M.I.5¾ wrote on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:34:34 -0000:
> "Adrian C" <email@here.invalid> wrote in message
> news:6ovr54F5mgkdU1@mid.individual.net...
>> M.I.5¾ wrote:
>>> I noticed my laptop fans were in high rev mode and a quick check revealed
>>> that the processor time was being occupied by something called
>>> CLUpdater.exe.
>>>
>> Try and find the file CLUpdater.exe on your disk, right click on it and
>> choose properties. There should be a version tab, with details of the
>> program's source. It's more likely to be something to do with CyberLink
>> PowerDVD.
>>
>> If it is indeed Craigslist, you should be asking yourself how you managed
>> to get on your machine. Was someone else responsible?
>
> Are you saying that PowerDVD somehow uses Craigslist or that it uses an
> updating utility with the same name as the real craig's list? What would
> PowerDVD be updating that takes so long?
>
> If it is craig's list, I am less concerned with how it got there and more
> concerned with getting rid of it.

Well it is found in a path like this?

c:\program files\cyberlink\powerdvd8\evoparser\clupdater.exe

First thing I do in cases like this is find it with a file finder
utility. Once found, I would rename it to say with a *.ex extension.
Sometimes I add .DEL to the filename so I can search them later and
delete them if I learn I don't need them. That should stop it from
running when you reboot. If it won't let you rename it, try under safe
mode. Or run another OS and rename it that way. Now reboot and report
back if it is gone or not. You might be done at this point depending on
what happens.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 8GB 1GB SoDIMM Adata 16GB
Windows XP SP2 and Xandros Linux

Jeffrey W. Bowen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> That said, CLUpdater is most likely as originally suspected, the Craig's
> List updater that PA Bear posted a link to.

Very likely not.

We don't have the results of the user finding the file, finding it's
properties and reading us the information about it.

--
Adrian C

Adrian C,

You may be correct on that. Someone posted a message I missed or that showed
up after mine a location of this program in Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 in a folder
I don't have in my version. So, I might humbly concede my potential error.
Also, since there are some parts of the program with similar spellings
beginning with capital letters in the same fashion, I could even more easily
stand corrected on this matter, especially since there is a poster in the
cyberlink forum who refers to CLUpdater starting when he failed to get
another cyberlink program called, "Power2Go" to work properly. The link to
which this refers is as follows:

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/2643.page

Now, that said, I have done even further research by googling "CLUpdater"
and found the most relevant hits relating to the Craig's List widget. I
found no references to any of Cyberlink's software until 6 pages into the
Google search results which was a certification of cleanliness by McAfee
Site Advisor for Cyberlink.com.

So it seems that the assumptions that this program is either a part of a
Cyberlink program or the Craig's List widget which just happens to be named
"CLUpdater" can both be considered correct until MI-5 3/4 is able to
identify the program by verifying its location and how it loads itself.

The best way to find this out is for MI-5 3/4 to do a search on the computer
in question for "CLUpdater" or "clupdater" to see where it is located. Then
follow the proper instructions for disabling or removal of this program.

So, once again, I ask that MI-5 3/4 review my previous post to find a way
within PowerDVD to disable the "update" software. If it is another Cyberlink
program that uses this updating program, then I suggest looking for a way to
disable this program within that software in a similar way. If that is
difficult to do, go to the Cyberlink website and post a question on how to
eliminate or disable this program.

If on the other hand it is a Craig's List widget that got installed by
accident, it should easily be removed by the method I also outlined in my
previous post.


--
Again, I hope this helps, good luck.

Peace,

Jeffrey W. Bowen
formerly known as "Sky Captain"
remove "No . . . Spam" from email for private message, but please post your
successes and failures to the group so we can all see what works and what
doesn't.


"Adrian C" <email@here.invalid> wrote in message
news:6p0rbgF5tvg0U2@mid.individual.net...
> Jeffrey W. Bowen wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> That said, CLUpdater is most likely as originally suspected, the Craig's
>> List updater that PA Bear posted a link to.
>
> Very likely not.
>
> We don't have the results of the user finding the file, finding it's
> properties and reading us the information about it.
>
> --
> Adrian C

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
news:OXUDO%23kTJHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Is "CLSearch" or anything with the word "Craigslist" found in Add/Remove
> Programs?
>
> Start | Run | msconfig | Startup: Is CLUpdater.exe listed here? If so, in
> which folder is this file located?
>

I had already looked there, but there is no mention.

