(tfswctrl.exe) spywere or what?

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Albert

Hello All,

I don't know if this is the proper place to post this, if it isn't
maybe someone can tell me where I should post it?

I'm not sure if I have a warm/virus or what but when I installed
Windows SP 2, a couple of days after I started getting this error
message below every time I boot up. The file that is involved
(tfswctrl.exe) is part of HP's DLA drag/drop program for their CD
Writer Plus 9300 and is listed in startup when I opened msconfig. It
even does it with all other startup items disabled and if I disable
it, it stops the error message. (or when I uninstall DLA it stops.)

As you can see it shows it as(tfswctrl.exe.mdmp) and the error message
which I cannot find anywhere (Google search) that I've looked not even
on my computer. There was a spywere web site that called
(tfswctrl.exe) spywere but according to HP it is a legitimate file. I
have installed/uninstalled so many times I have lost count and HP has
been no help. I cannot find anything on Microsoft's web pages either.

I am running Norton AntiVirus fully undated and all of my firewalls
are in place.


Error signature: BEX P1:tfswctrl.exe P2 1.2.93.0 P3: 3c082b85
P4: kERnel32.dll P5: 5.1.2600.2180 P6: 411096b4 p7: 00010f8b
P8: c0000409 P9 00000000

C:\DOCUME~1\Albert\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERc08e.dir00\tfswctrl.exe.mdmp

C:\DOCUME~1\Albert\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERc08e.dir00\appcompat.txt


Any help would be appreciated, thank you
Albert
 
Hello All,

I don't know if this is the proper place to post this, if it isn't
maybe someone can tell me where I should post it?

I'm not sure if I have a warm/virus or what but when I installed
Windows SP 2, a couple of days after I started getting this error
message below every time I boot up. The file that is involved
(tfswctrl.exe) is part of HP's DLA drag/drop program for their CD
Writer Plus 9300 and is listed in startup when I opened msconfig. It
even does it with all other startup items disabled and if I disable
it, it stops the error message. (or when I uninstall DLA it stops.)

As you can see it shows it as(tfswctrl.exe.mdmp) and the error message
which I cannot find anywhere (Google search) that I've looked not even
on my computer. There was a spywere web site that called
(tfswctrl.exe) spywere but according to HP it is a legitimate file. I
have installed/uninstalled so many times I have lost count and HP has
been no help. I cannot find anything on Microsoft's web pages either.

I am running Norton AntiVirus fully undated and all of my firewalls
are in place.


Error signature: BEX P1:tfswctrl.exe P2 1.2.93.0 P3: 3c082b85
P4: kERnel32.dll P5: 5.1.2600.2180 P6: 411096b4 p7: 00010f8b
P8: c0000409 P9 00000000

C:\DOCUME~1\Albert\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERc08e.dir00\tfswctrl.exe.mdmp

C:\DOCUME~1\Albert\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERc08e.dir00\appcompat.txt


Any help would be appreciated, thank you
Albert
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Albert said:
Hello All,

I don't know if this is the proper place to post this, if it isn't
maybe someone can tell me where I should post it?

I'm not sure if I have a warm/virus or what but when I installed
Windows SP 2, a couple of days after I started getting this error
message below every time I boot up. The file that is involved
(tfswctrl.exe) is part of HP's DLA drag/drop program for their CD
Writer Plus 9300 and is listed in startup when I opened msconfig. It
even does it with all other startup items disabled and if I disable
it, it stops the error message. (or when I uninstall DLA it stops.)

As you can see it shows it as(tfswctrl.exe.mdmp) and the error message
which I cannot find anywhere (Google search) that I've looked not even
on my computer. There was a spywere web site that called
(tfswctrl.exe) spywere but according to HP it is a legitimate file. I
have installed/uninstalled so many times I have lost count and HP has
been no help. I cannot find anything on Microsoft's web pages either.

I am running Norton AntiVirus fully undated and all of my firewalls
are in place.


Error signature: BEX P1:tfswctrl.exe P2 1.2.93.0 P3: 3c082b85
P4: kERnel32.dll P5: 5.1.2600.2180 P6: 411096b4 p7: 00010f8b
P8: c0000409 P9 00000000

C:\DOCUME~1\Albert\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERc08e.dir00\tfswctrl.exe.mdmp

C:\DOCUME~1\Albert\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERc08e.dir00\appcompat.txt


Any help would be appreciated, thank you
Albert
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MDMP is an XP trouble report file (dumpfile?) to be sent to Microsoft for evaluation.
Maybe they can help you - - it looks like an SP2/HP glitch to me.
 
Google is your friend,

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=tfswctrl.exe&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
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Part of my original post:

"As you can see it shows it as(tfswctrl.exe.mdmp) and the error
message
which I cannot find anywhere (Google search) that I've looked not even
on my computer. There was a spywere web site that called
(tfswctrl.exe) spywere but according to HP it is a legitimate file.".

As you can see I did do a Google Search and everything I found were
spywere companies claiming it was spywere and they wanted to sell me
their products.

Thank you,
Albert
 
perhaps HP are right.

<snipped from google search>
tfswctrl.exe is CD burning support for writing directly to CDs from within
applications. Provided by Hewlett-Packard



"Albert" <amlason(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote in message
|
| >Google is your friend,
| >
| >
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=tfswctrl.exe&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
|
|
| Part of my original post:
|
| "As you can see it shows it as(tfswctrl.exe.mdmp) and the error
| message
| which I cannot find anywhere (Google search) that I've looked not even
| on my computer. There was a spywere web site that called
| (tfswctrl.exe) spywere but according to HP it is a legitimate file.".
|
| As you can see I did do a Google Search and everything I found were
| spywere companies claiming it was spywere and they wanted to sell me
| their products.
|
| Thank you,
| Albert
|
|
 
As you can see I did do a Google Search and everything I found were
spywere companies claiming it was spywere and they wanted to sell me
their products.
Click to expand...

A couple of them have names similar to adaware, and even have programs that
look just like it except for color changes (eg: main color is red instead
of blue). Sometimes I wonder if these guys are just out to make a quick
buck or actually run by adware/spyware companies themselves.
 
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