Indicator

"Amelia" wrote in message
...
Finally found the culprit - 'internate.exe'.
I have removed it (internate.exe) from Start Up and so far so good - no
'indicator' message. My virus / malware is kept up to date and is run
regularly and has not shown any threats, so I hope that in my case it
(internate.exe) is not a virus, spyware, trojan or worm as some
information
suggests. Should 'internate.exe' be deleted from my system just to be
sure.


As Mark indicated, you maust have had malware of some kind.
There is an "Internat.Exe." application in ME, but "Internate.Exe." should
definitely be "extinguished" by any means possible.

Harry.


"Mart" wrote:

Amelia asked :-

Any other suggestions?

Virus? malware?? - have you run a recent (up to date) virus checker?

The only other suggestions I can think of is to do a 'Search' in Windows
Explorer for the string "indicator" (no quotes!) and see if you are able
to
locate a file/folder with the word "indicator" in its title. Google
doesn't
offer to much help either, with some 84.7 million hits for the word
'indicator' g

Anything you've done recently (added new software?) which might have
this
"utility"?

If it only started to happen very recently (past seven days or so) try
running System Restore and roll back to a date BEFORE the error report
started to appear.

Mart



"Amelia" wrote in message
...
Thanks Mart
No luck with Add and Remove Programs.
No Luck with msconfig. There isn't 'indicator' in either of these
suggestions.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks
Amelia

"Mart" wrote:

Windows Me does not have a program or utility called "indicator" so
you'll
have to try to determine the exactly what the program is or what it
belongs
to.

You could try looking in Add and Remove Programs (in Control Panel)
and
see
if you can find and details - or even Remove it!.

Also you see what might be running at Startup to decide whether you
need
all
the applications running then. To see this, in Normal Mode, run the
System
Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe) as follows :-

Start | Run type "msconfig" (no quotes) in the 'Open' box then press
the
Return key.
Choose the 'Startup' tab and see if you find any application called
"indicator" and disable it by unchecking the tick box.

N.B. - use caution when playing with the System Configuration
Utility.
Always make sure that you've set a System Restore point before you
start.
If
things go wrong, you can always restore back to the starting point
again.

Good luck

Mart


"Amelia" wrote in message
...
My system run very slow and at start up a message appears:
"Indicator"
Application is already running.
Is there a way of eliminating this? and perhaps my system will
quicken.
Thank you
Amelia

Thank you for all your help. The file on my computer that caused the
'indicator' is internat.exe (no E) - my spelling mistake.
Thanks again

Amelia

"Mart" wrote:

I note that you spelled it twice as "internate.exe", i.e. internatE with the
'e' - There is a WinMe file called internat.exe (without the 'e') which I
think is associated with the keyboard/country/language settings.

However, a Google search for "internate.exe" revealed :-
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/viru...EAGE.C&VSect=T
which does make it look as though you may have had malware (troj_lineage.c)
after all.

Try Trend's solution (near bottom of page) to remove it.

Good luck

Mart


"Amelia" wrote in message
...
Finally found the culprit - 'internate.exe'.
I have removed it (internate.exe) from Start Up and so far so good - no
'indicator' message. My virus / malware is kept up to date and is run
regularly and has not shown any threats, so I hope that in my case it
(internate.exe) is not a virus, spyware, trojan or worm as some
information
suggests. Should 'internate.exe' be deleted from my system just to be
sure.

"Mart" wrote:

Amelia asked :-

Any other suggestions?

Virus? malware?? - have you run a recent (up to date) virus checker?

The only other suggestions I can think of is to do a 'Search' in Windows
Explorer for the string "indicator" (no quotes!) and see if you are able
to
locate a file/folder with the word "indicator" in its title. Google
doesn't
offer to much help either, with some 84.7 million hits for the word
'indicator' g

Anything you've done recently (added new software?) which might have this
"utility"?

If it only started to happen very recently (past seven days or so) try
running System Restore and roll back to a date BEFORE the error report
started to appear.

Mart



"Amelia" wrote in message
...
Thanks Mart
No luck with Add and Remove Programs.
No Luck with msconfig. There isn't 'indicator' in either of these
suggestions.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks
Amelia

"Mart" wrote:

Windows Me does not have a program or utility called "indicator" so
you'll
have to try to determine the exactly what the program is or what it
belongs
to.

You could try looking in Add and Remove Programs (in Control Panel)
and
see
if you can find and details - or even Remove it!.

Also you see what might be running at Startup to decide whether you
need
all
the applications running then. To see this, in Normal Mode, run the
System
Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe) as follows :-

Start | Run type "msconfig" (no quotes) in the 'Open' box then press
the
Return key.
Choose the 'Startup' tab and see if you find any application called
"indicator" and disable it by unchecking the tick box.