Strangely, CLUpdater started running again last night. After I stopped it,
I did a search for CLUpdater.exe as someone suggested. A file of that name
does not exist on my machine unless it is being shielded in some way.

> M.I.5¾ wrote:
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23R9d%233gTJHA.5812@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Got Google? =>
>>> http://clcompanion.com/craigslist-co...ownload/print/
>>>
>>
>> I did actually find that one. Unfortunately the link contained within it
>> that supposedly tells you what Craig's list is is broken.
>>
>>> M.I.5¾ wrote:
>>>> I noticed my laptop fans were in high rev mode and a quick check
>>>> revealed
>>>> that the processor time was being occupied by something called
>>>> CLUpdater.exe.
>>>>
>>>> A quick google showed that this is updating something called 'Craig's
>>>> List',
>>>> but didn't tell me too much about it.
>>>>
>>>> What on earth is Craig's List? What does it do for me. If it doesn't
>>>> do
>>>> anything, how do I get rid of it.
>

"Adrian C" <email@here.invalid> wrote in message
news:6p028iF5f61qU1@mid.individual.net...
> M.I.5¾ wrote:
>> Are you saying that PowerDVD somehow uses Craigslist or that it uses an
>> updating utility with the same name as the real craig's list?
>
> The OP following the exercise I mentioned will most likely find this has
> absolutely nothing to do with Craigslist.
>
> What would
>> PowerDVD be updating that takes so long?
>
> It might be looking for application file updates and having a bad time
> doing so. Dunno. Perhaps now that the OP has found its something to do
> with PowerDVD (or whatever it is) he can let loose the magical powers of
> google on solving this issue, or followup with another post, or trawl
> through
>

I have not established that it is to do with PowerDVD, that was your theory,
but I was answering your theory with a question. As I responded to someone
else, CLUpdater.exe started running again last night, but, there does not
appear to be a file of that name on the machine (unless it's cloaked)

"Adrian C" <email@here.invalid> wrote in message
news:6p0rbgF5tvg0U2@mid.individual.net...
> Jeffrey W. Bowen wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> That said, CLUpdater is most likely as originally suspected, the Craig's
>> List updater that PA Bear posted a link to.
>
> Very likely not.
>
> We don't have the results of the user finding the file, finding it's
> properties and reading us the information about it.
>

You do now. CLUpdater.exe is not present on the machine, unless, as I have
said, it is cloaked. It did occur to me that something else may auto
download it and then run it. AFAICT, Craig's List itself is not present on
the machine, unless it lodges itself where I haven't looked (always a
possibility).

"Jeffrey W. Bowen" <jwmcquireNo@Spamyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%23MTqQxqTJHA.5860@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Adrian C,
>
> You may be correct on that. Someone posted a message I missed or that
> showed up after mine a location of this program in Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 in
> a folder I don't have in my version. So, I might humbly concede my
> potential error. Also, since there are some parts of the program with
> similar spellings beginning with capital letters in the same fashion, I
> could even more easily stand corrected on this matter, especially since
> there is a poster in the cyberlink forum who refers to CLUpdater starting
> when he failed to get another cyberlink program called, "Power2Go" to work
> properly. The link to which this refers is as follows:
>
> http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/2643.page
>
> Now, that said, I have done even further research by googling "CLUpdater"
> and found the most relevant hits relating to the Craig's List widget. I
> found no references to any of Cyberlink's software until 6 pages into the
> Google search results which was a certification of cleanliness by McAfee
> Site Advisor for Cyberlink.com.
>
> So it seems that the assumptions that this program is either a part of a
> Cyberlink program or the Craig's List widget which just happens to be
> named "CLUpdater" can both be considered correct until MI-5 3/4 is able to
> identify the program by verifying its location and how it loads itself.
>
> The best way to find this out is for MI-5 3/4 to do a search on the
> computer in question for "CLUpdater" or "clupdater" to see where it is
> located. Then follow the proper instructions for disabling or removal of
> this program.
>
> So, once again, I ask that MI-5 3/4 review my previous post to find a way
> within PowerDVD to disable the "update" software. If it is another
> Cyberlink program that uses this updating program, then I suggest looking
> for a way to disable this program within that software in a similar way.
> If that is difficult to do, go to the Cyberlink website and post a
> question on how to eliminate or disable this program.
>
> If on the other hand it is a Craig's List widget that got installed by
> accident, it should easily be removed by the method I also outlined in my
> previous post.
>

