ptsnoop.exe ?

Greetings,

My name is Luiz L Marins
I am Brazilian
I am a new member.


I'd like to know about the file ptsnoop.exe - in start up

Is it a modem's file ? or a trojan ?

Thank You reply by anybody .

Regards,


Luiz L Marins

It may be legitimate if you have a ceratain modem software, or it may be a virus...

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/ptsnoop.shtml

http://www.computing.net/security/ww...orum/1754.html

and more if you google for ptsnoop.exe

In almost all cases I've seen it's the legitimate item: a program that monitors the COM ports for the modem driver.

I suggest you upload the file here to be tested: http://virusscan.jotti.org/

If it scans clean, which I expect it will, there's nothing to worry about.

Cheers,

You will find like already mentioned most times than not it is legit and seems exclusive to 98's in particular. The filename certainly gives it a hint of suspicion though. :)

Good to see you again Tony.

Hi Easter! Good to see you too - small world, innit? :cool:

Another possibility (though unlikely) is this program: http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptsnoop.asp

It's a not-very-flexible program to monitor programs loading and unloading into and out of memory.

Thank you for the answer, the file was deleted.