What is " Nag " ?

[sandralynn4]

Another question ...... When I press Control/Alt/Del to see what programs are running . one of the programs listed is "nag". What is this?

Thanks :)

[Indy]

Originally posted by sandralynn4
Another question ...... When I press Control/Alt/Del to see what programs are running . one of the programs listed is "nag". What is this?

Thanks :)


It's probably for a nag screen that's associated with some shareware that you have on your system. It'll pop up to remind you to register your software...

[jumpingrat]

Do you have Norton anti-virus? If so it might be a background AV guard running.

[qball15j]

Originally posted by sandralynn4
Another question ...... When I press Control/Alt/Del to see what programs are running . one of the programs listed is "nag". What is this?

Thanks :)

You sure it's a program and not a system service? If it's a program it can easially be killed, you may wan to think about running some sort of spy/adware detection like ADAware or SpyBot Search & Destroy. Also update your virus definations and run a scan. It's really hard to say what 'nag" is, I tried searching aroud on google and found nothing.

[sandralynn4]

Again, thanks for the help. I have a spy checker which I run every couple of days, and I've run a scan. My Norton Anti Virus is up to date as well. I appreciate that you did a search Qball - I did too and didn't find out what it was either. I'm not really sure if it's a program .... it's there when I press control/alt/delete - that's about all I know :)

[cyberskye]

http://research.pestpatrol.com/Search/FileInfoResults.asp?MD5=4a17f44aa5492a681d4676e306aaa9ca

I googled for " nag.exe "

[qball15j]

Originally posted by cyberskye
http://research.pestpatrol.com/Search/FileInfoResults.asp?MD5=4a17f44aa5492a681d4676e306aaa9ca

I googled for " nag.exe "

From that link...

RAT. A Remote Administration Tool, or RAT, is a Trojan that when run, provides an attacker with the capability of remotely controlling a machine via a ""client"" in the attacker's machine, and a ""server"" in the victim's machine. Examples include Back Orifice, NetBus, SubSeven, and Hack'a'tack. What happens when a server is installed in a victim's machine depends on the capabilities of the trojan, the interests of the attacker, and whether or not control of the server is ever gained by another attacker -- who might have entirely different interests. Infections by remote administration Trojans on Windows machines are becoming as frequent as viruses. One common vector is through File and Print Sharing, when home users inadvertently open up their system to the rest of the world. If an attacker has access to the hard-drive, he/she can place the trojan in the startup folder. This will run the trojan the next time the user logs in. Another common vector is when the attacker simply e-mails the trojan to the user along with a social engineering hack that convinces the user to run it against their better judgment.

[cyberskye]

Well, I tried another of the googled links and found this:

http://www.nag.co.uk/doc/inun/gl04/do2dm_un.txt

"
For example, to compile, link and execute an example program
J06AAFE.FOR using the J06AAFE.D data file the steps would be:

1) Move to the \GL04\BATCH directory.

2) Copy J06AAFE.FOR from the \GL04\EXAMPLES\SOURCE directory to the
file PLOT.FOR.

3) Copy J06AAFE.D from the \GL04\EXAMPLES\DATA directory to the
\GL04\BATCH directory.

4) Execute the batch file BUILD either from the DOS command line
or from the Command window.
The BUILD batch file will then call the NMK make utility which
in turn builds the Windows application (NAG.EXE). If you do not
have access to NMK make utility, you need to run only the
BUILD2 batch file.

5) Prepare to run the NAG.EXE application under Microsoft Windows
by creating a new Windows application. This may be done by choosing
the "New" sub-menu from the File Menu of the Program Manager.
After choosing to create a program item, this will prompt
you with a menu which asks you to enter the the name of the icon
and the command (e.g. you can insert "plot" on the Description line
and "\GL04\BATCH\NAG.EXE" on the Command line)

"

So it's eitehr a cool graphics library/proggie or a trojan :)

[sandralynn4]

Wow .... thanks so much for that information! A trojan....hmmm. I run Nortan all the time , and Spy Checker as well. Don't they find trojans?? You know, I re-started my computer earlier and now " nag " isn't listed anymore. The only thing I can think of is that I removed some spyware ( or adware?? ) yesterday. It's the same on that always comes up ....it's called " Peer to Peer " or something like that. When I would go to delete it, it would tell me some programs may not run properly without it, and one example they gave was Kazaa. Now, I myself don't use Kazza, but it's been used on this computer before. So when it came up again yesterday, I thought what the hell, I'm going to delete it. So now " nag " didn't come up in control/alt/delete today. Interesting. Thanks again ... good to know! :)

[waterskiers2]

'NAG' is 'Network Access Gateway'. I assume you have installed some programs to work from home or to access your work from home.

[sandralynn4]

Network Access Gateway ? Hmmm ..... now I'm even more confused. I haven't installed any programs to work/access work from home.

I see today that " Nag " is now listed twice when I press Control/alt/delete . I thought it was gone. Sigh ....:confused:

[rpeAMP]

Originally posted by sandralynn4
Network Access Gateway ? Hmmm ..... now I'm even more confused. I haven't installed any programs to work/access work from home.

I see today that " Nag " is now listed twice when I press Control/alt/delete . I thought it was gone. Sigh ....:confused:

Well obviously someone else did hence the trojan theory...;)