Thank you for your compendious response. I have to confess that I hadn't
made the connection between CLUpdater.exe and CyberLinkUpdater as all the
google info poined the finger firmly at Craig's List. I did a search last
night in response to another suggestion for the actual CLUpdater.exe file,
but drew a blank. It is either not there or cloaked. It did occur to me
that CLUpdater.exe could be downloaded as required by something in the
Cyberlink suite. If it is Cyberlink that is doing this, then I can probably
accept it, but what could it possibly be updating that takes over 2 hours on
a broadband link?

BTW, I have PowerDVD V7 on this machine. I have another issue with
PowerDVD in that when you play DVDs with surround sound tracks, the sound
only comes from the front two speakers. But when you play a Blu-ray disc,
the sound correctly comes from all 5 speakers. A question to Cyberlink has
been ignored.

M.I.5¾ wrote:
> Strangely, CLUpdater started running again last night. After I stopped it,
> I did a search for CLUpdater.exe as someone suggested. A file of that name
> does not exist on my machine unless it is being shielded in some way.

Process Explorer shows you the full path to the executable when you
hover over the "Process" column.

--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk

"Swifty" <Steve.J.Swift******.com> wrote in message
news:u59AK7tTJHA.5344@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> M.I.5¾ wrote:
>> Strangely, CLUpdater started running again last night. After I stopped
>> it, I did a search for CLUpdater.exe as someone suggested. A file of
>> that name does not exist on my machine unless it is being shielded in
>> some way.
>
> Process Explorer shows you the full path to the executable when you hover
> over the "Process" column.
>

Thanks, I'll try that next time the thing runs.

Hello,

Is this program starting up even when you don't use PowerDVD 7? Do you have
other Cyberlink programs on your computer? If so, try disabling the update
function in all of them and see if that helps. As far as your problem with
your sound, I will try to do some research and get back to you on that.

Is it starting randomly?

Try Swifty's suggestion and download process explorer or go to
http://www.winpatrol.com/ and download this free program. Either program
should help you find the necessary information you need to discover the
actual location of this program and how it works.

Also, is there a program in your "Startup" section of msconfig called
"PCMService"? If so, try disabling it and see if that helps.

Also, try your search again, but choose "More advanced options" and check
all of the first three choices that will allow you to search hidden and
system files.


--
I hope this helps, good luck.

Peace,

Jeffrey W. Bowen
formerly known as "Sky Captain"
remove "No . . . Spam" from email for private message, but please post your
successes and failures to the group so we can all see what works and what
doesn't.

"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
news:492bae3c$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...
>
> "Jeffrey W. Bowen" <jwmcquireNo@Spamyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23MTqQxqTJHA.5860@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Adrian C,
>>
>> You may be correct on that. Someone posted a message I missed or that
>> showed up after mine a location of this program in Cyberlink PowerDVD 8
>> in a folder I don't have in my version. So, I might humbly concede my
>> potential error. Also, since there are some parts of the program with
>> similar spellings beginning with capital letters in the same fashion, I
>> could even more easily stand corrected on this matter, especially since
>> there is a poster in the cyberlink forum who refers to CLUpdater starting
>> when he failed to get another cyberlink program called, "Power2Go" to
>> work properly. The link to which this refers is as follows:
>>
>> http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/2643.page
>>
>> Now, that said, I have done even further research by googling "CLUpdater"
>> and found the most relevant hits relating to the Craig's List widget. I
>> found no references to any of Cyberlink's software until 6 pages into the
>> Google search results which was a certification of cleanliness by McAfee
>> Site Advisor for Cyberlink.com.
>>
>> So it seems that the assumptions that this program is either a part of a
>> Cyberlink program or the Craig's List widget which just happens to be
>> named "CLUpdater" can both be considered correct until MI-5 3/4 is able
>> to identify the program by verifying its location and how it loads
>> itself.
>>
>> The best way to find this out is for MI-5 3/4 to do a search on the
>> computer in question for "CLUpdater" or "clupdater" to see where it is
>> located. Then follow the proper instructions for disabling or removal of
>> this program.
>>
>> So, once again, I ask that MI-5 3/4 review my previous post to find a way
>> within PowerDVD to disable the "update" software. If it is another
>> Cyberlink program that uses this updating program, then I suggest looking
>> for a way to disable this program within that software in a similar way.
>> If that is difficult to do, go to the Cyberlink website and post a
>> question on how to eliminate or disable this program.
>>
>> If on the other hand it is a Craig's List widget that got installed by
>> accident, it should easily be removed by the method I also outlined in my
>> previous post.
>>
>
> Thank you for your compendious response. I have to confess that I hadn't
> made the connection between CLUpdater.exe and CyberLinkUpdater as all the
> google info poined the finger firmly at Craig's List. I did a search last
> night in response to another suggestion for the actual CLUpdater.exe file,
> but drew a blank. It is either not there or cloaked. It did occur to me
> that CLUpdater.exe could be downloaded as required by something in the
> Cyberlink suite. If it is Cyberlink that is doing this, then I can
> probably accept it, but what could it possibly be updating that takes over
> 2 hours on a broadband link?
>
> BTW, I have PowerDVD V7 on this machine. I have another issue with
> PowerDVD in that when you play DVDs with surround sound tracks, the sound
> only comes from the front two speakers. But when you play a Blu-ray disc,
> the sound correctly comes from all 5 speakers. A question to Cyberlink
> has been ignored.
>
>

