm really sorry for the off topic post, but I can't find any info on > this. > > Thank you, > - Matt Small > > > > > __ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA
http://www.antivirus.com You'll find a free virus scan there that's very good and their PCillan product will probably keep the boss's son out of trouble for $24.95. Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "Matthew R. Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 4:44 PM Subject: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA > Hi all... > OK, this is ridiculous, but my boss's son got stupid and opened > up a program that puts some sort of thing on his machine that has a > button on it and moves when you go near it. It says something like > "Gotcha" when you go near it. Any ideas what it is? Help on how to ge t > rid of it or find out what it is is appreciated. I'm not anywhere near > the computer, and don't intend to go near it unless the boss says to. > > I'm really sorry for the off topic post, but I can't find any info on > this. > > Thank you, > - Matt Small > > > > > __ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA
is always your friend... either that or End Task on it... if you're running 2000/XP you can pull up the task manager and see what's running. HTH Hatton Matthew R. Small wrote: > Hi all... > OK, this is ridiculous, but my boss's son got stupid and opened > up a program that puts some sort of thing on his machine that has a > button on it and moves when you go near it. It says something like > "Gotcha" when you go near it. Any ideas what it is? Help on how to get > rid of it or find out what it is is appreciated. I'm not anywhere near > the computer, and don't intend to go near it unless the boss says to. > > I'm really sorry for the off topic post, but I can't find any info on > this. > > Thank you, > - Matt Small > > > > > __ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA
Matt, CTRL-ALT-DELETE , bring up task list, look for something strange/different, end that task...keep trying tasks until you find the one that does it... John -Original Message- From: Matthew R. Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 4:45 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA Hi all... OK, this is ridiculous, but my boss's son got stupid and opened up a program that puts some sort of thing on his machine that has a button on it and moves when you go near it. It says something like "Gotcha" when you go near it. Any ideas what it is? Help on how to get rid of it or find out what it is is appreciated. I'm not anywhere near the computer, and don't intend to go near it unless the boss says to. I'm really sorry for the off topic post, but I can't find any info on this. Thank you, - Matt Small __ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
