Re: CONAGENT.EXE

["Fred Weiner" fw1948@xxxxxxxx]

Thank you Martin and Patricia. Seems to be "normal" part of my
Windows set up. I'm asking about it because it "does something"--it's
frustrating to be so ignorant in the presence of experts--when I
attempt to use the w2 command, loading with the Rexx box. I'm plugging
along figuring out what to do--thus the question about conagent.exe.
FW.

On 4/29/06, Martin J. Osborne  wrote:


Oops, sorry for the false pointer---an illustration of the perils of
trusting what Google finds.

Patricia M. Godfrey wrote:

> Martin J. Osborne wrote:
>
>>
>> See
>> http://www.auditmypc.com/process/conagent.asp
>>
> It may well be something malware can take advantage of (a lot of things
> in Windows fall under that heading), but a file by that name, dated
> 4/23/99, is a legitimate component of Windows 98 SE. Furthermore, it can
> cause problems if one has a real-mode keyboard driver loaded; see
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/214408/en-us; it also seems to be
> involved in USB connections. I would not be too quick to get rid of it;
> my AV (Trend Micro PCCillin) finds nothing amiss with the version on my
> system. Nor did SpyBot search & destroy. Festina lente.
>
> Patricia M. Godfrey
> priscamg@xxxxxxxx
>

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