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Finding a Disappearing Application in Windows?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the program-execution-audits dept.

siuengr asks: "I have a computer that has a window that pops up every few minutes, but disappears before I can figure out what it is. I have run every virus program and spybot cleaner I have, but they do not find any problems. How can I figure what is causing this window to pop-up all the time, when it doesn't stick around long enough to see anything about it? Is there any software that tracks what applications have ran over a period of time, even if they are not currently running?"

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  1. Hate to do this in a first post but... by terrahertz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...this is truly a crappy Ask Slashdot.

    The submitter didn't provide ANY details about his environment other than "Windows" nor did he provide ANY description of what the "disappearing application" does.

    The devil is in the details, and so is your answer. Provide more info or, as a man more eloquent than I once said, "BRACE YOSELF."

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    Slashdot? Oh, I just read it for the articles.
  2. Re:Disapearing Windows by ruckc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Where are my mod points when I need em....

  3. Re:Obligatory: by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    BSD