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msbb.exe?
Name: dkfj05 (by dkfj) Date: August 3, 2001 at 13:04:33 Pacific
Comment:
A cookie infiltrated my Norton Personal Firewall, and in "Advanced Options - Firewall" there the above file that's getting access to my 'puter. How can I find out what it is and what it does? If it's responsible, I'll get rid of it.
Name: tinkerbong Date: August 3, 2001 at 13:36:06 Pacific
Reply:
well if it's a spyware cookie that set this up , you could try running Ad Aware to see if that spots it , then you can use the delete function to dump the offending cookie ,and any others it finds and you don't want. If you're sure msbb.exe is not a needed part of your programs , try moving it to a different folder , to make sure things still work right. If NONE of your programs fail or complain of it being missng , dump it.
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Response Number 4
Name: dkfj05 (by dkfj) Date: August 3, 2001 at 14:30:42 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks Ellis,
I think that was it!
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Response Number 5
Name: wes Date: August 3, 2001 at 14:57:43 Pacific
Reply:
I wish we wouldn't associate cookies with spyware. They are entirely different things and there is no relationship between them.
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Response Number 6
Name: Stan Date: August 4, 2001 at 13:11:24 Pacific
Reply:
I, too, wondered what this was when it first appeared. I have AdAware and it doesn't recognize it as a spy or an ad. I noticed it when I ran Zone Alarm (freeware) fire wall and it asked me if I wanted it to have access to the Internet. Then I remembered when this first appeared: It was after I downloaded a free ISP called DotNow. I still have no idea what it does, but whether I allowed it access to the Internet or not through Zone Alarm it has not done anything malicious to my PC.
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