One more thing I forgot in the last post, do you have a timeline as to when
this first began? If you have System Restore enabled, you may be able to
restore to a point before this started and be rid of it then, . . .
hopefully.

If you have to reinstall anything, watch close to see if any of them offer
this updater as an optional install and uncheck it. If anyone else besides
you uses this computer, check your browsing history to see if anyone has
been to Craig's List recently or if they might have installed the program.

If you have a firewall and you have the ability to configure permissions for
each program on your computer, then you may be able to stop it from running
using the firewall's settings. This of course won't get rid of the program,
but it will stop it from using up valuable CPU resources.


--
I hope this helps, good luck.

Peace,

Jeffrey W. Bowen
formerly known as "Sky Captain"
remove "No . . . Spam" from email for private message, but please post your
successes and failures to the group so we can all see what works and what
doesn't.

"Jeffrey W. Bowen" <jwmcquireNo@Spamyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%230waBU1TJHA.1908@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> Is this program starting up even when you don't use PowerDVD 7? Do you
> have other Cyberlink programs on your computer? If so, try disabling the
> update function in all of them and see if that helps. As far as your
> problem with your sound, I will try to do some research and get back to
> you on that.
>
> Is it starting randomly?
>
> Try Swifty's suggestion and download process explorer or go to
> http://www.winpatrol.com/ and download this free program. Either program
> should help you find the necessary information you need to discover the
> actual location of this program and how it works.
>
> Also, is there a program in your "Startup" section of msconfig called
> "PCMService"? If so, try disabling it and see if that helps.
>
> Also, try your search again, but choose "More advanced options" and check
> all of the first three choices. That will allow you to search hidden and
> system files.
>
>
> --
> I hope this helps, good luck.
>
> Peace,
>
> Jeffrey W. Bowen
> formerly known as "Sky Captain"
> remove "No . . . Spam" from email for private message, but please post
> your successes and failures to the group so we can all see what works and
> what doesn't.
>
> "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:492bae3c$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...
>>
>> "Jeffrey W. Bowen" <jwmcquireNo@Spamyahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23MTqQxqTJHA.5860@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Adrian C,
>>>
>>> You may be correct on that. Someone posted a message I missed or that
>>> showed up after mine a location of this program in Cyberlink PowerDVD 8
>>> in a folder I don't have in my version. So, I might humbly concede my
>>> potential error. Also, since there are some parts of the program with
>>> similar spellings beginning with capital letters in the same fashion, I
>>> could even more easily stand corrected on this matter, especially since
>>> there is a poster in the cyberlink forum who refers to CLUpdater
>>> starting when he failed to get another cyberlink program called,
>>> "Power2Go" to work properly. The link to which this refers is as
>>> follows:
>>>
>>> http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/2643.page
>>>
>>> Now, that said, I have done even further research by googling
>>> "CLUpdater" and found the most relevant hits relating to the Craig's
>>> List widget. I found no references to any of Cyberlink's software until
>>> 6 pages into the Google search results which was a certification of
