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| Thread ID: 39243 | 2003-10-31 05:31:00 | Do you know what mwsvm is? | Mizz_1Nique (1201) | Press F1 |
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| 188116 | 2003-10-31 05:31:00 | My friend has a pretty old laptop (win 98 at the moment on it). When he loads a webpage it won't load until he goes ctrl+alt+del and ends mwsvm in the task list. He did a search on his computer for the file named mwsvm and found four instances: 1. c:\windows\mwsvm.bin 2. c:\windows\mwsvm.dat 3. c:\windows\mwsvm.ocx 4. c:\windows\mwsvm.exe Anyone know what is it and how to stop it freezing all the time? Thanks, Haidee |
Mizz_1Nique (1201) | ||
| 188117 | 2003-10-31 18:55:00 | Hi Haidee, Is it possible the spelling of those files is incorrect? Normally a search in Google using the file name will reveal its identity, But mwsvm comes up with nothing. :-( Cheers Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 188118 | 2003-11-02 07:43:00 | Yes he says its spelt right... He also said that his computer sometimes restarts all by itself (maybe once a month or so)? Maybe its a linked problem. Thanks Haidee |
Mizz_1Nique (1201) | ||
| 188119 | 2003-11-02 08:45:00 | > Normally a search in Google using the file name will > reveal its identity, But mwsvm comes up with nothing. > :-( > > Cheers Steve Does this mean anything to anybody?. It means absolutely nothing to me but at least the letters MWSVM show up. click here (www.google.com) |
exLL (515) | ||
| 188120 | 2003-11-02 09:08:00 | Ok I should have said "Nothing Relevant" ;-) Cheers Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 188121 | 2003-11-02 10:09:00 | From the man himself: "i went to shut down my computer and my virus scanner popped up with a message saying that mwsvm.exe is set to load everytime i start my computer and if i recently installed something to leave it otherwise hit repair cuz it might be a backdoor or a worm" |
Mizz_1Nique (1201) | ||
| 188122 | 2003-11-02 10:24:00 | oh and also: "another question for you, something i found odd about that mwsvm.exe file" "you know how when u right click on an icon in my computer or whatever" "and it tells you the date it was created, modified, and accessed?" "well how could the date it was modified be earlier than the date it was created?" Anyone know this answer? |
Mizz_1Nique (1201) | ||
| 188123 | 2003-11-02 23:03:00 | It does not look as though anyone has any ideas about this mwsvm thing but I would suggest that if it has not already been done, a full virus scan with an up-to-date anti-virus scanner be performed. I would also download and run AdAware and Spybot with full reference updates to eliminate the possibility that your friend's computer may have nasties on it. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 188124 | 2003-11-02 23:14:00 | > "another question for you, something i found odd about that mwsvm.exe file" > "you know how when u right click on an icon in my computer or whatever" > "and it tells you the date it was created, modified, and accessed?" > "well how could the date it was modified be earlier than the date it was created?" > Anyone know this answer? Quite a few of my files are like that and it appears that the creation date was when I did a reformat and reinstall. Thus the files were "created" on my hard drive, that is installed on the hard drive, on such and such a date which was not their original creation date, ie "in the factory". The modified date for those files would be the last time the "factory" (programmer) modified them before being placed on the CD or installation package downloaded. Well, that's my theory anyway. It could all be a load of bull for all I know. :p :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 188125 | 2003-11-03 02:30:00 | Just done a hunt through a couple acronym sites and drawn a blank. Re modification date this can be when it was last modified by you. Agree Susan re virus and advert scan, every couple of weeks I get RedSheriff DataMiner, tried deleting and quaratine but it still comes back. Frank |
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