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Old July 30th 19, 11:59 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Eric Stevens
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An icon labeled Registration Rewards has appeared on my desk top and I
don't know where it comes from. It has the arrow of a shortcut which
points to http://clubrewards.myregistration.com/. It seems to be
associated with a bundle of 5 Java files. Does anyone know what it is
and how it is likely to have arrived?
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Old July 30th 19, 04:38 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Eric Stevens wrote:

An icon labeled Registration Rewards has appeared on my desk top and I
don't know where it comes from. It has the arrow of a shortcut which
points to http://clubrewards.myregistration.com/. It seems to be
associated with a bundle of 5 Java files. Does anyone know what it is
and how it is likely to have arrived?


Likely bundleware with something else you chose to install. Might've
been forced bundleware, or might've been optional bundleware but you
speedily clicked through the installer instead of reading the screens
and performing a custom install. Might be some "feature" of some
software you installed.

Go into Apps & Features (enter "uninstall" in the Cortana/Search box in
the taskbar), sort by install date, and look at what you've recently
installed. That will include programs/apps that got updated, but you're
interested in which ones you elected to install.

When I Googled on "myregistration.com" (with quotes to eliminate some of
the other crap that Google includes, like "myregistry.com"), and
selected to view their cached version (to eliminate visiting the site),
it said the domain is currently offline.

http://themecraft.net/www/clubreward...gistration.com
(See their home page regarding their "report card" on the site.)

Perhaps you installed some old software that either had bundleware that
used the site or it was a "feature" of that old software, but the site
the feature used went belly up.

https://www.whois.com/whois/myregistration.com

That indicates that Equifax owns the myregistration.com domain. Did you
recently get your credit record? I don't remember Equifax installing
any software, but maybe you went to some other web site that says
they'll give you your credit score or records for free, and you let them
install some software.

I'm curious why you still have Java installed? Your computer is the
property of your company that still uses mission-critical Java apps?

When you look at the properties of the desktop shortcut to see to where
it points, along with those Java files, were they under a folder that
might identify for what program they are associated?
  #3  
Old July 30th 19, 11:54 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Eric Stevens
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On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:38:52 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Eric Stevens wrote:

An icon labeled Registration Rewards has appeared on my desk top and I
don't know where it comes from. It has the arrow of a shortcut which
points to http://clubrewards.myregistration.com/. It seems to be
associated with a bundle of 5 Java files. Does anyone know what it is
and how it is likely to have arrived?


Likely bundleware with something else you chose to install.


That's my suspicion too, but the timing seems wrong. I recently
reinstalled Corel Photopaint 2002 (to recover some old files) and
although I had to enter a key it still keeps pestering me to register
it. The registration process refers me to a URL which has not existed
for many years. If anything is likely to have installed Registration
Rewards it is that, but the RR icon only popped several weeks after
the installation of Photopaint.

RR does not appear as an installed program so it is likely that it
hasn't affected the registry. I think I shall just delete every file
that appears to have anything to do with it.

Might've
been forced bundleware, or might've been optional bundleware but you
speedily clicked through the installer instead of reading the screens
and performing a custom install. Might be some "feature" of some
software you installed.

Go into Apps & Features (enter "uninstall" in the Cortana/Search box in
the taskbar), sort by install date, and look at what you've recently
installed. That will include programs/apps that got updated, but you're
interested in which ones you elected to install.

When I Googled on "myregistration.com" (with quotes to eliminate some of
the other crap that Google includes, like "myregistry.com"), and
selected to view their cached version (to eliminate visiting the site),
it said the domain is currently offline.

http://themecraft.net/www/clubreward...gistration.com
(See their home page regarding their "report card" on the site.)

Perhaps you installed some old software that either had bundleware that
used the site or it was a "feature" of that old software, but the site
the feature used went belly up.

https://www.whois.com/whois/myregistration.com

That indicates that Equifax owns the myregistration.com domain. Did you
recently get your credit record? I don't remember Equifax installing
any software, but maybe you went to some other web site that says
they'll give you your credit score or records for free, and you let them
install some software.

I'm curious why you still have Java installed?


I don't. But downloaded Java scripts rings alarm bells.

Your computer is the
property of your company that still uses mission-critical Java apps?


Nope. One of my home machines.