>>> cleanliness by McAfee Site Advisor for Cyberlink.com.
>>>
>>> So it seems that the assumptions that this program is either a part of a
>>> Cyberlink program or the Craig's List widget which just happens to be
>>> named "CLUpdater" can both be considered correct until MI-5 3/4 is able
>>> to identify the program by verifying its location and how it loads
>>> itself.
>>>
>>> The best way to find this out is for MI-5 3/4 to do a search on the
>>> computer in question for "CLUpdater" or "clupdater" to see where it is
>>> located. Then follow the proper instructions for disabling or removal of
>>> this program.
>>>
>>> So, once again, I ask that MI-5 3/4 review my previous post to find a
>>> way within PowerDVD to disable the "update" software. If it is another
>>> Cyberlink program that uses this updating program, then I suggest
>>> looking for a way to disable this program within that software in a
>>> similar way. If that is difficult to do, go to the Cyberlink website and
>>> post a question on how to eliminate or disable this program.
>>>
>>> If on the other hand it is a Craig's List widget that got installed by
>>> accident, it should easily be removed by the method I also outlined in
>>> my previous post.
>>>
>>
>> Thank you for your compendious response. I have to confess that I hadn't
>> made the connection between CLUpdater.exe and CyberLinkUpdater as all the
>> google info poined the finger firmly at Craig's List. I did a search
>> last night in response to another suggestion for the actual CLUpdater.exe
>> file, but drew a blank. It is either not there or cloaked. It did occur
>> to me that CLUpdater.exe could be downloaded as required by something in
>> the Cyberlink suite. If it is Cyberlink that is doing this, then I can
>> probably accept it, but what could it possibly be updating that takes
>> over 2 hours on a broadband link?
>>
>> BTW, I have PowerDVD V7 on this machine. I have another issue with
>> PowerDVD in that when you play DVDs with surround sound tracks, the sound
>> only comes from the front two speakers. But when you play a Blu-ray
>> disc, the sound correctly comes from all 5 speakers. A question to
>> Cyberlink has been ignored.
>>
>>
>
>

"Jeffrey W. Bowen" <jwmcquireNo@Spamyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:uCRk5n1TJHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> One more thing I forgot in the last post, do you have a timeline as to
> when this first began? If you have System Restore enabled, you may be able
> to restore to a point before this started and be rid of it then, . . .
> hopefully.
>
> If you have to reinstall anything, watch close to see if any of them offer
> this updater as an optional install and uncheck it. If anyone else besides
> you uses this computer, check your browsing history to see if anyone has
> been to Craig's List recently or if they might have installed the program.
>
> If you have a firewall and you have the ability to configure permissions
> for each program on your computer, then you may be able to stop it from
> running using the firewall's settings. This of course won't get rid of the
> program, but it will stop it from using up valuable CPU resources.
>

Once again, thank you for responding. I have been aware of something
causing the processor to be working hard for some time, but it is only
recently that I have gone about investigating it. I was hoping that it
would run again last night so that I could try and work out where it was
running from (in response to another suggestion). Not a peep out of it.
I'll get it sooner or later, but at least I now have an idea of what it may
be.

I am the only user but I shall certainly turn off all the CyberLink auto
update as I don't like things just updating themselves and altering their
functionality.

