[QUOTE=Danath]Finally I have some spare time to post here.


If you mean the script that changes the Prime95's priority (that I attached to one of my previous posts) - yes, it works also when the screensaver is running. Note that it might not work properly if there are other windows (besides the Prime95's window), the titles of which contain "Prime95" - I guess it's understood why. Also, you can remove the first line of the script (or change it to "Enabled"), to see the messages describing the errors that could appear while executing the script.[/quote]

I might have something open with 'Prime95' in the window name, I'll check when I have a minute.

[quote]At some moment I realised that I was wrong when I said (in one of my previous posts - #54) that terminating the screensaver will wake up the monitor. My fault is that I tried it under Win95 only (yes, I was using also such an old OS at that time). I apologize for misleading you, I should've checked it on other OSes first. :redface: Win98/2000/XP have the screensaver/monitor power management functions implemented differently from Win95, so that terminating the screensaver (either by closing its window, or by killing its process) does not cause the monitor to exit the off-state, beginning with Win98 and above. Another correction of my words: the screensaver window's title is "Screen Saver" in Win95/98, but in Win2000/XP the title depends on the screensaver.[/QUOTE]

I can kill the process by searching for ".scr" easily enough. I'll see if I still have the code that does that.

Its that time of the year again

any idea on this?

[QUOTE=Danath;29112]I've attached the program that sets the priority. If you run it without parameters, it will set the priority of Prime95 to 4, but if you provide a value in the command line (between 1 and 10, as stated in the Prime95's dialog window, used to set the priority), it will set the priority to that value.[/QUOTE]It would be helpful if someone could run a few different virus scanners on the file attached in post #62.

Thanks!

:max:

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;259575]It would be helpful if someone could run a few different virus scanners on the file attached in post #62.

Thanks!

:max:[/QUOTE]

No virus with ESET NOD32 Update 6070 (20110425).

Earlier today we received a PM about the file having a [URL="https://www.microsoft.com/Security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?ThreatID=-2147325945"]virus[/URL].

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[SIZE=2]Corporate McAfee immediately balked:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2]"Virus was detected in the content (virus_detected) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Content contained "StartPage-IP" virus. Details: Virus: StartPage-IP; File: attachment.php; Sub File: \SetPrime95Priority.exe\SetPrime95Priority.exe; Vendor: McAfee, Inc.; Engine error code: None; Engine version: 5400.1158; Pattern version: 6327.0; Pattern date: 2011/04/25 06:40:00[/SIZE] "

Microsoft Security Essentials also flagged it as a trojan: "Trojan:Win32/Sapade"
DOH! Should've clicked Xyzzy's link first...

It is gone now.

We just realized how old this thread is!

:mike:

For future reference you can use [url]http://www.virustotal.com/[/url] to scan files automatically with multiple AVs.

[size=1]False positives, false negatives, oh the joy of AVs.[/size]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;259611]It is gone now.

We just realized how old this thread is!

:mike:[/QUOTE]

One one forum I visit, we have a really cute picture for thread necromancy like this....
It's a really ugly sorceror.