PC Problem - Should I Be Worried?

PsychicHeart · Tue 29/05/2007 06:38:27

Okay, so when my PC starts up, a small bar down the bottom of the screen says 'Norton is running a check on "wuredir.cab.bak".
Now, at first i wasn't worried, but then i remembered reading a PC magazine that said something about the "wuredir.cab.bak" thing in the virus section of the mag.
So, is this Wuredir.cab.bak file a problem?
Cheers.

Khris · Tue 29/05/2007 06:44:09

Here's a step-by-step solution:

-go to google.com
-enter "Wuredir.cab.bak" in the search field
-press "I'm feeling lucky"
-read & follow further instructions

PsychicHeart · Tue 29/05/2007 06:47:04

Tried, couldn't find a solid answer

Shouldn't my Norton Anti-Virus be able to detect this?
It's a fairly new edition.

Cino · Tue 29/05/2007 06:59:01

First page when I googled:
http://forums.devshed.com/antivirus-protection-117/nav-waiting-for-scan-of-wuredir-cab-bak-196563.html

PsychicHeart · Tue 29/05/2007 07:10:37

Ah, problem solved.

LGM · Wed 30/05/2007 00:32:00

So obviously you didn't google..

PsychicHeart · Wed 30/05/2007 06:39:40

I did, but the post was so vague and unanswered until the VERY LAST few posts on their forums.

radiowaves · Wed 30/05/2007 12:09:01

Ok, I am not going to make a new thread about this. Lately I installed win xp and now it throws all kinds of messages to me, mainly that win updates are ready to install, I take tick off from all the new installable features and and set the update date to something far-far away... But nah, it doesn't help, next time I turn on my computer, same updates appear again. So I turn automatic updates off, and now there is that little x marked icon on the taskbar that pops up very often. Guess what, it is fuckin annoying, can I turn it off, can I??? And that is not all, every time I install something and start the program up, it asks me if I allow it or block it, well, I don't install programs I want to block... so basically I do not fuckin need this feature. Gosh. How???

Oh, now I managed to turn some of those off, good.

Khris · Wed 30/05/2007 13:35:14

Yeah, don't install those pesky little updates, they only keep people from hi-jacking or wrecking your system, so they aren't really important anyway.
Same with the firewall. I mean, it's far more convenient not to have to allow access once for each program than not having to worry about everything going haywire once you're online.

Having a secure system is for pussies, right?

While you're at it, show them what you're made of and turn off the encryption on your WLAN.

WHAM · Wed 30/05/2007 14:09:38

Quote from: radiowaves on Wed 30/05/2007 12:09:01
Oh, now I managed to turn some of those off, good.

Good... God...

Well, as I will be working as a tech support in the future, I must say that people like this make sure I have a job for a loooong time.

EDIT BY AGA: giving people inaccurate and potentially damaging advice is not amusing.

EDIT BY WHAM: I understad, and wont do it again here, but a person who actually follows those instruction deserves it all. Windows will literally SCREAM: "NOOO! DONT DO IT! IT WILL KILL MEEEE!" if you try.

radiowaves · Wed 30/05/2007 18:37:53

I run nod32, that does everything.
And besides, those updates, that windows offered werent directly related to security issues anyway.