What are these mToolkit programs on my Dell laptop (Can I just remove them?)?

[lisa harkema]

What are these 'm' programs that show up in the Add or Remove Programs
of CCleaner and X-Setup Pro (but not in WinXP Add or Remove Programs)?

mIWA
mIWCA
mLogView
mMHouse
mPfMgr
mPfWiz
mProSafe
mSSO
mToolkit
mWlsSafe
mXML
mDrWiFi
mHlpDell
etc.

Can I just delete these 'm' programs?
Are they known security or virus programs?
Or are they Dell specific tools that we really need?

Note they do not show up in the 'normal' Windows XP add/remove
programs (which lies) but they show up in the CCleaner and X-Setup Pro
add/remove programs (which I believe tell more of the truth).

Do you know what these programs are?
Lisa

[Malke]

lisa harkema wrote:

> What are these 'm' programs that show up in the Add or Remove Programs
> of CCleaner and X-Setup Pro (but not in WinXP Add or Remove Programs)?
>
> mIWA
> mIWCA
> mLogView
> mMHouse
> mPfMgr
> mPfWiz
> mProSafe
> mSSO
> mToolkit
> mWlsSafe
> mXML
> mDrWiFi
> mHlpDell
> etc.
>
> Can I just delete these 'm' programs?
> Are they known security or virus programs?
> Or are they Dell specific tools that we really need?
>
> Note they do not show up in the 'normal' Windows XP add/remove
> programs (which lies) but they show up in the CCleaner and X-Setup Pro
> add/remove programs (which I believe tell more of the truth).

Where are the programs on your hard drive? Give the fully qualified
path; e.g., c:\Program Files\name-of-program\executable or
c:\Windows\System32\executable.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

[lisa harkema]

>What are these 'm' programs that show up in the Add or Remove Programs
>of CCleaner and X-Setup Pro (but not in WinXP Add or Remove Programs)?
>mIWA mIWCA mLogView mMHouse mPfMgr mPfWiz mProSafe
>mSSO mToolkit mWlsSafe mXML mDrWiFi mHlpDell etc.

Interestingly, I find absolutely no mention of these 'm' programs in
the google groups (search just run) but the following references in
Google web searches show that others are as perplexed as I with the
same programs showing up in the true add remove programs listings.

http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50237
http://forum.ccleaner.com/lofiversio...php/t5940.html
http://forums.pcpitstop.com/lofivers...p/t124518.html
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/index...0&#entry804529
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfor...ssage.id=45484
http://forum.malwareremoval.com/view...f93deb2df1b2d8
http://forums.spybot.info/archive/index.php/t-2800.html
etc.

While it's gratifying to know I'm not the only one in the world with a
score of 'm' programs running (when you really look at the real
add/remove programs) ... none of these sites actually tell us WHAT
these m programs are and if they should be deleted or not.

Do YOU know what these 'm' programs are?

Lisa

[shplink]

lisa harkema wrote:
> What are these 'm' programs that show up in the Add or Remove Programs
> of CCleaner and X-Setup Pro (but not in WinXP Add or Remove Programs)?
>
> mIWA
> mIWCA
> mLogView
> mMHouse
> mPfMgr
> mPfWiz
> mProSafe
> mSSO
> mToolkit
> mWlsSafe
> mXML
> mDrWiFi
> mHlpDell
> etc.
>
> Can I just delete these 'm' programs?
> Are they known security or virus programs?
> Or are they Dell specific tools that we really need?
>
> Note they do not show up in the 'normal' Windows XP add/remove
> programs (which lies) but they show up in the CCleaner and X-Setup Pro
> add/remove programs (which I believe tell more of the truth).
>
> Do you know what these programs are?
> Lisa
Is your computer a brand name (if so, what?), or a put-it-together job?

--
the alt.privacy.spyware FAQ:
http://shplink.com/misc/FAQ.htm

[Tom Willett]

If you looked at subject, you would see 'dell'

">
> --
> the alt.privacy.spyware FAQ:
> http://shplink.com/misc/FAQ.htm

[Ze Muffinman]

Professional way: Ask a qualified computer expert. Patience way: Look
at every single program on Add and Remove, look up the required files
for those programs online, and if it's not in anyone, delete it.