When you look at the properties of the desktop shortcut to see to where
it points, along with those Java files, were they under a folder that
might identify for what program they are associated?


Nope. Its just on the desk top. I have located the siblings via
'Everything'.
  #4  
Old July 31st 19, 12:14 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Eric Stevens wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:38:52 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Eric Stevens wrote:

An icon labeled Registration Rewards has appeared on my desk top and I
don't know where it comes from. It has the arrow of a shortcut which
points to http://clubrewards.myregistration.com/. It seems to be
associated with a bundle of 5 Java files. Does anyone know what it is
and how it is likely to have arrived?

Likely bundleware with something else you chose to install.


That's my suspicion too, but the timing seems wrong. I recently
reinstalled Corel Photopaint 2002 (to recover some old files) and
although I had to enter a key it still keeps pestering me to register
it. The registration process refers me to a URL which has not existed
for many years. If anything is likely to have installed Registration
Rewards it is that, but the RR icon only popped several weeks after
the installation of Photopaint.

RR does not appear as an installed program so it is likely that it
hasn't affected the registry. I think I shall just delete every file
that appears to have anything to do with it.

Might've
been forced bundleware, or might've been optional bundleware but you
speedily clicked through the installer instead of reading the screens
and performing a custom install. Might be some "feature" of some
software you installed.

Go into Apps & Features (enter "uninstall" in the Cortana/Search box in
the taskbar), sort by install date, and look at what you've recently
installed. That will include programs/apps that got updated, but you're
interested in which ones you elected to install.

When I Googled on "myregistration.com" (with quotes to eliminate some of
the other crap that Google includes, like "myregistry.com"), and
selected to view their cached version (to eliminate visiting the site),
it said the domain is currently offline.

http://themecraft.net/www/clubreward...gistration.com
(See their home page regarding their "report card" on the site.)

Perhaps you installed some old software that either had bundleware that
used the site or it was a "feature" of that old software, but the site
the feature used went belly up.

https://www.whois.com/whois/myregistration.com

That indicates that Equifax owns the myregistration.com domain. Did you
recently get your credit record? I don't remember Equifax installing
any software, but maybe you went to some other web site that says
they'll give you your credit score or records for free, and you let them
install some software.

I'm curious why you still have Java installed?


I don't. But downloaded Java scripts rings alarm bells.

Your computer is the
property of your company that still uses mission-critical Java apps?


Nope. One of my home machines.
When you look at the properties of the desktop shortcut to see to where
it points, along with those Java files, were they under a folder that
might identify for what program they are associated?


Nope. Its just on the desk top. I have located the siblings via
'Everything'.


I had a case where a Java program "woke up", because it had
been installed when there was no Java on the computer. I installed
Java temporarily for some reason, and after a reboot the program
sprang to life, doing whatever it was supposed to be doing
two years before that.

Scared the crap out of me...

So it can be a dormant install of something, which only
becomes evident, right after some version of Java is
installed for some other reason.

Paul
  #5  
Old July 31st 19, 11:27 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Eric Stevens
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On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:14:45 -0400, Paul
wrote:

Eric Stevens wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:38:52 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Eric Stevens wrote:

An icon labeled Registration Rewards has appeared on my desk top and I
don't know where it comes from. It has the arrow of a shortcut which
points to http://clubrewards.myregistration.com/. It seems to be
associated with a bundle of 5 Java files. Does anyone know what it is
and how it is likely to have arrived?
Likely bundleware with something else you chose to install.


That's my suspicion too, but the timing seems wrong. I recently
reinstalled Corel Photopaint 2002 (to recover some old files) and
although I had to enter a key it still keeps pestering me to register
it. The registration process refers me to a URL which has not existed
for many years. If anything is likely to have installed Registration
Rewards it is that, but the RR icon only popped several weeks after
the installation of Photopaint.

RR does not appear as an installed program so it is likely that it
hasn't affected the registry. I think I shall just delete every file
that appears to have anything to do with it.

Might've
been forced bundleware, or might've been optional bundleware but you
speedily clicked through the installer instead of reading the screens
and performing a custom install. Might be some "feature" of some
software you installed.

Go into Apps & Features (enter "uninstall" in the Cortana/Search box in
the taskbar), sort by install date, and look at what you've recently
installed. That will include programs/apps that got updated, but you're
interested in which ones you elected to install.

