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I uninstalled File Association Manager but left 7-Zip at your suggestion. I went into my 8200: Dell Dimension 8200(Seagate Barracuda 7200 HD 160Gb) with XP, SP3, with Spywareblaster, Avast, Malwarebytes and Windows firewall. and found (1) program I'm unsure of: MSXML Parser should I keep this or uninstall it? As I understand it it helps build XML applications whatever they are? I've never used this. Thanks, Robert |
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On 01/17/2014 08:55 AM, wrote:
MSXML Parser I can't imagine that you would need that. |
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I uninstalled File Association Manager but left 7-Zip at your suggestion. I went into my 8200: Dell Dimension 8200(Seagate Barracuda 7200 HD 160Gb) with XP, SP3, with Spywareblaster, Avast, Malwarebytes and Windows firewall. and found (1) program I'm unsure of: MSXML Parser should I keep this or uninstall it? As I understand it it helps build XML applications whatever they are? I've never used this. Thanks, Robert According to this, you get it from being updated to SP3. It's also dragged in with certain packages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSXML I did a search on my machine and I can see bits and pieces of 2,3,4,6 versions. In terms of release structure, it seems to be eerily similar to how .NET works. The difference being, I don't know what tool you'd use, to tell what software on your computer needs it. With .NET at least, you could scan the computer and get some idea whether .NET is being used or not. I'd just leave it. As for what is XML. It's a text file. It is a container for configuration information. Think of it as a "tiny Registry" of its own. If you want to look at XML files, you should be able to view them with Wordpad or Notepad, as what is inside is just text. Paul |
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On 01/17/2014 12:59 PM, philo wrote:
On 01/17/2014 08:55 AM, wrote: MSXML Parser I can't imagine that you would need that. Since Paul said to leave it...I'd take his advice. |
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In message , Paul
writes: [] In terms of release structure, it seems to be eerily similar to how .NET works. The difference being, I don't know what tool you'd use, to tell what software on your computer needs it. With .NET at least, you could scan the computer and get some idea whether .NET is being used or not. [] Are you saying there's a way of scanning your computer to see what uses ..net? If so, how do you do it, and does it show what _version_ of .net is being used by what? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Sarcasm: Barbed ire |
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On 1/17/2014 4:59 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Paul writes: [] In terms of release structure, it seems to be eerily similar to how .NET works. The difference being, I don't know what tool you'd use, to tell what software on your computer needs it. With .NET at least, you could scan the computer and get some idea whether .NET is being used or not. [] Are you saying there's a way of scanning your computer to see what uses .net? If so, how do you do it, and does it show what _version_ of .net is being used by what? I seem to recall there is an utility out there that tells you what programs need for what version of .NET. -- Bill Motion Computing LE1700 Tablet ('09 era) - Thunderbird v12 Centrino Core2 Duo L7400 1.5GHz - 2GB RAM - Windows 8 Professional |
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Paul writes: [] In terms of release structure, it seems to be eerily similar to how .NET works. The difference being, I don't know what tool you'd use, to tell what software on your computer needs it. With .NET at least, you could scan the computer and get some idea whether .NET is being used or not. [] Are you saying there's a way of scanning your computer to see what uses .net? If so, how do you do it, and does it show what _version_ of .net is being used by what? Another poster here, posted a script to do it. Basically, the .NET info is in the file header. And the CLR version is there too. The script (VBScript) actually examined individual bytes in the file, to tell what it was. ******* This site has "CLRver", which does it for a single file. http://www.devfish.net/downloads.aspx http://www.devfish.net/.%5Cdownloads...s%5Cclrver.zip If I run this in a command prompt window, as a test... clrver clrver.exe I get clrver.exe=v2.0.50727 which is .NET 2.0 If I run it on a non-dotNET program, such as file.exe, I get file.exe=NotCLR and then we know that one doesn't use .NET libraries. With sufficient scripting skills, you could make a text file containing the names of all .exe files, then put "clrver" in front of each line, to do the check. ******* This was a script from Mayayana. In Jan.2012 or so. It's no longer available, and not in archive.org either. (checkdotnet.vbs) http://www.jsware.net/jsware/test/dotnetv.zip HTH, Paul |
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I won't touch it then, Thanks, Robert |
