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Adrian C said:
Very likely not.

We don't have the results of the user finding the file, finding it's
properties and reading us the information about it.
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You do now. CLUpdater.exe is not present on the machine, unless, as I have
said, it is cloaked. It did occur to me that something else may auto
download it and then run it. AFAICT, Craig's List itself is not present on
the machine, unless it lodges itself where I haven't looked (always a
possibility).
 
Jeffrey W. Bowen said:
Adrian C,

You may be correct on that. Someone posted a message I missed or that
showed up after mine a location of this program in Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 in
a folder I don't have in my version. So, I might humbly concede my
potential error. Also, since there are some parts of the program with
similar spellings beginning with capital letters in the same fashion, I
could even more easily stand corrected on this matter, especially since
there is a poster in the cyberlink forum who refers to CLUpdater starting
when he failed to get another cyberlink program called, "Power2Go" to work
properly. The link to which this refers is as follows:

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/2643.page

Now, that said, I have done even further research by googling "CLUpdater"
and found the most relevant hits relating to the Craig's List widget. I
found no references to any of Cyberlink's software until 6 pages into the
Google search results which was a certification of cleanliness by McAfee
Site Advisor for Cyberlink.com.

So it seems that the assumptions that this program is either a part of a
Cyberlink program or the Craig's List widget which just happens to be
named "CLUpdater" can both be considered correct until MI-5 3/4 is able to
identify the program by verifying its location and how it loads itself.

The best way to find this out is for MI-5 3/4 to do a search on the
computer in question for "CLUpdater" or "clupdater" to see where it is
located. Then follow the proper instructions for disabling or removal of
this program.

So, once again, I ask that MI-5 3/4 review my previous post to find a way
within PowerDVD to disable the "update" software. If it is another
Cyberlink program that uses this updating program, then I suggest looking
for a way to disable this program within that software in a similar way.
If that is difficult to do, go to the Cyberlink website and post a
question on how to eliminate or disable this program.

If on the other hand it is a Craig's List widget that got installed by
accident, it should easily be removed by the method I also outlined in my
previous post.
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Thank you for your compendious response. I have to confess that I hadn't
made the connection between CLUpdater.exe and CyberLinkUpdater as all the
google info poined the finger firmly at Craig's List. I did a search last
night in response to another suggestion for the actual CLUpdater.exe file,
but drew a blank. It is either not there or cloaked. It did occur to me
that CLUpdater.exe could be downloaded as required by something in the
Cyberlink suite. If it is Cyberlink that is doing this, then I can probably
accept it, but what could it possibly be updating that takes over 2 hours on
a broadband link?

BTW, I have PowerDVD V7 on this machine. I have another issue with
PowerDVD in that when you play DVDs with surround sound tracks, the sound
only comes from the front two speakers. But when you play a Blu-ray disc,
the sound correctly comes from all 5 speakers. A question to Cyberlink has
been ignored.
 
M.I.5¾ said:
Strangely, CLUpdater started running again last night. After I stopped it,
I did a search for CLUpdater.exe as someone suggested. A file of that name
does not exist on my machine unless it is being shielded in some way.
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Process Explorer shows you the full path to the executable when you
hover over the "Process" column.
 
Hello,

Is this program starting up even when you don't use PowerDVD 7? Do you have
other Cyberlink programs on your computer? If so, try disabling the update
function in all of them and see if that helps. As far as your problem with
your sound, I will try to do some research and get back to you on that.

Is it starting randomly?

Try Swifty's suggestion and download process explorer or go to
http://www.winpatrol.com/ and download this free program. Either program
should help you find the necessary information you need to discover the
actual location of this program and how it works.

Also, is there a program in your "Startup" section of msconfig called
"PCMService"? If so, try disabling it and see if that helps.

Also, try your search again, but choose "More advanced options" and check
all of the first three choices that will allow you to search hidden and
system files.


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I hope this helps, good luck.

Peace,

Jeffrey W. Bowen
formerly known as "Sky Captain"
remove "No . . . Spam" from email for private message, but please post your
successes and failures to the group so we can all see what works and what
doesn't.
 
One more thing I forgot in the last post, do you have a timeline as to when
this first began? If you have System Restore enabled, you may be able to
restore to a point before this started and be rid of it then, . . .
hopefully.

If you have to reinstall anything, watch close to see if any of them offer
this updater as an optional install and uncheck it. If anyone else besides
you uses this computer, check your browsing history to see if anyone has
been to Craig's List recently or if they might have installed the program.

If you have a firewall and you have the ability to configure permissions for
each program on your computer, then you may be able to stop it from running
using the firewall's settings. This of course won't get rid of the program,
but it will stop it from using up valuable CPU resources.


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I hope this helps, good luck.

Peace,

Jeffrey W. Bowen
formerly known as "Sky Captain"
remove "No . . . Spam" from email for private message, but please post your
successes and failures to the group so we can all see what works and what
doesn't.
 
Jeffrey W. Bowen said:
One more thing I forgot in the last post, do you have a timeline as to
when this first began? If you have System Restore enabled, you may be able
to restore to a point before this started and be rid of it then, . . .
hopefully.

If you have to reinstall anything, watch close to see if any of them offer
this updater as an optional install and uncheck it. If anyone else besides
you uses this computer, check your browsing history to see if anyone has
been to Craig's List recently or if they might have installed the program.

If you have a firewall and you have the ability to configure permissions
for each program on your computer, then you may be able to stop it from
running using the firewall's settings. This of course won't get rid of the
program, but it will stop it from using up valuable CPU resources.
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Once again, thank you for responding. I have been aware of something
causing the processor to be working hard for some time, but it is only
recently that I have gone about investigating it. I was hoping that it
would run again last night so that I could try and work out where it was
running from (in response to another suggestion). Not a peep out of it.
I'll get it sooner or later, but at least I now have an idea of what it may
be.

I am the only user but I shall certainly turn off all the CyberLink auto
update as I don't like things just updating themselves and altering their
functionality.
 
"I don't like things just updating themselves and altering their "

I agree, good luck with this problem. I hope you are able to solve it the
next time it comes up. I don't really like things automatically updating
either, especially if it steals too much processor resources to do so.


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Peace,

Jeffrey W. Bowen
formerly known as "Sky Captain"
remove "No . . . Spam" from email for private message, but please post your
successes and failures to the group so we can all see what works and what
doesn't.
 
M.I.5¾ said:
Are you saying that PowerDVD somehow uses Craigslist or that it uses
an updating utility with the same name as the real craig's list? What
would PowerDVD be updating that takes so long?

If it is craig's list, I am less concerned with how it got there and
more concerned with getting rid of it.
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I believe that you are getting sidetracked associating CLUpdater.exe with
Craigslist, googleing this I also found a ref: to Cyberlink which is
powerDVD.
If you have this installed, in PowerDVD perhaps you can turn off the update
feature.


This is off topic but I found it interesting.(I saw this on headline news).
About a month ago a bank robber (can't remember which state it was in) put
an add in Craigslist for manual labor, basicly he wanted six people to show
up at such and such corner at a certain time dressed alike just as he was
making his exit from the bank, the cops didn't know who to go after.
 
MAP said:
I believe that you are getting sidetracked associating CLUpdater.exe with
Craigslist, googleing this I also found a ref: to Cyberlink which is
powerDVD.
If you have this installed, in PowerDVD perhaps you can turn off the
update feature.
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I had already arrived at this conclusion as a result of postings here, but
thanks anyway.
 
It is a local list where you can offer anything for sale or buy something
too. Different from e-bay in that it is LOCAL.
 
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