C:\i386 folder

My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have insecure
and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what I've read, it looks
like this folder is essentially the original setup of the computer--what
would be used to restore it if I didn't have an installation CD. I'm
guessing that this means the files are never updated.

To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options: delete
the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?

You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often instead of
having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup? I
tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?

You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often instead
of having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Delete the shortcut in Start All Programs Startup

If you still can't find out where it's starting (but that's where it
installed itself for me), download and run Autoruns, which shows a
comprehensive list of everything that starts up.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx

Jo-Anne wrote:
Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup? I
tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?
You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often instead
of having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html




--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

start run msconfig. you can enable and disable startup programs here. you can
also remove it from the run key in the registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
either way works. Do not delete those files. they are important to windows.

"Jo-Anne" wrote:

Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup? I
tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?

You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often instead
of having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Open Secunia PSI and click on Advance next to Interface Mode in the upper
right hand corner of the window. Click on the Settings tab. Uncheck "Start
the Secunia PSI on boot" and "Enable program monitoring". Close the program
and restart your computer to make sure it no longer runs on start up.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

"Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote in message
...
Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup? I
tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?

You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often instead
of having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thank you, Nepatsfan! That worked to keep Secunia PSI out of the system tray
on Startup. However, once I open the program, it installs itself in the
system tray and continues giving me balloon information I don't want. Is
there any way to stop it from settling into the system tray? (I asked in the
Secunia forums but never got an answer.) All I want to do is run the scans
when I choose to do so and deal with the results myself.

Jo-Anne

"Nepatsfan" wrote in message
...
Open Secunia PSI and click on Advance next to Interface Mode in the upper
right hand corner of the window. Click on the Settings tab. Uncheck "Start
the Secunia PSI on boot" and "Enable program monitoring". Close the
program and restart your computer to make sure it no longer runs on start
up.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

"Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote in message
...
Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup? I
tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?

You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often instead
of having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thank you, Lem! After I followed Nepatsfam's suggestion about working within
the program, I checked Start All Programs Startup, and it was empty
(which is strange, since several programs begin at Startup).

Jo-Anne

"Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message
...

Delete the shortcut in Start All Programs Startup

If you still can't find out where it's starting (but that's where it
installed itself for me), download and run Autoruns, which shows a
comprehensive list of everything that starts up.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx

Jo-Anne wrote:
Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup? I
tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?
You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often instead
of having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html




--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Thank you! The program is disabled in Startup now--but see my response to
Nepatsfan about how it reinstalls itself in the system tray.

Jo-Anne

"thehman" wrote in message
...
start run msconfig. you can enable and disable startup programs here. you
can
also remove it from the run key in the registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
either way works. Do not delete those files. they are important to
windows.

"Jo-Anne" wrote:

Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup? I
tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?

You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often
instead
of having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

The date and time was 12/11/2008 4:12 PM, and on a whim, Jo-Anne pounded
out on the keyboard:

Thank you, Nepatsfan! That worked to keep Secunia PSI out of the system tray
on Startup. However, once I open the program, it installs itself in the
system tray and continues giving me balloon information I don't want. Is
there any way to stop it from settling into the system tray? (I asked in the
Secunia forums but never got an answer.) All I want to do is run the scans
when I choose to do so and deal with the results myself.

Jo-Anne

"Nepatsfan" wrote in message
...
Open Secunia PSI and click on Advance next to Interface Mode in the upper
right hand corner of the window. Click on the Settings tab. Uncheck "Start
the Secunia PSI on boot" and "Enable program monitoring". Close the
program and restart your computer to make sure it no longer runs on start
up.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

"Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote in message
...
Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup? I
tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?
You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often instead
of having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html







Hi Jo-Anne,

Is the icon only there while the program is running? If you close it
does it disappear? If so, it was probably designed that way to let you
know it was "working".

