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    Pinger.exe ???

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by wes000, Dec 1, 2005.

  1. wes000

    wes000 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just installed Norton's Internet Security Professional. I get an alert every few minutes or so that pinger.exe/toshiba ?? is trying to access the internet.

    I have been blocking this each time and almost checked the box that says always use this action.

    What exactly is this program and should I always block this??
     
    wes000, Dec 1, 2005
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yeah, it just checks for software updates from Toshiba. Nothing harmful you can leave it if you want to or you can disable it in the start up programs list(Start-->Run-->msconfig(click OK)-->Start Up Tab-->Uncheck pinger.exe & restart). This should disable it from running at startup.
     
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    wes000 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanx I will just let it do it's thing.... :D
     
    wes000, Dec 2, 2005
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    seancttm, Dec 4, 2005
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