Hello,
We discovered the following path on our system:
C:\Windows\MsApps\MSINFO\msinfo.exe
"msinfo.exe" is spyware according to entries on the Internet, for example:
http://www.spyany.com/program/articl...al_Finder.html
An examination of our seven original floppy disks of "Microsoft Word 6.0C" shows that floppy disk number six contains a single file called: "Word6.cab" 1,676 KB 09/09/1994, 00:09 and one of its 67 files is:
"msinfo.exe" the Properties for which include: "8 September 1994 09:09:08; File version 1.00A; Comments: Microsoft System Information Browser."
"msinfo.exe" plus its entries in "win.ini" have been manually removed, but we hope you can comment on the following two questions please:
1) Assuming the "msinfo.exe" installed by Word 6 is the spyware pointed up on the Internet, how could spyware apparently be installed from "Word 6" disks by Microsoft?
2) Why was the "msinfo.exe" never detected neither by "Spybot Search & Destroy" nor by "Ad-Aware" on our system, during scans, although on the Internet "msinfo.exe" is clearly pointed up as spyware?
Look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,