POTENTIALLY UNWANTED PROGRAM DETECTED

[tikay]

Dearest Chili, bless him, interfered with my Lappie last week, & installed McAfee something or other, & now I keep getting warning messages. (The incorrect spelling is as written by McAfee).

Today, it gives the message in the Thread Title, followed by.....


"McAfee has blocked a potentially unwanted program (PUP) on your computer. If you do not recognize it, we recommend that you remove the program.

ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY UNWANTED PROGRAM

Name: CasOnline

Location - C:\Poker\BlondePoker\_SetupPoker.exe"

It goes on to give me the option to "remove", or "trust", this programme.

Advice, please.

[ACE2M]

click trust if you trust it and remove if you don't, in this case i would hope that you trust it.

[tikay]

click trust if you trust it and remove if you don't, in this case i would hope that you trust it.

Thank you.

Well I worked out the options, but what is it, & why is it described as "Potentially Unwanted"?

[ACE2M]

any new .exe (executable programs/files) are suspicious to mcaffe type programs, these are the kind of things that contain viruses, trojans etc and can install them onto your computer.

The problem comes when you are getting things that don't have such obvious exe names and your not sure what they are. Generally if you have downloaded something you trust just click yes to everything.

Sure bongo will clarify everything exactly for you.

[Bongo]

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_133282.htm

[tikay]

Thanks, both of you.

I'm none the wiser, really, but I'm assuming it's safe.

[kinboshi]

It's the first time you've run the update on blonde since McAfee was installed, and so it's asking you if the .exe file is from a trusted source.  If you select trust, it will know you you want to run this file now and in the future.

I guess it's safe, if you just downloaded it from blonde...

[Royal Flush]

Wouldn't happen with Blue Square Tony.....

[tikay]

Wouldn't happen with Blue Square Tony.....

Perhaps not "Jim", but it was (is?) bad enough having the blonde Barnet, so the thought of dyeing my hair blue is a step too far.

I do love Raaby though.

Why do peeps keep calling you "Jim" all of a sudden? WTF is that all about?

[Bongo]

It's the first time you've run the update on blonde since McAfee was installed, and so it's asking you if the .exe file is from a trusted source.  If you select trust, it will know you you want to run this file now and in the future.

I guess it's safe, if you just downloaded it from blonde...

It could be more complicated than that, I remember ladbrokes got tagged as spyware once, through no fault of their own.

What had happened was another operator used the same software and had been employing "questionable" techniques to distribute it. As the software was essentially the same all the scanners picked up laddies as bad too!

[Royal Flush]

Wouldn't happen with Blue Square Tony.....

Perhaps not "Jim", but it was (is?) bad enough having the blonde Barnet, so the thought of dyeing my hair blue is a step too far.

I do love Raaby though.

Why do peeps keep calling you "Jim" all of a sudden? WTF is that all about?

Just the ones who can't play poker but still spend 10hrs a day on a poker forum.

[byronkincaid]

  Jim

[dik9]

McAfee and Norton suck TBH
Personally I would uninstall str8 away!

[tikay]

McAfee and Norton suck TBH
Personally I would uninstall str8 away!

I had Norton before, I think, but Chili, who know's what he's talking about, insisted McAfeee was the dogs & installed it for me.

[Royal Flush]

McAfee and Norton suck TBH
Personally I would uninstall str8 away!

I had Norton before, I think, but Chili, who know's what he's talking about, insisted McAfeee was the dogs & installed it for me.

They do both suck, any techy will tell you so. AVG is the way to go.