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tsad.dll

• Posted by Arthur Adamson <euclid at ISOC.NET> Jan 16, 1999
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I asked about tsad.dll...several of you responded helpfully...and
set me on a trail of searching which uncovered some interesting info. Check
out the URL below and it's 2 links for more details.

        I searched my win 98 partition for tsad.* and found nothing. Then I
searched for file content with the word tsad. 6 or 8 files were named. None
were sys or ini but one of them was tsadbot.exe. When I bravely tried to run
it, it gave me the same error message I was getting during boot... "Can't
find necessary file tsad.dll."

        What I discovered:

        There is a company, Conducant, which markets an add-on called
tsadbot (prog 1) which permits another prog such as pkunzip (prog 2) to
automatically install tsadbot.exe (prog 1). Prog 2 then offers advertising
automatically as it goes about its normal task.

        In my case, I have no idea which prog added the tsadbot. It is in

c:\program files\TimeSink\AdGateway\tsadbot.exe

        Clicking on properties refers to Condusant and the ver #. TimeSink
seems to be part of the deal and is othertwise empty. PQUNZIP for Windows
(which I don't believe I have) apparently adds tsadbot at least
sometimes...per the URL below. I assume other "customers" programs do likewise.

        I renamed AdGateway and tsadbot.exe, rebooted, and got no error
message. I see, so far, no ill effects. You Win98 Gurus can advise me re any
further action I should take.

        I sent a message to Condusant per its web site but got an
Undeliverable message report.

        A search for tsadbot via AltaaVista gave the following URL where I
got some of the info.

http://www.datafellows.fi/v-descs/tsadbot.htm

        It speaks of tsadbot as not a virus but a prog installed without the
users cooperation.

        Thanks for the help. Bye, Art
Arthur P. Adamson, The Engine Man, euclid at isoc.net