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In message , Paul writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: [] Are you saying there's a way of scanning your computer to see what uses .net? If so, how do you do it, and does it show what _version_ of .net is being used by what? Another poster here, posted a script to do it. [] This site has "CLRver", which does it for a single file. [] http://www.devfish.net/.%5Cdownloads...s%5Cclrver.zip Thanks for that. If I run this in a command prompt window, as a test... clrver clrver.exe (Though not quite an example, reminds me of my favourite glossary entry of all time, in a manual giving the syntax of HP BASIC [for 9000 series computers, IIRR]: recursive see recursive) I get clrver.exe=v2.0.50727 which is .NET 2.0 If I run it on a non-dotNET program, such as file.exe, I get file.exe=NotCLR and then we know that one doesn't use .NET libraries. With sufficient scripting skills, you could make a text file containing the names of all .exe files, then put "clrver" in front of each line, to do the check. Indeed! It's a long time since I've done any such, but I _might_ be able to manage it - if I ever need the information. ******* This was a script from Mayayana. In Jan.2012 or so. It's no longer available, and not in archive.org either. (checkdotnet.vbs) http://www.jsware.net/jsware/test/dotnetv.zip Pity. I liked Mayayana's stuff. HTH, Paul -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children." - Duke of Windsor |
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Paul writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: [] Are you saying there's a way of scanning your computer to see what uses .net? If so, how do you do it, and does it show what _version_ of .net is being used by what? Another poster here, posted a script to do it. [] This site has "CLRver", which does it for a single file. [] http://www.devfish.net/.%5Cdownloads...s%5Cclrver.zip Thanks for that. If I run this in a command prompt window, as a test... clrver clrver.exe (Though not quite an example, reminds me of my favourite glossary entry of all time, in a manual giving the syntax of HP BASIC [for 9000 series computers, IIRR]: recursive see recursive) I get clrver.exe=v2.0.50727 which is .NET 2.0 If I run it on a non-dotNET program, such as file.exe, I get file.exe=NotCLR and then we know that one doesn't use .NET libraries. With sufficient scripting skills, you could make a text file containing the names of all .exe files, then put "clrver" in front of each line, to do the check. Indeed! It's a long time since I've done any such, but I _might_ be able to manage it - if I ever need the information. ******* This was a script from Mayayana. In Jan.2012 or so. It's no longer available, and not in archive.org either. (checkdotnet.vbs) http://www.jsware.net/jsware/test/dotnetv.zip Pity. I liked Mayayana's stuff. HTH, Paul I'm not very good at this stuff, but this is a copy of "listdir3.vbs" in my scripting folder... It has no command line parameters (I don't know how to do that), it has no error handling, and this script will die if it hits "Access Denied" stuff. Still, it's to illustrate how easy it is to recursively descend into a file system. Most of this is just copied from an example on the web :-) ' // *************** ListDir3 **************** Dim objFSO topDir = "E:\" set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") ' Create text file to output test data Set OutputFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile("ScriptOutput.txt", True) Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(topDir) Set colFiles = objFolder.Files Set colFolders = objFolder.SubFolders For Each objFile in colFiles OutputFile.write(objFile.Path) OutputFile.write("\") OutputFile.write(objFile.Name) OutputFile.write(" ") Outputfile.writeLine(objFile.size) Next For Each objSubFolder In colFolders ScanSubFolders(objSubFolder) Next ' Close text file OutputFile.Close Sub scanSubFolders(objFolder) Set colFiles = objFolder.Files Set colFolders = objFolder.SubFolders For Each objFile in colFiles OutputFile.write(objFile.Path) OutputFile.write("\") OutputFile.write(objFile.Name) OutputFile.write(" ") Outputfile.writeLine(objFile.size) Next For Each objSubFolder In colFolders ScanSubFolders(objSubFolder) Next End Sub ' // *************** End ListDir3 **************** I store that as listdir3.vbs. Then open command prompt, cd to the folder holding the executable, and enter "listdir3" as the program to execute. It'll likely die before it finishes. Look for the text file ScriptOutput.txt, now sitting in the same folder. I consider any programming task as "easy", if it takes 60 lines of code or less :-) Mainly, because I probably couldn't successfully write anything bigger than that. HTH, Paul |
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In message , Paul
writes: [] I'm not very good at this stuff, but this is a copy of "listdir3.vbs" in my scripting folder... It has no command line parameters (I don't know how to do that), it has no (For batch file scripting, you use things like %1, I think; I've never done any of this sort of thing [is this Javascript?].) error handling, and this script will die if it hits "Access Denied" stuff. Still, it's to illustrate how easy it is to recursively descend into a file system. Most of this is just copied from an example on the web :-) Thanks for it! [] I consider any programming task as "easy", if it takes 60 lines of code or less :-) Mainly, because I probably couldn't successfully write anything bigger than that. HTH, Paul I think I'd have a similar attitude! Except that I think it might be more like 30 lines (excluding comments) now. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Nothing is more dangerous than a boss with a spreadsheet. (Scott Adams [via Dilbert], 1998-12-12) |
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I store that as listdir3.vbs. Then open command prompt, cd to the folder holding the executable, and enter "listdir3" as the program to execute. It'll likely die before it finishes. Look for the text file ScriptOutput.txt, now sitting in the same folder. How do you direct the command prompt to the executable? Will using listdir3.vbs remove the problem I'm having with the malware by typing it on the command prompt and nothing else? Thanks, Robert |
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