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From: Compfix on 11 Sep 2006 12:52 I found an odd entry in my registry of 'Pocket soft' which referred to 2 dll files patch32w.dll and pw32a.dll, both of which were in my windows directory as opposed to the normal location for dll files. Has anyone got any ideas what these are for and if they are malware or virus. Bob
From: Nick Skrepetos on 11 Sep 2006 15:12 Compfix wrote: > I found an odd entry in my registry of 'Pocket soft' which referred to 2 dll > files patch32w.dll and pw32a.dll, both of which were in my windows directory > as opposed to the normal location for dll files. Has anyone got any ideas > what these are for and if they are malware or virus. > > Bob Send the files to samples AT superantispyware.com and I will take a look. Nick Skrepetos SUPERAntiSpyware.com http://www.superantispyware.com
From: Ze Muffinman on 12 Sep 2006 04:30 Do you play online games? I researched it, and it appears to be a patch for Halo or a game like Halo. Compfix wrote: > I found an odd entry in my registry of 'Pocket soft' which referred to 2 dll > files patch32w.dll and pw32a.dll, both of which were in my windows directory > as opposed to the normal location for dll files. Has anyone got any ideas > what these are for and if they are malware or virus. > > Bob
From: Kerry Brown on 12 Sep 2006 10:38 Compfix wrote: > I found an odd entry in my registry of 'Pocket soft' which referred > to 2 dll files patch32w.dll and pw32a.dll, both of which were in my > windows directory as opposed to the normal location for dll files. Has > anyone got any ideas what these are for and if they are malware > or virus. > Bob Pocket Soft has been around for years. http://www.pocketsoft.com/ I remember using rtpatch with Clipper a dBase compiler from the DOS days. They are a legitimate company. Some game companies use their products to update their games without a reinstall. If the files are from Pocket Soft they are OK. What does your anti-malware software say when you scan them? -- Kerry Brown
From: Compfix on 12 Sep 2006 15:40
"Ze Muffinman" <truemuffinman(a)poetictimes.com> wrote in message news:1158049829.652294.301100(a)p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com... > Do you play online games? I researched it, and it appears to be a > patch for Halo or a game like Halo. > Compfix wrote: >> I found an odd entry in my registry of 'Pocket soft' which referred to 2 >> dll >> files patch32w.dll and pw32a.dll, both of which were in my windows >> directory >> as opposed to the normal location for dll files. Has anyone got any >> ideas >> what these are for and if they are malware or virus. >> >> Bob > That's strange as I don't play on line games. However I logged on to a site for my son to organise a subscription for an on line game, so maybe that is where it came from. Thanks for finding out for me. Bob |