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george
Hi all,
My 3-day old clean-install XP Pro-SP2 with (to my knowlegde) features the
following registry key:
HKCU\Software\ORL\VNCHooks and depending subkeys like Application_Prefs with
inderneath that a whole slew of definitions of applications on the machine.
Research, so far, has shown me this has to do with VNC (remote control
software) and more specifically vnchooks.dll, BUT....
I haven't got VNC installed and the often mentioned vnchooks.dll isn't
anywhere to be found on my machine either.
Machine is spy- and adware free.
Questions I now have are:
- Can anyone explain how this regentry has gotton into my machine?
- What is it for?
- Should it remain on the machine or can it safely be removed? (I get a
little paranoid when there is unknown stuff on my machine that looks like it
is capable to accept (?) connection establishments from the outside!)
Your help and insight is appreciated.
George
My 3-day old clean-install XP Pro-SP2 with (to my knowlegde) features the
following registry key:
HKCU\Software\ORL\VNCHooks and depending subkeys like Application_Prefs with
inderneath that a whole slew of definitions of applications on the machine.
Research, so far, has shown me this has to do with VNC (remote control
software) and more specifically vnchooks.dll, BUT....
I haven't got VNC installed and the often mentioned vnchooks.dll isn't
anywhere to be found on my machine either.
Machine is spy- and adware free.
Questions I now have are:
- Can anyone explain how this regentry has gotton into my machine?
- What is it for?
- Should it remain on the machine or can it safely be removed? (I get a
little paranoid when there is unknown stuff on my machine that looks like it
is capable to accept (?) connection establishments from the outside!)
Your help and insight is appreciated.
George