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Fourgreatgirls! · 11-10-2002, 08:21 AM

I keep getting this pop up that states there is a possible trojan~ RNDAL.exe~ I did a scan and nothing came up (but in the mean time I can't defrag or scan disc~

What is this and how do I get rid of it!!!

Thanks!
marti

JoShea · 11-10-2002, 11:33 AM

That is Real Networks Download Application Launcher

" if you use the RealNetworks RealDownload, Netscape/AOL Smart Download, or NetZip Download Demon utilities in their default configuration . . .

EVERY TIME you use one of these utilities to download ANY FILE from ANYWHERE on the Internet, the complete "URL address" of the file, along with a UNIQUE ID TAG that has been assigned to YOUR machine, and — in the case of Netscape's SmartDownload only — YOUR computer's individual Internet IP address, is immediately transmitted to the program's publisher.

This allows a database of your entire, personal, file download history to be assembled and uniquely associated with your individual computer . . . for whatever purpose the program's publishers may have today, or tomorrow.

My exact personal name and private eMail address was being sent back to RealNetworks whenever I downloaded a file. "

More about this here:
http://grc.com/downloaders.htm

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Also, some info here re what you can delete
[INSERT STANDARD WAIVER: NIETHER AMITY'S WORLD
NOR I ARE RESPONSIBLE IF YOU DO THIS ]
http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1001549992
(Read the post from Sep 29 titled 'evntsvc.exe'

11-12-2002, 05:58 PM

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