From: Tai on 11/11/2005
Hello,Yesterday I've experienced a very alarming event on my computer : all of a sudden, my firewall Zone Alarm gave me a red notification "Configuration automatique de VPN" (for those who are not familiar with french, "VPN Automatic Configuration"...), and maybe 30 windows appeared in my task bar. These were not internet pop-ups, since the windows were very diverse in nature : - folders ("Connections tray")
- internet browser Mozilla
- Winamp ("DDE server window")
- Background or other processes ("jauge d'energie", MS_checkwebmonitor", "java sys tray", "igfxtraywindow", "mci command handling window", "GDI+ window") Some of them had just no name and some could not be closed, so I had to reboot. I looked up a bit on google, but I couldn't manage to get something that looked bad, however it obvisouly is... VPN means Virtual Private Networking, so I don't know, it appeals to my fear of being hacked, maybe exploiting a bug in Java Virtual Machine... But I actually have no clue.
Does anyone already have experienced that, or have an idea of what happened? Do I need to be worried? :/
Thank you.
PS: Since then the problem hasn't reoccured. I'm under xp pro, AVG antivirus and Zone Alarm firewall installed.
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From: Chris on 07/19/2010
I am having this same issue, I was working with Microsoft Access and I pressed ALT+TAB and I got this to happen. It was happening while working with DDE. Does anyone have an answer to this? I have other employees who have the same issue. Please let me know.Thanks,
Chris
christopher.j.perkins@questdiagnostics.com
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From: Diego on 04/28/2010
I'm mhaving the same problem on some computers where i workAlso couldnt find anything googling Any news?
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From: Jose on 01/22/2010
Exactly same problem - XP SP2 with SAV original, It does show a popup once awhile with a Symantec AV is disabled even though it shows as Auto-Enabled. Surprised that a solution for this seems quite difficult to find even after 4 yrs.
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From: albert on 02/16/2009
Hello tai,Is your problem solved? I am also facing the same problem. Please let me know how do you solved it. Your response will be appreciable.
My email ID: albert1888@rediffmail.com
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From: Chris on 12/29/2007
I had an identical event today. Every last detail you mention was the same. Also on XP - home edition. Rebooted, updated virus defs, and did a complete system scan, but found nothing. System behavior normal so far... Like you, hoping for some hints about what happened and how to prevent it.
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From: Michael on 09/07/2007
I wish I had an answer to what you went through back in 2005; if anyone reads this I also experienced something just like what was previously posted. The windows that showed up included "mci command handling window" and "Connections Tray" and HiddenFaxWindow (these three part of the same taskbar 'group'); HiddenFaxWindow and WindowsFormsParkingWindow and "GDI+ Window" and ".Net-BroadcastEventWindow" and DragDropComWindow and bitMenuCom (again all from same taskbar 'group'); plus processes like _GD_Crawl (GoogleDesktop?), DVDLauncher, myTAPI, ccApp and many others. Oddly though, the Dell XP Pro box on which these multiple windows opened did not seem to suffer in performance. The CPU drag was minimal, though FYI lots of windows opened with un-named title bars and many had ONLY title bars. Anyone reading this post who recognizes what's going on could reply to mennis@iie.com that would be appreciated.
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