>
> --
> I hope this helps, good luck.
>
> Peace,
>
> Jeffrey W. Bowen
> formerly known as "Sky Captain"
> remove "No . . . Spam" from email for private message, but please post
> your successes and failures to the group so we can all see what works and
> what doesn't.
>
> "Jeffrey W. Bowen" <jwmcquireNo@Spamyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%230waBU1TJHA.1908@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is this program starting up even when you don't use PowerDVD 7? Do you
>> have other Cyberlink programs on your computer? If so, try disabling the
>> update function in all of them and see if that helps. As far as your
>> problem with your sound, I will try to do some research and get back to
>> you on that.
>>
>> Is it starting randomly?
>>
>> Try Swifty's suggestion and download process explorer or go to
>> http://www.winpatrol.com/ and download this free program. Either program
>> should help you find the necessary information you need to discover the
>> actual location of this program and how it works.
>>
>> Also, is there a program in your "Startup" section of msconfig called
>> "PCMService"? If so, try disabling it and see if that helps.
>>
>> Also, try your search again, but choose "More advanced options" and check
>> all of the first three choices. That will allow you to search hidden and
>> system files.
>>
>>
>> --
>> I hope this helps, good luck.
>>
>> Peace,
>>
>> Jeffrey W. Bowen
>> formerly known as "Sky Captain"
>> remove "No . . . Spam" from email for private message, but please post
>> your successes and failures to the group so we can all see what works and
>> what doesn't.
>>
>> "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:492bae3c$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...
>>>
>>> "Jeffrey W. Bowen" <jwmcquireNo@Spamyahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23MTqQxqTJHA.5860@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Adrian C,
>>>>
>>>> You may be correct on that. Someone posted a message I missed or that
>>>> showed up after mine a location of this program in Cyberlink PowerDVD 8
>>>> in a folder I don't have in my version. So, I might humbly concede my
>>>> potential error. Also, since there are some parts of the program with
>>>> similar spellings beginning with capital letters in the same fashion, I
>>>> could even more easily stand corrected on this matter, especially since
>>>> there is a poster in the cyberlink forum who refers to CLUpdater
>>>> starting when he failed to get another cyberlink program called,
>>>> "Power2Go" to work properly. The link to which this refers is as
>>>> follows:
>>>>
>>>> http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/2643.page
>>>>
>>>> Now, that said, I have done even further research by googling
>>>> "CLUpdater" and found the most relevant hits relating to the Craig's
>>>> List widget. I found no references to any of Cyberlink's software until
>>>> 6 pages into the Google search results which was a certification of
>>>> cleanliness by McAfee Site Advisor for Cyberlink.com.
>>>>
>>>> So it seems that the assumptions that this program is either a part of
>>>> a Cyberlink program or the Craig's List widget which just happens to be
>>>> named "CLUpdater" can both be considered correct until MI-5 3/4 is able
>>>> to identify the program by verifying its location and how it loads
>>>> itself.
>>>>
>>>> The best way to find this out is for MI-5 3/4 to do a search on the
>>>> computer in question for "CLUpdater" or "clupdater" to see where it is
>>>> located. Then follow the proper instructions for disabling or removal
>>>> of this program.
>>>>
>>>> So, once again, I ask that MI-5 3/4 review my previous post to find a
>>>> way within PowerDVD to disable the "update" software. If it is another
>>>> Cyberlink program that uses this updating program, then I suggest
>>>> looking for a way to disable this program within that software in a
>>>> similar way. If that is difficult to do, go to the Cyberlink website
>>>> and post a question on how to eliminate or disable this program.
>>>>
>>>> If on the other hand it is a Craig's List widget that got installed by
>>>> accident, it should easily be removed by the method I also outlined in
>>>> my previous post.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for your compendious response. I have to confess that I
>>> hadn't made the connection between CLUpdater.exe and CyberLinkUpdater as
>>> all the google info poined the finger firmly at Craig's List. I did a
>>> search last night in response to another suggestion for the actual
>>> CLUpdater.exe file, but drew a blank. It is either not there or
>>> cloaked. It did occur to me that CLUpdater.exe could be downloaded as
>>> required by something in the Cyberlink suite. If it is Cyberlink that
>>> is doing this, then I can probably accept it, but what could it possibly
>>> be updating that takes over 2 hours on a broadband link?
>>>
>>> BTW, I have PowerDVD V7 on this machine. I have another issue with
>>> PowerDVD in that when you play DVDs with surround sound tracks, the
>>> sound only comes from the front two speakers. But when you play a
>>> Blu-ray disc, the sound correctly comes from all 5 speakers. A question
>>> to Cyberlink has been ignored.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

"I don't like things just updating themselves and altering their "

I agree, good luck with this problem. I hope you are able to solve it the
next time it comes up. I don't really like things automatically updating
either, especially if it steals too much processor resources to do so.


--
Peace,

Jeffrey W. Bowen
formerly known as "Sky Captain"
remove "No . . . Spam" from email for private message, but please post your
successes and failures to the group so we can all see what works and what
doesn't.

