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From: deertroy1 on 20 Jun 2010 22:21 I get an error message every now and then. All the message says is "fAIL", spelled like that. There is no number and there is no pattern to when it appears although it seems to be a little bit after my printer has been used although not right after. Maybe a minute or so after. I checked my event viewer and it doesn't appear there. I guess my first step is to find out what is causing it. Any suggestions? I am using windows xp, avast free anti virus and comodo firewall.
From: Ǝиçεl on 21 Jun 2010 11:07 Do a scan with MalwaяeBytes and SUPERAntiSpywaяe. (Free Home edition) <http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php> Reboot -=- <http://www.superantispyware.com/> Reboot -=- ƎиçΞᴌ -=- "deertroy1" wrote: > I get an error message every now and then. All the message says is "fAIL", > spelled like that. There is no number and there is no pattern to when it > appears although it seems to be a little bit after my printer has been used > although not right after. Maybe a minute or so after. I checked my event > viewer and it doesn't appear there. I guess my first step is to find out > what is causing it. Any suggestions? > I am using windows xp, avast free anti virus and comodo firewall.
From: deertroy1 on 21 Jun 2010 13:31 I have both of those programs. I beleive I've scanned with Malwarebytes and it came back clean. However, I'll do a full scan and reboot with each and post the results here. "Ǝиçεl" wrote: > > Do a scan with MalwaяeBytes and SUPERAntiSpywaяe. > (Free Home edition) > > <http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php> > > Reboot > -=- > <http://www.superantispyware.com/> > Reboot > -=- > > > > ƎиçΞᴌ > -=- > > "deertroy1" wrote: > > > I get an error message every now and then. All the message says is "fAIL", > > spelled like that. There is no number and there is no pattern to when it > > appears although it seems to be a little bit after my printer has been used > > although not right after. Maybe a minute or so after. I checked my event > > viewer and it doesn't appear there. I guess my first step is to find out > > what is causing it. Any suggestions? > > I am using windows xp, avast free anti virus and comodo firewall.
From: VanguardLH on 22 Jun 2010 02:52 deertroy1 wrote: > I get an error message every now and then. All the message says is "fAIL", > spelled like that. There is no number and there is no pattern to when it > appears although it seems to be a little bit after my printer has been used > although not right after. Maybe a minute or so after. I checked my event > viewer and it doesn't appear there. I guess my first step is to find out > what is causing it. Any suggestions? > I am using windows xp, avast free anti virus and comodo firewall. Install SysInternals' Process Explorer (now owned by Microsoft). In the toolbar is a sniper crosshair. Click on it and then click on the window displaying the "fAIL" message. Process Explorer will then highlight (default is gray highlighting) which process has a handle to that opened window. This will tell you who opened that message.
From: deertroy1 on 22 Jun 2010 07:11
I ran a scan with both programs and they came back clean. However, the fAIL error appeared imediately following rebooting both times. I'm in the process of running a boot time scan with Avast. Thanks for the tip about Process Explorer. I'll install it once I get home and hopefully that will tell me where the error message is being generated. I'll post results later. "VanguardLH" wrote: > deertroy1 wrote: > > > I get an error message every now and then. All the message says is "fAIL", > > spelled like that. There is no number and there is no pattern to when it > > appears although it seems to be a little bit after my printer has been used > > although not right after. Maybe a minute or so after. I checked my event > > viewer and it doesn't appear there. I guess my first step is to find out > > what is causing it. Any suggestions? > > I am using windows xp, avast free anti virus and comodo firewall. > > Install SysInternals' Process Explorer (now owned by Microsoft). In the > toolbar is a sniper crosshair. Click on it and then click on the window > displaying the "fAIL" message. Process Explorer will then highlight > (default is gray highlighting) which process has a handle to that opened > window. This will tell you who opened that message. > . > |