N.B. - use caution when playing with the System Configuration Utility.
Always make sure that you've set a System Restore point before you
start.
If
things go wrong, you can always restore back to the starting point
again.

Good luck

Mart


"Amelia" wrote in message
...
My system run very slow and at start up a message appears:
"Indicator"
Application is already running.
Is there a way of eliminating this? and perhaps my system will
quicken.
Thank you
Amelia

Thank you for all your help.

Amelia


"webster72n" wrote:


"Amelia" wrote in message
...
Finally found the culprit - 'internate.exe'.
I have removed it (internate.exe) from Start Up and so far so good - no
'indicator' message. My virus / malware is kept up to date and is run
regularly and has not shown any threats, so I hope that in my case it
(internate.exe) is not a virus, spyware, trojan or worm as some
information
suggests. Should 'internate.exe' be deleted from my system just to be
sure.


As Mark indicated, you maust have had malware of some kind.
There is an "Internat.Exe." application in ME, but "Internate.Exe." should
definitely be "extinguished" by any means possible.

Harry.


"Mart" wrote:

Amelia asked :-

Any other suggestions?

Virus? malware?? - have you run a recent (up to date) virus checker?

The only other suggestions I can think of is to do a 'Search' in Windows
Explorer for the string "indicator" (no quotes!) and see if you are able
to
locate a file/folder with the word "indicator" in its title. Google
doesn't
offer to much help either, with some 84.7 million hits for the word
'indicator' g

Anything you've done recently (added new software?) which might have
this
"utility"?

If it only started to happen very recently (past seven days or so) try
running System Restore and roll back to a date BEFORE the error report
started to appear.

Mart



"Amelia" wrote in message
...
Thanks Mart
No luck with Add and Remove Programs.
No Luck with msconfig. There isn't 'indicator' in either of these
suggestions.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks
Amelia

"Mart" wrote:

Windows Me does not have a program or utility called "indicator" so
you'll
have to try to determine the exactly what the program is or what it
belongs
to.

You could try looking in Add and Remove Programs (in Control Panel)
and
see
if you can find and details - or even Remove it!.

Also you see what might be running at Startup to decide whether you
need
all
the applications running then. To see this, in Normal Mode, run the
System
Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe) as follows :-

Start | Run type "msconfig" (no quotes) in the 'Open' box then press
the
Return key.
Choose the 'Startup' tab and see if you find any application called
"indicator" and disable it by unchecking the tick box.

N.B. - use caution when playing with the System Configuration
Utility.
Always make sure that you've set a System Restore point before you
start.
If
things go wrong, you can always restore back to the starting point
again.

Good luck

Mart


"Amelia" wrote in message
...
My system run very slow and at start up a message appears:
"Indicator"
Application is already running.
Is there a way of eliminating this? and perhaps my system will
quicken.
Thank you
Amelia

You've done most of the work yourself, Amelia, but you're welcome.
Obviously your pc had an "infection" and hopefully there are no remnants.
You may want to check in order to be sure, by using "Search".

Harry.


"Amelia" wrote in message
...
Thank you for all your help.

Amelia


"webster72n" wrote:


"Amelia" wrote in message
...
Finally found the culprit - 'internate.exe'.
I have removed it (internate.exe) from Start Up and so far so good -
no
'indicator' message. My virus / malware is kept up to date and is run
regularly and has not shown any threats, so I hope that in my case it
(internate.exe) is not a virus, spyware, trojan or worm as some
information
suggests. Should 'internate.exe' be deleted from my system just to be
sure.


As Mark indicated, you maust have had malware of some kind.
There is an "Internat.Exe." application in ME, but "Internate.Exe."
should
definitely be "extinguished" by any means possible.

Harry.


"Mart" wrote:

Amelia asked :-

Any other suggestions?

Virus? malware?? - have you run a recent (up to date) virus checker?

The only other suggestions I can think of is to do a 'Search' in
Windows
Explorer for the string "indicator" (no quotes!) and see if you are
able
to
locate a file/folder with the word "indicator" in its title. Google
doesn't
offer to much help either, with some 84.7 million hits for the word
'indicator' g

Anything you've done recently (added new software?) which might have
this
"utility"?

If it only started to happen very recently (past seven days or so)
try
running System Restore and roll back to a date BEFORE the error
report
started to appear.

