Here is a simple solution if you are having problems with ptsnoop getting executed every time you try to connect to the internet using certain brands of modems. The modem would not work if you delete the file ptsnoop.exe.... so here is a simple solution Delete the file ptsnoop.exe (I renamed it ptpoop.exe) Copy another harmless exe and name it ptsnoop.exe. (I copied calc.exe) When the modem tries to connect to the internet it executes ptsnoop.com and lo as expected your calculator pops up! Big deal! At least nothing is snooping around in the background. Have fun!!

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If you recently purchased the 56K Best Data Modem from Office max ($9.99 with $9.99 mail in rebate) and installed it, you will notice a program running in the backgroung called ptsnoop every time you connect to the internet. (click Ctrl+Alt+Del once to see it) You will find many posts on computing .net which say it is a trojan/not a trojan. Just to play safe, one may want to get rid of it. Simply deleting the ptsnoop.exe from c:\windows does not help, the modem refuses to work without it. So I tried what I posted previously and it worked!

I think they made a poor choice of a name for ptsnoop.exe. They should have named it something like 'modemspeedup.exe'. That probably wouldn't upset people so much. :-)

Since it ISN'T a snoop, and ISN'T a trojan, why waste time with it?

ping.exe might be a little easier than calc.exe since you won't have to close it

Clearly you have no need to do this at all. Always worth researching via Google before you embark on such things. But if you feel the need (on anything similar) why use an .exe file that exists and cause this to be actioned instead? Just make up a text file with either no text or, say, the word "Dummy" inside it. Then rename this to the .exe you originally had. The .exe file will then do nothing which is far better. If and when you run sfc you just ask it to update the file, if it queries it. This avoids further reports. May I suggest renaming old .exe files to .ex-because they will then be certain to sit precisely next to the replacement. Derek