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can this be remote access of my computer?

by bently Dec 17, 2005 11:46PM PST

Using Mozilla 1.7.12, win XP home, sp2.

Just tried to use CCleaner and it told me to first SHUT down Mozilla.

I had closed it, Mozilla was closed out as far as I could tell. Nothing was showing on my screen to indicate Mozilla was in use.

Did Ctrl-Alt-Del and TaskManager/Processes, showed that MOZILLA was in use.

Clicked END PROCESS and it went away.

Why/HOW could Mozilla be active and not show on my screen somewhere?

Does that mean someone accessed my computer remotely?

Thanks

Ben

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by Donna Buenaventura Dec 18, 2005 12:09AM PST

You need to wait until the plugin releases its' "grip" on Mozilla. If can't wait, ending the processes using Task Manager should do it.

No, it doesn't mean someone access your computer remotely. You should report it to Mozilla.org forums so they can check the issue. This happened with Firefox too but was fixed with v1.5

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Thanks Dona,
by bently Dec 18, 2005 2:04AM PST

I was concerned it was a keystroke logger.

Ben

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Thanks Dona,
by bently Dec 18, 2005 2:38AM PST

I was concerned it was a keystroke logger.

Ben

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