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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Winchester Terry
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 10:36 AM
>
> If AdAware doesn't solve the problem, bring up the task
> list and see what's running.  For each entry (except
> (Explorer & Systray) search google for the program
> name.

That's a possibility, but the task list won't show all the processes
running.  Can't malware run as a process that won't show up in any task
list?  Last I looked at the task list, I didn't see anything out of the
ordinary.

> I have a link that lists a huge number of programs
> that are typically found on most systems. Unfortunately,
> it's at home :(  I was surprised at how many video
> drivers had "malware" automatically load at startup.
> IIRC, ATI is/was notorious for this!

I'd be interested in knowing the link you've got for that.

tia,
db


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