"lisa harkema" <lisa.harkema@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:q83fi2pi0vt9hpcm0gv5gm9g5213oasb6i@4ax.com...

> On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 05:12:03 +0100, "D. Spencer Hines"
> <poguemidden@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>This is what you get by indiscriminately installing flakey
>> third-party software.

>>I would never install something called "JavaCool FileChecker" on my
>>system.
>
> I think this bug is just like many software bugs in that it happens on
> some systems and not on others.
>
> The JavaCools folks (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com) are very well
> respected, and, we should keep in mind this is freeware that we THANK
> them for allowing us the privilage [sic] of using, free of charge.

Horse Manure.

That is the root of the problem. Foolish people see something is FREE!!! --
so they leap before looking and install shoddy freeware, which turns out to
be malware, on their systems.

Fools Reap The Wages Of Sin -- By Installing Shoddy Freeware, Churned Out By
Careless Rampant Pogues, Who Want Gratis Beta Testers.

> The software from JavaCools is first rate, first class, and loved by
> many. They supply us, free of charge, great programs such as
> SpywareBlaster (kills spyware) and MRU-Blaster (removes most recently
> used tattleware) and ID-Blaster Plus (removes more tattleware) and Doc
> Scrubber (removes MS Word tattleware), etc.

Again, you'd never find me using something from a firm that calls itself
"JavaCools".

> In the case of the JavaCools FileChecker (reports tampering of
> important files), it hasn't been updated since September of 2002 so I
> can't blame JavaCools for bugs when run in recent WinXP service pack
> updates.

Right! So you shouldn't have installed it in the First Place.

Duhhhhh!

> Besides, we have not proven that FileChecker CAUSED the problem; all
> we know is that removing FileChecker REMOVED the problem. The problem
> may have been caused by some other factor (such as my daily use of
> CCLeaner or MRU-Blaster registry cleaners).

Or a fairy-gremlin could have done it while you were sleeping. <g>

> I guess I could try to reproduce the problem by re-installing
> JavaCools FileChecker .... OK ... you talked me into it ... I'll do
> that and let you know if it returns.

O.K. Good Luck

DSH

>
> Lisa