Also, if you have Windows SP3 installed, the c:\i386 folder may be an
old version. What are the dates of the average files? If most are
04/13/2008 - 04/14/2008, they are SP3 files. If they're older, they're
not. Check to see if you don't already have the SP3 files usually
located he
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386

If so, you don't need the c:\i386 folder any longer.


--
Terry R.

***Reply Note***
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Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

"Terry R." wrote in message
...
The date and time was 12/11/2008 4:12 PM, and on a whim, Jo-Anne pounded
out on the keyboard:

Thank you, Nepatsfan! That worked to keep Secunia PSI out of the system
tray on Startup. However, once I open the program, it installs itself in
the system tray and continues giving me balloon information I don't want.
Is there any way to stop it from settling into the system tray? (I asked
in the Secunia forums but never got an answer.) All I want to do is run
the scans when I choose to do so and deal with the results myself.

Jo-Anne

"Nepatsfan" wrote in message
...
Open Secunia PSI and click on Advance next to Interface Mode in the
upper right hand corner of the window. Click on the Settings tab.
Uncheck "Start the Secunia PSI on boot" and "Enable program monitoring".
Close the program and restart your computer to make sure it no longer
runs on start up.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

"Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote in message
...
Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup?
I tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating
itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?
You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often
instead of having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html







Hi Jo-Anne,

Is the icon only there while the program is running? If you close it does
it disappear? If so, it was probably designed that way to let you know it
was "working".

Also, if you have Windows SP3 installed, the c:\i386 folder may be an old
version. What are the dates of the average files? If most are
04/13/2008 - 04/14/2008, they are SP3 files. If they're older, they're
not. Check to see if you don't already have the SP3 files usually located
he
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386

If so, you don't need the c:\i386 folder any longer.


--
Terry R.

***Reply Note***
Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

Thank you, Terry! Unfortunately, the Secunia icon stays in the system tray
even after the program is closed. Re SP3, yes, I do have a
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder. Do I really dare delete the C:\i386
folder????!!

Thank you again!

Jo-Anne

Jo-Anne wrote:
"Terry R." wrote in message
...
The date and time was 12/11/2008 4:12 PM, and on a whim, Jo-Anne pounded
out on the keyboard:

Thank you, Nepatsfan! That worked to keep Secunia PSI out of the system
tray on Startup. However, once I open the program, it installs itself in
the system tray and continues giving me balloon information I don't want.
Is there any way to stop it from settling into the system tray? (I asked
in the Secunia forums but never got an answer.) All I want to do is run
the scans when I choose to do so and deal with the results myself.

Jo-Anne

"Nepatsfan" wrote in message
...
Open Secunia PSI and click on Advance next to Interface Mode in the
upper right hand corner of the window. Click on the Settings tab.
Uncheck "Start the Secunia PSI on boot" and "Enable program monitoring".
Close the program and restart your computer to make sure it no longer
runs on start up.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

"Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote in message
...
Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup?
I tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating
itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?
You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often
instead of having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html



Hi Jo-Anne,

Is the icon only there while the program is running? If you close it does
it disappear? If so, it was probably designed that way to let you know it
was "working".

Also, if you have Windows SP3 installed, the c:\i386 folder may be an old
version. What are the dates of the average files? If most are
04/13/2008 - 04/14/2008, they are SP3 files. If they're older, they're
not. Check to see if you don't already have the SP3 files usually located
he
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386

If so, you don't need the c:\i386 folder any longer.


--
Terry R.

***Reply Note***
Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

Thank you, Terry! Unfortunately, the Secunia icon stays in the system tray
even after the program is closed. Re SP3, yes, I do have a
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder. Do I really dare delete the C:\i386
folder????!!

Thank you again!

Jo-Anne



I haven't used Secunia PSI all that long, but as far as I can tell, even
if you uncheck the box to "Enable program monitoring," the only way to
stop the program after it has completed its scan is to right-click the
System Tray icon and select "Exit."