When I Googled on "myregistration.com" (with quotes to eliminate some of
the other crap that Google includes, like "myregistry.com"), and
selected to view their cached version (to eliminate visiting the site),
it said the domain is currently offline.

http://themecraft.net/www/clubreward...gistration.com
(See their home page regarding their "report card" on the site.)

Perhaps you installed some old software that either had bundleware that
used the site or it was a "feature" of that old software, but the site
the feature used went belly up.

https://www.whois.com/whois/myregistration.com

That indicates that Equifax owns the myregistration.com domain. Did you
recently get your credit record? I don't remember Equifax installing
any software, but maybe you went to some other web site that says
they'll give you your credit score or records for free, and you let them
install some software.

I'm curious why you still have Java installed?


I don't. But downloaded Java scripts rings alarm bells.

Your computer is the
property of your company that still uses mission-critical Java apps?


Nope. One of my home machines.
When you look at the properties of the desktop shortcut to see to where
it points, along with those Java files, were they under a folder that
might identify for what program they are associated?


Nope. Its just on the desk top. I have located the siblings via
'Everything'.


I had a case where a Java program "woke up", because it had
been installed when there was no Java on the computer. I installed
Java temporarily for some reason, and after a reboot the program
sprang to life, doing whatever it was supposed to be doing
two years before that.

Scared the crap out of me...

So it can be a dormant install of something, which only
becomes evident, right after some version of Java is
installed for some other reason.

Everything tells me I have Java scripts all over the place but no
Java.
  #6  
Old July 31st 19, 02:38 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Char Jackson
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 22:27:00 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote:

Everything tells me I have Java scripts all over the place but no
Java.


I've been meaning to ask, what are "Java scripts"? By chance, are they
javascript files, usually marked by their .js extension? If so, that has
nothing whatsoever to do with Java, other than the similar-sounding
name. Or is it something else entirely? Actual Java code is never
referred to as a script, so I'm confused.


  #7  
Old July 31st 19, 04:45 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 22:27:00 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote:

Everything tells me I have Java scripts all over the place but no
Java.


I've been meaning to ask, what are "Java scripts"? By chance, are they
javascript files, usually marked by their .js extension? If so, that has
nothing whatsoever to do with Java, other than the similar-sounding
name. Or is it something else entirely? Actual Java code is never
referred to as a script, so I'm confused.



Java involves things like .jar files, which is a
file format that can be opened by ZIP tools.

Things ending in .js would be Javascript (an entirely
different animal).

If you burrow into a .jar, you eventually see "class".

.jar
foldername \
foldername \___ namespace
foldername /
.class file --- binary file with text strings

Java can be compiled or interpreted.
This shows the compiled path.

https://i.stack.imgur.com/uQyXQ.png

The source filenames seem to end in .java. Here is
a sample of source code.

http://www.docjar.com/html/api/java/...List.java.html

Java has changed a bit over the years, and I've
never been all that curious about it. Seeing as leaving
it installed, is considered an attack surface. Just
like silverlight, flash, .net and tons of other
junk in the trunk.

Paul
  #8  
Old August 1st 19, 12:44 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Eric Stevens
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:38:57 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 22:27:00 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote:

Everything tells me I have Java scripts all over the place but no
Java.


I've been meaning to ask, what are "Java scripts"? By chance, are they
javascript files, usually marked by their .js extension? If so, that has
nothing whatsoever to do with Java, other than the similar-sounding
name. Or is it something else entirely? Actual Java code is never
referred to as a script, so I'm confused.

I have 'rewards.js' files in 5 places in my Windows folder. See
https://filext.com/file-extension/JS re the .js extension.
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Old August 1st 19, 02:48 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
nospam
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In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

Everything tells me I have Java scripts all over the place but no
Java.


I've been meaning to ask, what are "Java scripts"? By chance, are they
javascript files, usually marked by their .js extension? If so, that has
nothing whatsoever to do with Java, other than the similar-sounding
name. Or is it something else entirely? Actual Java code is never
referred to as a script, so I'm confused.

I have 'rewards.js' files in 5 places in my Windows folder. See
https://filext.com/file-extension/JS re the .js extension.


javascript (no space), not java.
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Old August 1st 19, 02:54 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Char Jackson
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On Thu, 01 Aug 2019 11:44:00 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:38:57 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 22:27:00 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote:

Everything tells me I have Java scripts all over the place but no
Java.