> functionality.
"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Jeffrey W. Bowen" <jwmcquireNo@Spamyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:uCRk5n1TJHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> One more thing I forgot in the last post, do you have a timeline as to
>> when this first began? If you have System Restore enabled, you may be
>> able to restore to a point before this started and be rid of it then, . .
>> . hopefully.
>>
>> If you have to reinstall anything, watch close to see if any of them
>> offer this updater as an optional install and uncheck it. If anyone else
>> besides you uses this computer, check your browsing history to see if
>> anyone has been to Craig's List recently or if they might have installed
>> the program.
>>
>> If you have a firewall and you have the ability to configure permissions
>> for each program on your computer, then you may be able to stop it from
>> running using the firewall's settings. This of course won't get rid of
>> the program, but it will stop it from using up valuable CPU resources.
>>
>
> Once again, thank you for responding. I have been aware of something
> causing the processor to be working hard for some time, but it is only
> recently that I have gone about investigating it. I was hoping that it
> would run again last night so that I could try and work out where it was
> running from (in response to another suggestion). Not a peep out of it.
> I'll get it sooner or later, but at least I now have an idea of what it
> may be.
>
> I am the only user but I shall certainly turn off all the CyberLink auto
> update as I don't like things just updating themselves and altering their
> functionality.
>
>>
>> --
>> I hope this helps, good luck.
>>
>> Peace,
>>
>> Jeffrey W. Bowen
>> formerly known as "Sky Captain"
>> remove "No . . . Spam" from email for private message, but please post
>> your successes and failures to the group so we can all see what works and
>> what doesn't.
>>
>> "Jeffrey W. Bowen" <jwmcquireNo@Spamyahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:%230waBU1TJHA.1908@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Is this program starting up even when you don't use PowerDVD 7? Do you
>>> have other Cyberlink programs on your computer? If so, try disabling the
>>> update function in all of them and see if that helps. As far as your
>>> problem with your sound, I will try to do some research and get back to
>>> you on that.
>>>
>>> Is it starting randomly?
>>>
>>> Try Swifty's suggestion and download process explorer or go to
>>> http://www.winpatrol.com/ and download this free program. Either program
>>> should help you find the necessary information you need to discover the
>>> actual location of this program and how it works.
>>>
>>> Also, is there a program in your "Startup" section of msconfig called
>>> "PCMService"? If so, try disabling it and see if that helps.
>>>
>>> Also, try your search again, but choose "More advanced options" and
>>> check all of the first three choices. That will allow you to search
>>> hidden and system files.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> I hope this helps, good luck.
>>>
>>> Peace,
>>>
>>> Jeffrey W. Bowen
>>> formerly known as "Sky Captain"
>>> remove "No . . . Spam" from email for private message, but please post
>>> your successes and failures to the group so we can all see what works
>>> and what doesn't.
>>>
>>> "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:492bae3c$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...
>>>>
>>>> "Jeffrey W. Bowen" <jwmcquireNo@Spamyahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23MTqQxqTJHA.5860@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Adrian C,
>>>>>
>>>>> You may be correct on that. Someone posted a message I missed or that
>>>>> showed up after mine a location of this program in Cyberlink PowerDVD
>>>>> 8 in a folder I don't have in my version. So, I might humbly concede
>>>>> my potential error. Also, since there are some parts of the program
>>>>> with similar spellings beginning with capital letters in the same
>>>>> fashion, I could even more easily stand corrected on this matter,
>>>>> especially since there is a poster in the cyberlink forum who refers
>>>>> to CLUpdater starting when he failed to get another cyberlink program
>>>>> called, "Power2Go" to work properly. The link to which this refers is
>>>>> as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/2643.page
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, that said, I have done even further research by googling
>>>>> "CLUpdater" and found the most relevant hits relating to the Craig's
>>>>> List widget. I found no references to any of Cyberlink's software
>>>>> until 6 pages into the Google search results which was a certification
>>>>> of cleanliness by McAfee Site Advisor for Cyberlink.com.
>>>>>
>>>>> So it seems that the assumptions that this program is either a part of
>>>>> a Cyberlink program or the Craig's List widget which just happens to
>>>>> be named "CLUpdater" can both be considered correct until MI-5 3/4 is
>>>>> able to identify the program by verifying its location and how it
>>>>> loads itself.
>>>>>
>>>>> The best way to find this out is for MI-5 3/4 to do a search on the
>>>>> computer in question for "CLUpdater" or "clupdater" to see where it is
>>>>> located. Then follow the proper instructions for disabling or removal
>>>>> of this program.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, once again, I ask that MI-5 3/4 review my previous post to find a
>>>>> way within PowerDVD to disable the "update" software. If it is another
>>>>> Cyberlink program that uses this updating program, then I suggest
>>>>> looking for a way to disable this program within that software in a
>>>>> similar way. If that is difficult to do, go to the Cyberlink website
>>>>> and post a question on how to eliminate or disable this program.
>>>>>
>>>>> If on the other hand it is a Craig's List widget that got installed by
>>>>> accident, it should easily be removed by the method I also outlined in
>>>>> my previous post.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your compendious response. I have to confess that I
>>>> hadn't made the connection between CLUpdater.exe and CyberLinkUpdater
>>>> as all the google info poined the finger firmly at Craig's List. I did
>>>> a search last night in response to another suggestion for the actual
>>>> CLUpdater.exe file, but drew a blank. It is either not there or
>>>> cloaked. It did occur to me that CLUpdater.exe could be downloaded as
>>>> required by something in the Cyberlink suite. If it is Cyberlink that
>>>> is doing this, then I can probably accept it, but what could it
>>>> possibly be updating that takes over 2 hours on a broadband link?
>>>>
>>>> BTW, I have PowerDVD V7 on this machine. I have another issue with
>>>> PowerDVD in that when you play DVDs with surround sound tracks, the
>>>> sound only comes from the front two speakers. But when you play a
>>>> Blu-ray disc, the sound correctly comes from all 5 speakers. A
>>>> question to Cyberlink has been ignored.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

