C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\tsa\ts2.exe error

I was searching for something on IE, and it went spastic on me and froze up or crashed or something. I used Task Mananger to end IE, and I got a box that something went wrong with. Also, I noticed that MS Visual Basic C++ opened up at the same time. Before all this, I ran spybot and removed some spyware form my PC. I think this happened once before, recently, I can't remember.

C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\tsa\ts2.exe

 

I doubt using Spybot (or Ad-Aware) to delete spyware will cause the Visual Basic error you got. Spybot (and Ad-Aware) are conservative when removing files.

This is not necessarily true for antivirus programs, which sometimes find a virus, you ask for removal, then it will, but at the cost of other things not working, say Internet Explorer won't work after Norton fixes a nasty virus lodged deep in the OS, (big deal you'd repair IE, and more important get rid of the virus) I digress. My point is when Spybot (or Ad-Aware) remove files do not suspect error messages will result.

To the best of my knowledge, Microsoft programs like Internet Explorer aren't written in Basic, and I don't see the connection between killing an IE process and your VB message.

Was that a one-time error message you got? Have you seen it again? Or did it go away and vanish when you restarted the computer?

 

ts2.exe is spyware..

Please follow all the steps in this Sticky thread READ ME FIRST BEFORE ASKING FOR SUPPORT: Basic Spyware, Trojan And Virus Removal


If you already have any of the programs linked in the tutorial please double check your version to make sure you have the latest one and that you have any/all updates for the programs.

NOTE: In order to resolve the issues you are having it is very important that you at least try to perform all the steps as outlined. If you have any difficulty please post back letting us know what steps you have completed, what you found while doing the scans if anything and details about any problems you have encountered in completing the steps. The more details you can provide the better.

 

I got the error message again today, and I saw the visual basic program open up in Task Manager.

 

did you go through the tutorial?

 

No, I have not went through the entire tutorial yet. I have updaged my Spybot S&D, and I am downloading Ad-Ware removal.

I ran Spybot after I updated it, and ts2.exe was still running. I noticed that it was not listed in Spybot list.

Where do I report bad links in this forum?

 

I'm going to go through the entire tutorial, but not all at one time.

 

You need to do it all or as much as you can in one shot. Waiting only opens the doors for propagation of the malware present on your machine.

 

I ran almost all the programs the tutorial listed, but I did not diable system restore, and I did not do it in safe mode.

Ad-ware SE seem to get everthing that Spybot SD did not.

The only problem I had was trying to remove Microsoft Java. It may not be there. I already had Sun Java installed.

Thanks for the help.

 

how is everything working?

 

Everything seems to be working fine.

Do you know a link that lists known spyware/malware alphabetically? I could look and see if any of those programs are unning

 

there is
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

to check your running process its pretty good really
its kinda hard to keep up with all the new stuff flying around
if that doesn't know what it is
Google it

there is
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

bad anti spy/ad/malware programs and sites

a glossery of adware terms
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/refa.html#adware
index(there are more than listed)
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/auto/index/indexA.html

 

Thank you.