I've been meaning to ask, what are "Java scripts"? By chance, are they
javascript files, usually marked by their .js extension? If so, that has
nothing whatsoever to do with Java, other than the similar-sounding
name. Or is it something else entirely? Actual Java code is never
referred to as a script, so I'm confused.

I have 'rewards.js' files in 5 places in my Windows folder. See
https://filext.com/file-extension/JS re the .js extension.


OK, like nospam said, that's javascript, not Java. Two entirely
different things.


  #11  
Old August 1st 19, 05:53 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Eric Stevens
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 21:48:15 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

Everything tells me I have Java scripts all over the place but no
Java.

I've been meaning to ask, what are "Java scripts"? By chance, are they
javascript files, usually marked by their .js extension? If so, that has
nothing whatsoever to do with Java, other than the similar-sounding
name. Or is it something else entirely? Actual Java code is never
referred to as a script, so I'm confused.

I have 'rewards.js' files in 5 places in my Windows folder. See
https://filext.com/file-extension/JS re the .js extension.


javascript (no space), not java.


What is the significant difference betwee 'Java scripts' and
Javascripts.js?
  #12  
Old August 1st 19, 05:56 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Eric Stevens
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 20:54:57 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Thu, 01 Aug 2019 11:44:00 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:38:57 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 22:27:00 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote:

Everything tells me I have Java scripts all over the place but no
Java.

I've been meaning to ask, what are "Java scripts"? By chance, are they
javascript files, usually marked by their .js extension? If so, that has
nothing whatsoever to do with Java, other than the similar-sounding
name. Or is it something else entirely? Actual Java code is never
referred to as a script, so I'm confused.

I have 'rewards.js' files in 5 places in my Windows folder. See
https://filext.com/file-extension/JS re the .js extension.


OK, like nospam said, that's javascript, not Java. Two entirely
different things.

I didn't confuse javascript.js with the Java language but I did assume
that javascripts.js did have something to do with Java. Am I wrong?
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Old August 1st 19, 08:03 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Andy Burns[_6_]
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Eric Stevens wrote:

I did assume
that javascripts.js did have something to do with Java. Am I wrong?


Unfortunately, you are.
  #14  
Old August 1st 19, 10:34 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Eric Stevens
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On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 08:03:19 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote:

Eric Stevens wrote:

I did assume
that javascripts.js did have something to do with Java. Am I wrong?


Unfortunately, you are.


Its not unfortunate as I have not acted on that misaprehension, but
what are javascripts.js?
  #15  
Old August 1st 19, 11:49 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Eric Stevens wrote:
On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 08:03:19 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote:

Eric Stevens wrote:

I did assume
that javascripts.js did have something to do with Java. Am I wrong?

Unfortunately, you are.


Its not unfortunate as I have not acted on that misaprehension, but
what are javascripts.js?


Based on file extension, isn't that text ?

If so, open the file and have a look.

jsbeautifier.org is a web site that downloads some
code into your browser, to reformat script-like languages.
(The reformatting is done locally, not on their server.)
When you paste some "ugly" looking code, the code
in the browser can then tidy it up, indent it and
so on.

Javascript files can be obfuscated, by changing
the variable names to i,j,k and so on, hiding the
purpose of the variables. This is how, typically,
500KB .js files are distributed from websites,
in an effort to "protect" the intellectual property
contained in the file. If the .js file is doing
something evil (like tracking code), the author of
the module will definitely be obfuscating the logic.

And this happens in a lot of things. Some things we
use, do actually have a human readable form, but the
form is used so seldom, nobody is even aware that is
a possibility.

I do not expect any .js files you examine to be
remotely comprehensible, because the intent will
"have left the station long ago". Even if you
beautify the source, the "logic" of what's in there,
may not be apparent.

Only if you write your own Javascript, will it
look read-able.

http://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Hunt...pus/Javascript

http://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Hunt_The_Wumpus/Java

And a "registration module" doesn't even need
branding inside it. The "registration module"
could be packaged alongside branded modules, and
the branded modules show the branding (an icon maybe),
then the "generic" registration module takes over
and collects your particulars (for later abuse
by the registration company). There's no point
in collecting registration info, unless you
can monetize it somehow.

Paul
 




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