On 8/18/2015 11:56 AM, Jon TURNEY wrote: > On 18/08/2015 15:59, Dennis Putnam wrote: > > I found a suggestion to run 'strace -o log XWin'. The output does not > > mean much to me but hopefully it will to someone on this list. It is > > attached. > > Thanks. > > On 18/08/2015 15:59, Dennis Putnam wrote: >> --- Process 1776 created >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll at >> 00000000778B0000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\kernel32.dll at >> 0000000077790000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\KernelBase.dll at >> 000007FEFD690000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\cygwin64\bin\cygwin1.dll at 0000000180040000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\cygwin64\bin\cygiconv-2.dll at >> 00000003F20C0000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\cygwin64\bin\cygintl-8.dll at >> 00000003F01E0000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\cygwin64\bin\cygncursesw-10.dll at >> 00000003ED880000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\cygwin64\bin\cygreadline7.dll at >> 00000003EC170000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\user32.dll at >> 0000000077690000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\gdi32.dll at >> 000007FEFDA50000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\lpk.dll at 000007FEFDEB0000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\usp10.dll at >> 000007FEFE580000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\msvcrt.dll at >> 000007FEFFB20000 >> 2 2 [main] sh (1776) >> ********************************************** >> 1585 1587 [main] sh (1776) Program name: C:\cygwin64\bin\sh.exe >> (windows pid 1776) >> 252 1839 [main] sh (1776) OS version: Windows NT-6.1 >> 265 2104 [main] sh (1776) >> ********************************************** >> 1128 3232 [main] sh (1776) sigprocmask: 0 = sigprocmask (0, 0x0, >> 0x1802FF128) >> 413 3645 [main] sh 1776 child_copy: cygheap - hp 0x48C low >> 0x18031F400, high 0x18032C4F8, res 1 >> 399 4044 [main] sh 1776 child_copy: done >> 144 4188 [main] sh 1776 open_shared: name shared.5, n 5, shared >> 0x180030000 (wanted 0x180030000), h 0x70, *m 6 >> 369 4557 [main] sh 1776 user_heap_info::init: heap base >> 0x600000000, heap top 0x600000000, heap size 0x20000000 (536870912) >> 851 5408 [main] sh 1776 open_shared: name (null), n 1, shared >> 0x180020000 (wanted 0x180020000), h 0x58, *m 6 >> 275 5683 [main] sh 1776 user_info::create: opening user shared >> for '' at 0x180020000 >> 265 5948 [main] sh 1776 user_info::create: user shared version >> AB1FCCE8 >> 379 6327 [main] sh (1776) open_shared: name cygpid.1776, n >> 1776, shared 0x180010000 (wanted 0x180010000), h 0x78, *m 6 >> 801 7128 [main] sh 1776 time: 1439909775 = time(0x0) >> 230 7358 [main] sh 1776 pinfo::thisproc: myself dwProcessId 1776 >> 294 7652 [main] sh 1776 fhandler_base::fixup_after_exec: here >> for '/var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log' >> 318 7970 [main] sh 1776 fhandler_base::fork_fixup: handle 0x2AC >> already opened >> 918 8888 [main] sh 1776 fhandler_base::fork_fixup: handle 0x2B0 >> already opened >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\ws2_32.dll at >> 000007FEFE260000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\rpcrt4.dll at >> 000007FEFDD80000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\nsi.dll at 000007FEFDA20000 >> 31569 40457 [main] sh 1776 wsock_init: res 0 >> 226 40683 [main] sh 1776 wsock_init: wVersion 514 >> 34 40717 [main] sh 1776 wsock_init: wHighVersion 514 >> 21 40738 [main] sh 1776 wsock_init: szDescription WinSock 2.0 >> 19 40757 [main] sh 1776 wsock_init: szSystemStatus Running >> 19 40776 [main] sh 1776 wsock_init: iMaxSockets 0 >> 19 40795 [main] sh 1776 wsock_init: iMaxUdpDg 0 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\LavasoftTcpService64.dll >> at 00000000004A0000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\mswsock.dll at >> 000007FEFCE40000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\IPHLPAPI.DLL at >> 000007FEFC7B0000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\winnsi.dll at >> 000007FEFC7A0000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\advapi32.dll at >> 000007FEFF4C0000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\sechost.dll at >> 000007FEFDA30000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\ole32.dll at >> 000007FEFDEC0000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\oleaut32.dll at >> 000007FEFDCA0000 >> --- Process 1776 loaded C:\Windows\System32\version.dll at >> 000007FEFC790000 >> --- Process 1776, exception c0000005 at 00000000778FD8F1 >> --- Process 1776 exited with status 0xc000041d > > This is almost identical to [1]. See also [2]. > > I'd suggest you try upgrading or uninstalling "Lavasoft Web Companion". > > [1] https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-06/msg00195.html > [2] https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-07/msg00134.html > Interesting reply. Thanks. That software was installed as malware a while back. I used Revo uninstaller to get rid of it so I am surprised that it shows up anywhere.Apparently I am infected with this malware. I'll have to figure out how to get rid of it. Thanks.