WINVNC keeps poping up?

A window titled WINVNC keeps popping up on my desk to and was hoping someone
knew how to stop this window. I was told this program is for networking but
this is a stand alone computer not hooked up to any other computer. Any
help on how to get rid of this program and stop this window from popping up
is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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George-NY

Look in Control Panel, Add/Remove programs for a reference to it and
uninstall it. See

http://www.webattack.com/get/vnc.shtml

for more information on this program.

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"George-NY" wrote in message
...
A window titled WINVNC keeps popping up on my desk to and was hoping
someone
knew how to stop this window. I was told this program is for networking
but
this is a stand alone computer not hooked up to any other computer. Any
help on how to get rid of this program and stop this window from popping
up
is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
--
Remove xxx from E mail address
George-NY

Look in Control Panel, Add/Remove programs for a reference to it and
uninstall it. See

http://www.webattack.com/get/vnc.shtml

for more information on this program.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Associate Expert
ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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"George-NY" wrote in message
...
A window titled WINVNC keeps popping up on my desk to and was hoping
someone
knew how to stop this window. I was told this program is for networking
but
this is a stand alone computer not hooked up to any other computer. Any
help on how to get rid of this program and stop this window from popping
up
is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
--
Remove xxx from E mail address
George-NY

George-NY wrote:
A window titled WINVNC keeps popping up on my desk to and was hoping
someone knew how to stop this window. I was told this program is for
networking but this is a stand alone computer not hooked up to any
other computer. Any help on how to get rid of this program and stop
this window from popping up is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

George

If you don't know how WinVNC got there, then your system has most likely
been infected by a virus/trojan. WinVNC is a legitimate program (virtual
network connection) but it can also be used by hackers to connect to your
system. See the following website for details.

F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: Deloder:
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/deloader.shtml


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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

George-NY wrote:
A window titled WINVNC keeps popping up on my desk to and was hoping
someone knew how to stop this window. I was told this program is for
networking but this is a stand alone computer not hooked up to any
other computer. Any help on how to get rid of this program and stop
this window from popping up is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

George

If you don't know how WinVNC got there, then your system has most likely
been infected by a virus/trojan. WinVNC is a legitimate program (virtual
network connection) but it can also be used by hackers to connect to your
system. See the following website for details.

F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: Deloder:
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/deloader.shtml


--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

Thanks Doug and Ronnie for the info and taking your time to reply to my
problem. I appreciate it and will look to see if it is a virus.

George

If you don't know how WinVNC got there, then your system has most likely
been infected by a virus/trojan. WinVNC is a legitimate program (virtual
network connection) but it can also be used by hackers to connect to your
system. See the following website for details.

F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: Deloder:
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/deloader.shtml


--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

Thanks Doug and Ronnie for the info and taking your time to reply to my
problem. I appreciate it and will look to see if it is a virus.

George

If you don't know how WinVNC got there, then your system has most likely
been infected by a virus/trojan. WinVNC is a legitimate program (virtual
network connection) but it can also be used by hackers to connect to your
system. See the following website for details.

F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: Deloder:
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/deloader.shtml


--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 23:02:58 -0500, "George-NY"
wrote:

Thanks Doug and Ronnie for the info and taking your time to reply to my
problem. I appreciate it and will look to see if it is a virus.

George

It IS NOT A VIRUS.

However, a trojan horse may have infected your system and may be using
a legitimate program as a means of communicating with people outside
your system.

The original poster who used the term virus was mistaken.

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 23:02:58 -0500, "George-NY"
wrote:

Thanks Doug and Ronnie for the info and taking your time to reply to my
problem. I appreciate it and will look to see if it is a virus.

George

It IS NOT A VIRUS.

However, a trojan horse may have infected your system and may be using
a legitimate program as a means of communicating with people outside
your system.

The original poster who used the term virus was mistaken.

Thank you Fred. I think I mistakenly called it a virus. I was told it is a
legit program but I can't stop a window from popping up when I boot the
computer. The computer I am having this problem with is running Windows
2000 and I can't seem to find were it is starting from. When I look in the
STARTUP folder I only see a few things that should be there. Even when I
shut the computer off a window pops up saying this program is not responding
and I have to click on END TASK before the computer will shut down.
Any other help is appreciated. I would just like to stop this program as I
am not on any network.
George-NY

It IS NOT A VIRUS.

However, a trojan horse may have infected your system and may be using
a legitimate program as a means of communicating with people outside
your system.

The original poster who used the term virus was mistaken.

Thank you Fred. I think I mistakenly called it a virus. I was told it is a
legit program but I can't stop a window from popping up when I boot the
computer. The computer I am having this problem with is running Windows
2000 and I can't seem to find were it is starting from. When I look in the
STARTUP folder I only see a few things that should be there. Even when I
shut the computer off a window pops up saying this program is not responding
and I have to click on END TASK before the computer will shut down.
Any other help is appreciated. I would just like to stop this program as I
am not on any network.
George-NY

It IS NOT A VIRUS.