M.I.5¾ wrote:
> "Adrian C" <email@here.invalid> wrote in message
> news:6ovr54F5mgkdU1@mid.individual.net...
>> M.I.5¾ wrote:
>>> I noticed my laptop fans were in high rev mode and a quick check
>>> revealed that the processor time was being occupied by something
>>> called CLUpdater.exe.
>>>
>>
>> Try and find the file CLUpdater.exe on your disk, right click on it
>> and choose properties. There should be a version tab, with details
>> of the program's source. It's more likely to be something to do with
>> CyberLink PowerDVD.
>>
>> If it is indeed Craigslist, you should be asking yourself how you
>> managed to get on your machine. Was someone else responsible?
>>
>
> Are you saying that PowerDVD somehow uses Craigslist or that it uses
> an updating utility with the same name as the real craig's list? What
> would PowerDVD be updating that takes so long?
>
> If it is craig's list, I am less concerned with how it got there and
> more concerned with getting rid of it.

I believe that you are getting sidetracked associating CLUpdater.exe with
Craigslist, googleing this I also found a ref: to Cyberlink which is
powerDVD.
If you have this installed, in PowerDVD perhaps you can turn off the update
feature.


This is off topic but I found it interesting.(I saw this on headline news).
About a month ago a bank robber (can't remember which state it was in) put
an add in Craigslist for manual labor, basicly he wanted six people to show
up at such and such corner at a certain time dressed alike just as he was
making his exit from the bank, the cops didn't know who to go after.

--
Mike Pawlak

"MAP" <mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> M.I.5¾ wrote:
>> "Adrian C" <email@here.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:6ovr54F5mgkdU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> M.I.5¾ wrote:
>>>> I noticed my laptop fans were in high rev mode and a quick check
>>>> revealed that the processor time was being occupied by something
>>>> called CLUpdater.exe.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Try and find the file CLUpdater.exe on your disk, right click on it
>>> and choose properties. There should be a version tab, with details
>>> of the program's source. It's more likely to be something to do with
>>> CyberLink PowerDVD.
>>>
>>> If it is indeed Craigslist, you should be asking yourself how you
>>> managed to get on your machine. Was someone else responsible?
>>>
>>
>> Are you saying that PowerDVD somehow uses Craigslist or that it uses
>> an updating utility with the same name as the real craig's list? What
>> would PowerDVD be updating that takes so long?
>>
>> If it is craig's list, I am less concerned with how it got there and
>> more concerned with getting rid of it.
>
> I believe that you are getting sidetracked associating CLUpdater.exe with
> Craigslist, googleing this I also found a ref: to Cyberlink which is
> powerDVD.
> If you have this installed, in PowerDVD perhaps you can turn off the
> update feature.
>

I had already arrived at this conclusion as a result of postings here, but
thanks anyway.