If I were you, I would *not* delete c:\i386. It's a little surprising
that Secunia finds anything there anyway -- other than a few basic
system utilities, most of the files in C:\i386 should be compressed and
not recognizable as "exe" files. What files is Secunia complaining about?

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

"Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
"Terry R." wrote in message
...
The date and time was 12/11/2008 4:12 PM, and on a whim, Jo-Anne pounded
out on the keyboard:

Thank you, Nepatsfan! That worked to keep Secunia PSI out of the system
tray on Startup. However, once I open the program, it installs itself
in the system tray and continues giving me balloon information I don't
want. Is there any way to stop it from settling into the system tray?
(I asked in the Secunia forums but never got an answer.) All I want to
do is run the scans when I choose to do so and deal with the results
myself.

Jo-Anne

"Nepatsfan" wrote in message
...
Open Secunia PSI and click on Advance next to Interface Mode in the
upper right hand corner of the window. Click on the Settings tab.
Uncheck "Start the Secunia PSI on boot" and "Enable program
monitoring". Close the program and restart your computer to make sure
it no longer runs on start up.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

"Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote in message
...
Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at
Startup? I tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps
re-creating itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?
You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often
instead of having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html



Hi Jo-Anne,

Is the icon only there while the program is running? If you close it
does it disappear? If so, it was probably designed that way to let you
know it was "working".

Also, if you have Windows SP3 installed, the c:\i386 folder may be an
old version. What are the dates of the average files? If most are
04/13/2008 - 04/14/2008, they are SP3 files. If they're older, they're
not. Check to see if you don't already have the SP3 files usually
located he
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386

If so, you don't need the c:\i386 folder any longer.


--
Terry R.

***Reply Note***
Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

Thank you, Terry! Unfortunately, the Secunia icon stays in the system
tray even after the program is closed. Re SP3, yes, I do have a
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder. Do I really dare delete the
C:\i386 folder????!!

Thank you again!

Jo-Anne

I haven't used Secunia PSI all that long, but as far as I can tell, even
if you uncheck the box to "Enable program monitoring," the only way to
stop the program after it has completed its scan is to right-click the
System Tray icon and select "Exit."

If I were you, I would *not* delete c:\i386. It's a little surprising
that Secunia finds anything there anyway -- other than a few basic system
utilities, most of the files in C:\i386 should be compressed and not
recognizable as "exe" files. What files is Secunia complaining about?

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Thank you, Lem! I guess I'll just continue exiting the program from the
system tray. That does work. And I won't try deleting C:\i386.

Some examples of files that Secunia found in the i386 folder on my new
laptop:

Macromedia Flash Player 4.x (ActiveX Control) at c:\i386\swflash.ocx
Adobe Flash Player 9.x (ActiveX Control) at c:\i386\Flash9e.ocx
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.x at c:\i386\msadox.dll
Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 6.x at c:\i386\msxml6.dll
Sun Java JRE 1.6.x / 6.x (Requires uninstall) at c:\i386\java.exe

I told it to ignore them.

Thank you again,

Jo-Anne

As has already been pointed out, once you finish running a scan with Secunia
PSI you'll need to right click on the notification tray icon and select Exit
from the program to shut it down completely.

Nepatsfan

"Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote in message
...
Thank you, Nepatsfan! That worked to keep Secunia PSI out of the system
tray on Startup. However, once I open the program, it installs itself in
the system tray and continues giving me balloon information I don't want.
Is there any way to stop it from settling into the system tray? (I asked
in the Secunia forums but never got an answer.) All I want to do is run
the scans when I choose to do so and deal with the results myself.

Jo-Anne

"Nepatsfan" wrote in message
...
Open Secunia PSI and click on Advance next to Interface Mode in the upper
right hand corner of the window. Click on the Settings tab. Uncheck
"Start the Secunia PSI on boot" and "Enable program monitoring". Close
the program and restart your computer to make sure it no longer runs on
start up.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

"Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote in message
...
Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't run at Startup?
I tried unchecking it in msconfig, but it just keeps re-creating itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder. From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound reasonable?