Mart



"Amelia" wrote in message
...
Thanks Mart
No luck with Add and Remove Programs.
No Luck with msconfig. There isn't 'indicator' in either of these
suggestions.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks
Amelia

"Mart" wrote:

Windows Me does not have a program or utility called "indicator"
so
you'll
have to try to determine the exactly what the program is or what
it
belongs
to.

You could try looking in Add and Remove Programs (in Control
Panel)
and
see
if you can find and details - or even Remove it!.

Also you see what might be running at Startup to decide whether
you
need
all
the applications running then. To see this, in Normal Mode, run
the
System
Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe) as follows :-

Start | Run type "msconfig" (no quotes) in the 'Open' box then
press
the
Return key.
Choose the 'Startup' tab and see if you find any application
called
"indicator" and disable it by unchecking the tick box.

N.B. - use caution when playing with the System Configuration
Utility.
Always make sure that you've set a System Restore point before
you
start.
If
things go wrong, you can always restore back to the starting
point
again.

Good luck

Mart


"Amelia" wrote in message
...
My system run very slow and at start up a message appears:
"Indicator"
Application is already running.
Is there a way of eliminating this? and perhaps my system will
quicken.
Thank you
Amelia

I'm pleased that you've fixed the 'indicator' issue Amelia, but do now begin
to wonder if you really did actually have a Trojan.

If the file was in fact a 'clean' copy of the original MS internat.exe
(v.4.90.1000 0, 49,152 bytes @ 08 June 200 1700), a text reader inspection
of the file itself does reveal several instances of the word 'indicator' and
the phrase 'Application already running' (in several languages!). I also
suspect that the file is associated with things like keyboard indicator
lights and certain indicator icons on the task bar. However, that doesn't
explain why it was in your Start-up folder. (It should have only been in the
Windows\System folder)

Maybe that's another story - and perhaps one of life's little mysteries g

Well done anyway and thanks for the feedback.

Mart


"Amelia" wrote in message
...
Thank you for all your help. The file on my computer that caused the
'indicator' is internat.exe (no E) - my spelling mistake.
Thanks again

Amelia

"Mart" wrote:

I note that you spelled it twice as "internate.exe", i.e. internatE with
the
'e' - There is a WinMe file called internat.exe (without the 'e') which I
think is associated with the keyboard/country/language settings.

However, a Google search for "internate.exe" revealed :-
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/viru...EAGE.C&VSect=T
which does make it look as though you may have had malware
(troj_lineage.c)
after all.

Try Trend's solution (near bottom of page) to remove it.

Good luck

Mart


"Amelia" wrote in message
...
Finally found the culprit - 'internate.exe'.
I have removed it (internate.exe) from Start Up and so far so good - no
'indicator' message. My virus / malware is kept up to date and is run
regularly and has not shown any threats, so I hope that in my case it
(internate.exe) is not a virus, spyware, trojan or worm as some
information
suggests. Should 'internate.exe' be deleted from my system just to be
sure.

"Mart" wrote:

Amelia asked :-

Any other suggestions?

Virus? malware?? - have you run a recent (up to date) virus checker?

The only other suggestions I can think of is to do a 'Search' in
Windows
Explorer for the string "indicator" (no quotes!) and see if you are
able
to
locate a file/folder with the word "indicator" in its title. Google
doesn't
offer to much help either, with some 84.7 million hits for the word
'indicator' g

Anything you've done recently (added new software?) which might have
this
"utility"?

If it only started to happen very recently (past seven days or so) try
running System Restore and roll back to a date BEFORE the error report
started to appear.

Mart



"Amelia" wrote in message
...
Thanks Mart
No luck with Add and Remove Programs.
No Luck with msconfig. There isn't 'indicator' in either of these
suggestions.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks
Amelia

"Mart" wrote:

Windows Me does not have a program or utility called "indicator" so
you'll
have to try to determine the exactly what the program is or what it
belongs
to.

You could try looking in Add and Remove Programs (in Control Panel)
and
see
if you can find and details - or even Remove it!.

Also you see what might be running at Startup to decide whether you
need
all
the applications running then. To see this, in Normal Mode, run the
System
Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe) as follows :-

Start | Run type "msconfig" (no quotes) in the 'Open' box then
press
the
Return key.
Choose the 'Startup' tab and see if you find any application called
"indicator" and disable it by unchecking the tick box.

N.B. - use caution when playing with the System Configuration
Utility.
Always make sure that you've set a System Restore point before you
start.
If
things go wrong, you can always restore back to the starting point
again.

Good luck

Mart


"Amelia" wrote in message
...
My system run very slow and at start up a message appears:
"Indicator"
Application is already running.
Is there a way of eliminating this? and perhaps my system will
quicken.
Thank you
Amelia