File arrival alarm ?

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Andy Pandy

Is there anything available that would alert me to the arrival on my
PC of a certain file.

The file in question is Cmdlineext02.dll, two copies of which
regularly turn up in a couple of directories, including Windows/temp.

From Googling it seems it might be connected with copyright protection
but as I don't use anything that might require that, I'm at a bit of a
loss to identify what's loading it or what their purpose might be !

Andy
 
Is there anything available that would alert me to the arrival on my
PC of a certain file.

The file in question is Cmdlineext02.dll, two copies of which
regularly turn up in a couple of directories, including Windows/temp.

From Googling it seems it might be connected with copyright protection
but as I don't use anything that might require that, I'm at a bit of a
loss to identify what's loading it or what their purpose might be !

Andy
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Andy

I read what you have written re the above about not having anything on your
machine that requires copy protection. For what it is worth there a a myriad
of CD's that nowadays have copy protection on them,It could be anyone of them
causing the file to be placed on your PC.
Heaps of different games and even some music cd's could concievably be the
demon cause for your probs.
 
Andy

I read what you have written re the above about not having anything on your
machine that requires copy protection. For what it is worth there a a myriad
of CD's that nowadays have copy protection on them,It could be anyone of them
causing the file to be placed on your PC.
Heaps of different games and even some music cd's could concievably be the
demon cause for your probs.
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Thanks for that. I had looked but your post prompted a little more
exploration. Hoyles Table Games does stick one hidden copy in the
Windows/temp folder. I had checked but hadn't thought about it being
hidden. As yet I haven't found the other one despite trying all the
CD's I use regularly ( 2 ) . Oh well, I'll just keep looking when time
allows..... A program would save the legwork though ! ;-)

Cheers
 
Is there anything available that would alert me to the arrival on my
PC of a certain file.

The file in question is Cmdlineext02.dll, two copies of which
regularly turn up in a couple of directories, including Windows/temp.

From Googling it seems it might be connected with copyright protection
but as I don't use anything that might require that, I'm at a bit of a
loss to identify what's loading it or what their purpose might be !

Andy
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File: cmdlineext02.dll

If you want a detailed security rating about your cmdlineext02.dll (and
all other running background processes) try this Anti Spy Software.
http://www.anti-spy.info/

Note: Any malware can be named anything - so you should check where the
files of the running processes are located on your disk. If a
"non-Microsoft" .exe file is located in the C:\Windows or
C:\Windows\System32 folder, then there is a high risk for a virus,
spyware, trojan or worm infection! Check it out!

comments about cmdlineext02.dll:
looks like it's a SEcuROM copy protection tool. It'll be installed when
you play a game.

SecureROM 2.0

Part of a very annoying piece of spyware

This dll is part of SecuRom copy protection. See also:
http://nwn.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=227971&forum=49

used with SECUROM protected games such as neverwinter nights in my case

It appears everytime I run Warcraft III the frozen throne expansion

http://www.wc3campaigns.com/showthread.php?t=53713
 
Create a batch file with the following text:
---start batch file---
@echo off
:loop
if exist "c:\windows\temp\Cmdlineext02.dll" goto:send
sleep 10
goto:loop
:send
net send yourcomputernamehere File showed up!
goto:loop
---end batch file---
You will need to download sleep.exe from the web and copy it to a directory
that is in your path (c:\windows will do). The sleep time is in seconds and
don't forget to change the computer name to your own. HTH.
Louis
 
Create a batch file with the following text:
---start batch file---
@echo off
:loop
if exist "c:\windows\temp\Cmdlineext02.dll" goto:send
sleep 10
goto:loop
:send
net send yourcomputernamehere File showed up!
goto:loop
---end batch file---
You will need to download sleep.exe from the web and copy it to a directory
that is in your path (c:\windows will do). The sleep time is in seconds and
don't forget to change the computer name to your own. HTH.
Louis
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Louis

Thanks for taking the trouble to post that. I'll give it a try. I've
located one source which is a step in the right direction.

Andy
 
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