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Oddness with the MS antispyware beta
From: Jay Libove <libove () felines org>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:45:37 -0400 (EDT)
I see that extra MS antispyware window (systrayhide, systrayshow, ...) also on a two-monitor workstation using nVidia's desktop manager. A similar thing happens with an ancient pop-up stopper I use (AKiller). If you're seeing it on a laptop, it's probably because the laptop has a second monitor capability and is running the advanced window management functionality to know about the second monitor.
Both are just artifacts of either poorly written software (Giant Anti-spyware, my little old AKiller program) or poorly written window managers (or both) which result in the "don't show this window" bit being ignored when under advanced window management.
They're annoying, but not an indication of anything nefarious. -Jay Libove, CISSP Atlanta, GA, US
Message: 9 Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 23:04:38 -0600 From: Scott Edwards <supadupa () gmail com> Subject: [Full-disclosure] Re: Oddness with the MS antispyware beta To: Gregh <chows () ozemail com au> Cc: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk Message-ID: <a53adc460504112204722746f9 () mail gmail com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Are you able to isolate it when running a selective startup via msconfig? Also, does something like winspy give you any clues? On 4/11/05, Gregh <chows () ozemail com au> wrote:----- Original Message ----- From: "MN Vasquez" <mnv () alumni princeton edu> To: <full-disclosure () lists grok org uk> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:02 AM Subject: [Full-disclosure] Oddness with the MS antispyware betaOn the 2nd monitor I found a program window "hiding". Basically, in avery odd position -- on a typically non-displayedportion of the desktop, which I only found by configuring multiplemonitors. It seems the programmers are "hiding" awindow, which I have attached as a jpg. For those that don't want to openan attachment:there are 5 buttons: systrayhide, systrayshow, systraynormal,systrascanning, systrayupdating. Sorry old son but it isn't hidden in any nasty or bug kind of way. I have 2 XPSP2 machines, one is a laptop and the other a desktop. For some reason that window doesn't show when Antispyware is started on the desktop with a normal CRT monitor but it does on the laptop every singles time. Normally it "hides" as in turns invisible after the prog has completed starting. Greg.
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Current thread:
- Oddness with the MS antispyware beta MN Vasquez (Apr 11)
- Re: Oddness with the MS antispyware beta Paul Kurczaba (Apr 11)
- Re: Oddness with the MS antispyware beta MN Vasquez (Apr 11)
- RE: Oddness with the MS antispyware beta Larry Seltzer (Apr 11)
- Re: Oddness with the MS antispyware beta MN Vasquez (Apr 11)
- Re: Oddness with the MS antispyware beta Gregh (Apr 11)
- Re: Oddness with the MS antispyware beta Scott Edwards (Apr 11)
- Re: Oddness with the MS antispyware beta Gregh (Apr 12)
- Re: Oddness with the MS antispyware beta Scott Edwards (Apr 11)
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- Oddness with the MS antispyware beta Jay Libove (Apr 12)
- Re: Oddness with the MS antispyware beta Micheal Espinola Jr (Apr 12)
- Re: Oddness with the MS antispyware beta Paul Kurczaba (Apr 11)