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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. -- Remove xxx from E mail address George-NY |
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WINVNC keeps poping up?
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 -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "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 |
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WINVNC keeps poping up?
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 -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "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 |
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WINVNC keeps poping up?
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 |
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WINVNC keeps poping up?
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 |
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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 |
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WINVNC keeps poping up?
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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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WINVNC keeps poping up?
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. |
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WINVNC keeps poping up?
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. |
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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 |
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WINVNC keeps poping up?
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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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