My Personal Favorite way: Jus' delete 'em. It's only 1500 dollars for a
new one, and 800 dollars if you don't mind a slow one.
lisa harkema wrote:
> What are these 'm' programs that show up in the Add or Remove Programs
> of CCleaner and X-Setup Pro (but not in WinXP Add or Remove Programs)?
>
> mIWA
> mIWCA
> mLogView
> mMHouse
> mPfMgr
> mPfWiz
> mProSafe
> mSSO
> mToolkit
> mWlsSafe
> mXML
> mDrWiFi
> mHlpDell
> etc.
>
> Can I just delete these 'm' programs?
> Are they known security or virus programs?
> Or are they Dell specific tools that we really need?
>
> Note they do not show up in the 'normal' Windows XP add/remove
> programs (which lies) but they show up in the CCleaner and X-Setup Pro
> add/remove programs (which I believe tell more of the truth).
>
> Do you know what these programs are?
> Lisa

[shplink]

Tom Willett wrote:

> If you looked at subject, you would see 'dell'
>
> ">
>> --
>> the alt.privacy.spyware FAQ:
>> http://shplink.com/misc/FAQ.htm

Sorry, my bad. I have my columns sized down and got careless.

Doing some searches with the parameters "dell" and some of the m whatsises
might help the OP. She probably already did, so I'll be quiet now.
;-)

--
the alt.privacy.spyware FAQ:
http://shplink.com/misc/FAQ.htm

[Shenan Stanley]

lisa harkema wrote:
> What are these 'm' programs that show up in the Add or Remove
> Programs of CCleaner and X-Setup Pro (but not in WinXP Add or
> Remove Programs)?
> mIWA
> mIWCA
> mLogView
> mMHouse
> mPfMgr
> mPfWiz
> mProSafe
> mSSO
> mToolkit
> mWlsSafe
> mXML
> mDrWiFi
> mHlpDell
> etc.
>
> Can I just delete these 'm' programs?
> Are they known security or virus programs?
> Or are they Dell specific tools that we really need?
>
> Note they do not show up in the 'normal' Windows XP add/remove
> programs (which lies) but they show up in the CCleaner and X-Setup
> Pro add/remove programs (which I believe tell more of the truth).
>
> Do you know what these programs are?

shplink wrote:
> Is your computer a brand name (if so, what?), or a put-it-together
> job?


Seriously.. Wow.
How can you miss the two mentions of the name brand of this system... One
in the subject line no less...?

Lisa,

I think you are putting too much stock in these third-party add/remove
programs. If you were smart and ordered the Windows XP CD with your Dell
laptop - since it is new - format it with that Windows XP CD and get rid of
all the Dell crud and put only your stuff on it... Then you know exactly
what is there.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[Hootowl]

On 7 Oct 2006 19:17:55 -0700, "Ze Muffinman"
<truemuffinman@poetictimes.com> wrote:

>Professional way: Ask a qualified computer expert. Patience way: Look
>at every single program on Add and Remove, look up the required files
>for those programs online, and if it's not in anyone, delete it.
>
>My Personal Favorite way: Jus' delete 'em. It's only 1500 dollars for a
>new one, and 800 dollars if you don't mind a slow one.

Or just rename them, and continue using the computer as usual. If an
app complains for the lack of one, simply rename it back to it's
original name.

Dan

>lisa harkema wrote:
>> What are these 'm' programs that show up in the Add or Remove Programs
>> of CCleaner and X-Setup Pro (but not in WinXP Add or Remove Programs)?
>>
>> mIWA
>> mIWCA
>> mLogView
>> mMHouse
>> mPfMgr
>> mPfWiz
>> mProSafe
>> mSSO
>> mToolkit
>> mWlsSafe
>> mXML
>> mDrWiFi
>> mHlpDell
>> etc.
>>
>> Can I just delete these 'm' programs?
>> Are they known security or virus programs?
>> Or are they Dell specific tools that we really need?
>>
>> Note they do not show up in the 'normal' Windows XP add/remove
>> programs (which lies) but they show up in the CCleaner and X-Setup Pro
>> add/remove programs (which I believe tell more of the truth).
>>
>> Do you know what these programs are?
>> Lisa

[lisa harkema]

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 01:43:04 +0100, "antioch" <antioch@home.com> wrote:
>These look like the sort of items listed in part of a 'hijackthis' log?

Actually, these 'm' programs are listed in the CCleaner Add or Remove
Programs section (and in the X-Setup Pro add remove wizard); they were
NOT listed in a HiJackThis log (although the references I posted from
googling _were_ listed from Hijackthis log files).

Point is that I'm not the only one with a perfectly standard DELL
laptop that has these 'm' programs.

Question is: What are they and what happens if we delete them?

Lisa