istdnld.exe ????

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Msasc

Hi , my name is Marc from Belgium

Happy newyear to you all readers

Norton asks me the program istdnld.exe to give acces to the internet
Wat may i say, permit or denied ?

Thnks

This is Flamisch >>>>
 
You probably should deny that until you find what it is and why it needs to.

You might want to install, update and then perform a scan using a utility such as Ad-Aware.

Dave



| Hi , my name is Marc from Belgium
|
| Happy newyear to you all readers
|
| Norton asks me the program istdnld.exe to give acces to the internet
| Wat may i say, permit or denied ?
|
| Thnks
|
| This is Flamisch >>>>
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| Met vriendelijke groeten en veel plezier in 2000 + 4
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| Msasc
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On that special day, Msasc, ([email protected]) said...
Norton asks me the program istdnld.exe to give acces to the internet
Wat may i say, permit or denied ?
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Neither permit nor allow, but *remove*. If you don't know what it is,
there is no reason to allow such things. Did you run a scan on this file
with an AntiVirus program, AdAware or Spybot Search and Destroy? What
did it tell?


Gabriele Neukam

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It did nothing , it was a program that hided in my temp directory that asked
acces to the internet
I removed it manualy
thanks Norton and readers of this group

(sorry for my English)
 
Msasc said:
It did nothing ,
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I think that you are only guessing that it did nothing. It was
evidently executing from the temp directory, so it could have
done more than just a failed attempt to "phone home".

If the 'dnld' part of the filename is any indication, it appears
that the program was intending to download (and probably
execute) another of its components.
it was a program that hided in my temp directory that asked
acces to the internet I removed it manualy
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It would still be advisable to scan for Adware, Spyware, and other
Malware. It probably used an exploit of a vulnerability that you
should patch also. If you scan for the suggested types of programs,
you might be able to determine which vulnerabilities were used
by researching the write-ups about the programs found by the scans.
(sorry for my English)
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No need to apologize ~ your English isn't perfect (not that I would
know if it were), but it is by far not the worst I have read here.
 
Msasc said:
Hi , my name is Marc from Belgium

Happy newyear to you all readers

Norton asks me the program istdnld.exe to give acces to the internet
Wat may i say, permit or denied ?
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If that program asks for access to the Internet then you already installed the
IST toolbar and you need removing it. It's a search hijacker and adware
downloader.

Note that IST toolbar usualy comes paired with other plugins, most probably
"Bargain Buddy". Look under "\Program files" for all the directories that were
created at the same time as "\Program files\ISTsvc", they all contain plugins
that you want to delete.

Regards, Zvi
 
Msasc said:
Hi , my name is Marc from Belgium

Happy newyear to you all readers

Norton asks me the program istdnld.exe to give acces to the internet
Wat may i say, permit or denied ?
Click to expand...

If that program asks for access to the Internet then you already installed the
IST toolbar and you need removing it. It's a search hijacker and adware
downloader.

Note that IST toolbar usualy comes paired with other plugins, most probably
"Bargain Buddy". Look under "\Program files" for all the directories that were
created at the same time as "\Program files\ISTsvc", they all contain plugins
that you want to delete.

Regards, Zvi
 
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