However, a trojan horse may have infected your system and may be using
a legitimate program as a means of communicating with people outside
your system.

The original poster who used the term virus was mistaken.

George-NY wrote:
Thank you Fred. I think I mistakenly called it a virus. I was told
it is a legit program but I can't stop a window from popping up when
I boot the computer. The computer I am having this problem with is
running Windows 2000 and I can't seem to find were it is starting
from. When I look in the STARTUP folder I only see a few things that
should be there. Even when I shut the computer off a window pops up
saying this program is not responding and I have to click on END TASK
before the computer will shut down.
Any other help is appreciated. I would just like to stop this
program as I am not on any network.
George-NY

It IS NOT A VIRUS.

However, a trojan horse may have infected your system and may be
using
a legitimate program as a means of communicating with people outside
your system.

The original poster who used the term virus was mistaken.

George

Fred is simply arguing semantics here which is not good when discussing
whether or not someone has been infected with a virus.

The fact is that the Deloder Worm (w32.hllw.deloder) installs a copy of
WinVNC onto your system which makes it a part of this virus package. There
has been a recent upsurge of this worm which means that it is highly likely
that you have been infected.

There is a comprehensive analysis and removal instructions he

DeLoder Worm Analysis:
http://www.klcconsulting.net/deloder_worm.htm

I urge you to take a look.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

George-NY wrote:
Thank you Fred. I think I mistakenly called it a virus. I was told
it is a legit program but I can't stop a window from popping up when
I boot the computer. The computer I am having this problem with is
running Windows 2000 and I can't seem to find were it is starting
from. When I look in the STARTUP folder I only see a few things that
should be there. Even when I shut the computer off a window pops up
saying this program is not responding and I have to click on END TASK
before the computer will shut down.
Any other help is appreciated. I would just like to stop this
program as I am not on any network.
George-NY

It IS NOT A VIRUS.

However, a trojan horse may have infected your system and may be
using
a legitimate program as a means of communicating with people outside
your system.

The original poster who used the term virus was mistaken.

George

Fred is simply arguing semantics here which is not good when discussing
whether or not someone has been infected with a virus.

The fact is that the Deloder Worm (w32.hllw.deloder) installs a copy of
WinVNC onto your system which makes it a part of this virus package. There
has been a recent upsurge of this worm which means that it is highly likely
that you have been infected.

There is a comprehensive analysis and removal instructions he

DeLoder Worm Analysis:
http://www.klcconsulting.net/deloder_worm.htm

I urge you to take a look.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 15:57:10 -0500, "George-NY"
wrote:


Thank you Fred. I think I mistakenly called it a virus. I was told it is a

I believe someone who answered you used the word virus. Nobody
actually said VNC is a virus, but it could be interpreted as if they
did.

legit program but I can't stop a window from popping up when I boot the
computer. The computer I am having this problem with is running Windows
2000 and I can't seem to find were it is starting from. When I look in the
STARTUP folder I only see a few things that should be there. Even when I
shut the computer off a window pops up saying this program is not responding
and I have to click on END TASK before the computer will shut down.
Any other help is appreciated. I would just like to stop this program as I
am not on any network.
George-NY

VNC runs as a service. It should also be located in your tray (on the
right hand side where icons are like the volume control). I would
first move your mouse over the tray and see if anything that says VNC
shows up, and if so you should either right click or double click to
modify it. If you can't figure this out, or if it isn't there, then
you need to modify the service. Click on Start, Settings, Control
Panel, Administrative Tools, Services to open the services applet.
Then scroll down until you find VNC. When you double click on a
service, a dialog appears - choose the general tab. Look for Startup
Type and select either manual or disabled. Automatic means it will
start whenever you reboot.

On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 15:57:10 -0500, "George-NY"
wrote:


Thank you Fred. I think I mistakenly called it a virus. I was told it is a

I believe someone who answered you used the word virus. Nobody
actually said VNC is a virus, but it could be interpreted as if they
did.

legit program but I can't stop a window from popping up when I boot the
computer. The computer I am having this problem with is running Windows
2000 and I can't seem to find were it is starting from. When I look in the
STARTUP folder I only see a few things that should be there. Even when I
shut the computer off a window pops up saying this program is not responding
and I have to click on END TASK before the computer will shut down.
Any other help is appreciated. I would just like to stop this program as I
am not on any network.
George-NY

VNC runs as a service. It should also be located in your tray (on the
right hand side where icons are like the volume control). I would
first move your mouse over the tray and see if anything that says VNC
shows up, and if so you should either right click or double click to
modify it. If you can't figure this out, or if it isn't there, then
you need to modify the service. Click on Start, Settings, Control
Panel, Administrative Tools, Services to open the services applet.
Then scroll down until you find VNC. When you double click on a
service, a dialog appears - choose the general tab. Look for Startup
Type and select either manual or disabled. Automatic means it will
start whenever you reboot.