Mike
Sun Jun 27 21:29:06 CDT 2004
Farhan,
gain_trickler.
This is slowly downloading and installing GAIN (Gator Advertising and
Information Network) which is adware. I would suggest you uninstall Gator if
present in Add/Remove Programs. For details
of how to do this can be found at
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/Gator.html.
fppsys.exe
I am not familiar with this application but suspect it may also be malware of
some sort.
Once you have cleaned up GAIN may I suggest you download yourself a copy of
the free Ad-Aware 6.0 from Lavasoft
(
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot
(
http://security.kolla.de/) and scan your system for and remove all unwanted
parasites, adware and spyware that might be hiding on your PC. The likelihood
is that you will find you also have other unwanted spyware and adware that has
been installed "behind your back".
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mcmaltby@hotmail.com
Farhan <kami@hotmail.com> wrote:
> These are appearing in my startup list.
> fppsys.exe
> gain_trickler.exe
>
> What do they do? With which program they came? Should thy stay there
> or safe to remove?