You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it every-so-often
instead of having it run at startup.)

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"Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote in message
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"Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message
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Jo-Anne wrote:
"Terry R." wrote in message
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The date and time was 12/11/2008 4:12 PM, and on a whim,
Jo-Anne pounded out on the keyboard:

Thank you, Nepatsfan! That worked to keep Secunia PSI out
of the system tray on Startup. However, once I open the
program, it installs itself in the system tray and
continues giving me balloon information I don't want. Is
there any way to stop it from settling into the system
tray? (I asked in the Secunia forums but never got an
answer.) All I want to do is run the scans when I choose
to do so and deal with the results myself.

Jo-Anne

"Nepatsfan" wrote in message
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Open Secunia PSI and click on Advance next to Interface
Mode in the upper right hand corner of the window. Click
on the Settings tab. Uncheck "Start the Secunia PSI on
boot" and "Enable program monitoring". Close the program
and restart your computer to make sure it no longer runs
on start up.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

"Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote in message
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Thank you, Shenan! But how do I turn it off so it won't
run at Startup? I tried unchecking it in msconfig, but
it just keeps re-creating itself.

Jo-Anne

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
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Jo-Anne wrote:
My system is WinXP SP3. Secunia PSI keeps informing me
that I have
insecure and out-of-date files in the C:\i386 folder.
From what
I've read, it looks like this folder is essentially
the original
setup of the computer--what would be used to restore
it if I didn't
have an installation CD. I'm guessing that this means
the files are
never updated.
To deal with the constant reminders by Secunia, I see
two options:
delete the indicated files or tell Secunia to ignore
them.

My choice would be to ignore them. Does that sound
reasonable?
You could also update these files...
But telling Secunia to ignore them is fine.
(Personally - I would turn off Secunia and run it
every-so-often instead of having it run at startup.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html



Hi Jo-Anne,

Is the icon only there while the program is running? If
you close it does it disappear? If so, it was probably
designed that way to let you know it was "working".

Also, if you have Windows SP3 installed, the c:\i386 folder
may be an old version. What are the dates of the average
files? If most are 04/13/2008 - 04/14/2008, they are SP3
files. If they're older, they're not. Check to see if you
don't already have the SP3 files usually located he
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386

If so, you don't need the c:\i386 folder any longer.


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Thank you, Terry! Unfortunately, the Secunia icon stays in
the system tray even after the program is closed. Re SP3,
yes, I do have a C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder. Do
I really dare delete the C:\i386 folder????!!

Thank you again!

Jo-Anne

I haven't used Secunia PSI all that long, but as far as I can
tell, even if you uncheck the box to "Enable program
monitoring," the only way to stop the program after it has
completed its scan is to right-click the System Tray icon and
select "Exit."

If I were you, I would *not* delete c:\i386. It's a little
surprising that Secunia finds anything there anyway -- other
than a few basic system utilities, most of the files in
C:\i386 should be compressed and not recognizable as "exe"
files. What files is Secunia complaining about?

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Thank you, Lem! I guess I'll just continue exiting the program
from the system tray. That does work. And I won't try deleting
C:\i386.

Some examples of files that Secunia found in the i386 folder
on my new laptop:

Macromedia Flash Player 4.x (ActiveX Control) at
c:\i386\swflash.ocx
Adobe Flash Player 9.x (ActiveX Control) at
c:\i386\Flash9e.ocx
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.x at
c:\i386\msadox.dll
Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 6.x at c:\i386\msxml6.dll
Sun Java JRE 1.6.x / 6.x (Requires uninstall) at
c:\i386\java.exe

I told it to ignore them.

Thank you again,

Jo-Anne

Well if that was my computer I would uninstall (if possible)
those old versions listed and then DELETE any remaining remnants
of them from the i386 folder.

I like Secunia's efforts to keep us all safe and up-to-date.

Doug W.
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