Hello,

I have recently upgraded my Ad-aware spyware detector to their
anniversary edition and it has flagged a DLL file as suspicious- the file is


C\WINDOWS\SMNST\WNASPNTDLL

I have read that the new version of Ad-aware flags some of windows critical
files ie false alarms -I would be grateful to know whether this DLL file is
a windows critical file or something more sinister- the software prompts me
to ignore once by the way.


Thanks in anticipation

Matt Woods

Matt Woods wrote:

I have recently upgraded my Ad-aware spyware detector to
their
anniversary edition and it has flagged a DLL file as suspicious- the file
is

C\WINDOWS\SMNST\WNASPNTDLL

I have read that the new version of Ad-aware flags some of windows
critical files ie false alarms -I would be grateful to know whether this
DLL file is a windows critical file or something more sinister- the
software prompts me to ignore once by the way.

Did you make a typo with that name? The correct name should have a period
before the "dll" as in WNASPNT.DLL. The latter produces a link showing that
the .dll belongs to a Desernet Broadband Media driver. Do you have this
hardware?

You might want to scan with an alternate antimalware program such as the
free version of Malwarebytes Antimalware (MBAM). Get it at
www.malwarebytes.org.

Otherwise, post your question in the Ad-aware user forums.

http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Ok thanks for this- no I did not make a typo it is all one word and to the
best of my knowledge my pc does not have desernet media driver- SO I gather
from what you are saying this should be deleted ??
Thanks

Matt

"Malke" wrote in message
...
Matt Woods wrote:

I have recently upgraded my Ad-aware spyware detector to
their
anniversary edition and it has flagged a DLL file as suspicious- the file
is

C\WINDOWS\SMNST\WNASPNTDLL

I have read that the new version of Ad-aware flags some of windows
critical files ie false alarms -I would be grateful to know whether this
DLL file is a windows critical file or something more sinister- the
software prompts me to ignore once by the way.

Did you make a typo with that name? The correct name should have a period
before the "dll" as in WNASPNT.DLL. The latter produces a link showing
that
the .dll belongs to a Desernet Broadband Media driver. Do you have this
hardware?

You might want to scan with an alternate antimalware program such as the
free version of Malwarebytes Antimalware (MBAM). Get it at
www.malwarebytes.org.

Otherwise, post your question in the Ad-aware user forums.

http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Matt Woods wrote:

Ok thanks for this- no I did not make a typo it is all one word and to the
best of my knowledge my pc does not have desernet media driver- SO I
gather from what you are saying this should be deleted ??

No, you couldn't possibly gather that from what I wrote. All you could
gather was that I suggested you a) try scanning with a different
antimalware program; and b) post questions about whether this is a
false-positive in the Lavasoft forums.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Ok point taken-thanks Malke

Matt
"Malke" wrote in message
...
Matt Woods wrote:

Ok thanks for this- no I did not make a typo it is all one word and to
the
best of my knowledge my pc does not have desernet media driver- SO I
gather from what you are saying this should be deleted ??

No, you couldn't possibly gather that from what I wrote. All you could
gather was that I suggested you a) try scanning with a different
antimalware program; and b) post questions about whether this is a
false-positive in the Lavasoft forums.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:01:39 -0000, "Matt Woods"
wrote:

Ok point taken-thanks Malke

I will add that I quit using Ad-Aware a few years ago because of all
the crap it found compared to all the others.


Matt
"Malke" wrote in message
...
Matt Woods wrote:

Ok thanks for this- no I did not make a typo it is all one word and to
the
best of my knowledge my pc does not have desernet media driver- SO I
gather from what you are saying this should be deleted ??

No, you couldn't possibly gather that from what I wrote. All you could
gather was that I suggested you a) try scanning with a different
antimalware program; and b) post questions about whether this is a
false-positive in the Lavasoft forums.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

"Cody Jarrett" wrote in message
news

I will add that I quit using Ad-Aware a few years ago because of all
the crap it found compared to all the others.

That is a little confusing. My interpretation of what you said is that
Ad-Aware found so much stuff that you did not want that you stopped using
Ad-Aware.

Yes, I believe he meant crud.

"Sam Hobbs" wrote in message
...
"Cody Jarrett" wrote in message
news

I will add that I quit using Ad-Aware a few years ago because of all
the crap it found compared to all the others.

That is a little confusing. My interpretation of what you said is that
Ad-Aware found so much stuff that you did not want that you stopped using
Ad-Aware.

On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:59:28 -0800, "Sam Hobbs"
wrote:

"Cody Jarrett" wrote in message
news

I will add that I quit using Ad-Aware a few years ago because of all
the crap it found compared to all the others.

That is a little confusing. My interpretation of what you said is that
Ad-Aware found so much stuff that you did not want that you stopped using
Ad-Aware.

To make it simpler for you: what it found was NOT something that
needed removing, but something I couldn't have cared less about.

It's a great "tracking cookie" finder (I have many saved so cookies,
and it doesn't like a lot of those), and it is much better finding
false positives than others.

Next time I want a cookie finder and false-positive finder, I'll run
Ad-Aware.

Cody Jarrett wrote:
On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:59:28 -0800, "Sam Hobbs"
wrote:

"Cody Jarrett" wrote in message
news
I will add that I quit using Ad-Aware a few years ago because of all
the crap it found compared to all the others.
That is a little confusing. My interpretation of what you said is that
Ad-Aware found so much stuff that you did not want that you stopped using
Ad-Aware.

To make it simpler for you: what it found was NOT something that
needed removing, but something I couldn't have cared less about.

It's a great "tracking cookie" finder (I have many saved so cookies,
and it doesn't like a lot of those), and it is much better finding
false positives than others.

Next time I want a cookie finder and false-positive finder, I'll run
Ad-Aware.

LOL, and you do know that the machine cannot be attacked by a Web
browser cookie, since its only text and is not executable code. That's
all Ad-Aware every found on any of my machines too, cookies. So, I
stopped using it.