Re: Windows program disappeared

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No, we've used Symantec Endpoint Protection since last June.  What was
bizarre is that Firefox wasn't listed in the Add/Remove programs dialog.


On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Norm Dennis <nhdennis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jeff,
> I have seen similar things with anti-virus shutting down an application.
> I plugged into a clients network and their anti-virus took a dislike to
> some
> of the network tools I had on my laptop.
> Even stripped them out of a USB drive I used on a different occasion.
> Have you had a change or update to your system security?
>
>
> Norm Dennis
>
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>
> All,
>
> Had a bizarre one.
>
> W2003 Server, virtual, in a terminal services environment.  Overnight
> Firefox disappeared.  Users shortcuts quit working, firefox.exe does not
> exist on that server, and Firefox does not show up in add/remove programs.
> It's as if someone uninstalled it.
>
> I reinstalled and everyone's settings are intact.  Homepage, bookmarks,
> etc.  Windows event viewers don't show anything.
>
> Anyone seen anything like this?  Is there someplace it's logged if a
> program
> is uninstalled?
>
> Thanks.
>
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