Dr Watson Postmortem Debugger

[Guest]

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Hi, ok, I have read everything I could find in this group on Dr watson, I
still do not know WHAt he is and why he is there,,,,I was told he was spyware
and should be deleted out of the pc. Did that, he came back! It says it is
from Microsoft, can ANYONE tell the answeres to the what and why about this
little dr man!!
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Thanks, Miswolfie

 

[galen]

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In news:375D345B-C64A-4D65-A696-FF2381085C66@microsoft.com,
miswolfie <miswolfie@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hi, ok, I have read everything I could find in this group on Dr
> watson, I still do not know WHAt he is and why he is there,,,,I was
> told he was spyware and should be deleted out of the pc. Did that, he
> came back! It says it is from Microsoft, can ANYONE tell the answeres
> to the what and why about this little dr man!!

He's the messenger - really... Basically he happily tells you all about when
things go wrong. He's not spyware. He's a legit program NORMALLY though I
suppose some malware author might strive to look like it. If you're thinking
it's a spyware app then:

Malware Cleaning :
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html

Galen
--

"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Guest]

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Poor old Doc Watson, Microsoft disemVoweled him Run
drwtsn32

"miswolfie" <miswolfie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:375D345B-C64A-4D65-A696-FF2381085C66@microsoft.com...
> Hi, ok, I have read everything I could find in this group on Dr watson, I
> still do not know WHAt he is and why he is there,,,,I was told he was
> spyware
> and should be deleted out of the pc. Did that, he came back! It says it is
> from Microsoft, can ANYONE tell the answeres to the what and why about
> this
> little dr man!!
> --
> Thanks, Miswolfie