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I have a Downloaded Program File entry, that has "unknown status", no creation date, and it says "none" under Last Accessed.
It does claim to be 4kb's in size.
This program file has no name, but instead, is a grouping of numbers and letters, all enclosed in parenthese..{}.
Highlighting it, and right clicking it only brings up the properties of the entry.
It cannot be deleted either from the keyboard, or from the menu...File>delete..Edit>cut.
The properties of this entry show it to be an Active X control, (with no creation date, no access date and no status. It does not appear to be damaged...it does not say that there are any damaged files associated with it).
I dont feel comfortable giving you the codebase http address, because Im not sure if it turns into a link that anyone can access. But I will tell you that it includes the words; fpdownload, macromedia, polarbear, ultrashim.cab
Using my search bar to go to that location brings me to a folder, with an apparent program that has yet to be installed.
There are 3 icons in this cab folder...a .dll icon, a configuration/notepad icon with the name "erma", and the remaining icon is an INSTALL icon.
Clicking on any of these icons brings up a command to "extract", or copy.
I do vaguely remember going to macromedia.com, (adobe.com) a couple of weeks ago, and downloading and installing the adobe flash player and the shockwave player. I seem to remember that when I first began using my new computer with the vista OS, that these needed to be updated or installed to run some webpages, flash stuff, etc.
I do have a couple of games on my computer, that came with the software, that are webtangent games called "polarbear" bowling and "polarbear" golf, and Ive played them both.
Im pretty sure, fairly sure, that this was downloaded at the same time I installed the macromedia applications. I think. Maybe.
I would like to delete it. If it is a program file that needs to be run with any of my applications, my computer would ask me to install it again, is that correct?
But I cannot find anyway to delete it.
So, this is obviously an application of some kind. A program waiting to be installed and ran.
What is this? Anyone know? Should I leave it alone? Should I install, or extract, the program? How do I find out what an "erma" is?
I have googled the crap outta this thing, and there is no help there.
Anyone who has encountered this same thing, or knows what the heck it is, I would be grateful for some help, some advice.
Thanks guys, and gals...
Russell
razzell2
It does claim to be 4kb's in size.
This program file has no name, but instead, is a grouping of numbers and letters, all enclosed in parenthese..{}.
Highlighting it, and right clicking it only brings up the properties of the entry.
It cannot be deleted either from the keyboard, or from the menu...File>delete..Edit>cut.
The properties of this entry show it to be an Active X control, (with no creation date, no access date and no status. It does not appear to be damaged...it does not say that there are any damaged files associated with it).
I dont feel comfortable giving you the codebase http address, because Im not sure if it turns into a link that anyone can access. But I will tell you that it includes the words; fpdownload, macromedia, polarbear, ultrashim.cab
Using my search bar to go to that location brings me to a folder, with an apparent program that has yet to be installed.
There are 3 icons in this cab folder...a .dll icon, a configuration/notepad icon with the name "erma", and the remaining icon is an INSTALL icon.
Clicking on any of these icons brings up a command to "extract", or copy.
I do vaguely remember going to macromedia.com, (adobe.com) a couple of weeks ago, and downloading and installing the adobe flash player and the shockwave player. I seem to remember that when I first began using my new computer with the vista OS, that these needed to be updated or installed to run some webpages, flash stuff, etc.
I do have a couple of games on my computer, that came with the software, that are webtangent games called "polarbear" bowling and "polarbear" golf, and Ive played them both.
Im pretty sure, fairly sure, that this was downloaded at the same time I installed the macromedia applications. I think. Maybe.
I would like to delete it. If it is a program file that needs to be run with any of my applications, my computer would ask me to install it again, is that correct?
But I cannot find anyway to delete it.
So, this is obviously an application of some kind. A program waiting to be installed and ran.
What is this? Anyone know? Should I leave it alone? Should I install, or extract, the program? How do I find out what an "erma" is?
I have googled the crap outta this thing, and there is no help there.
Anyone who has encountered this same thing, or knows what the heck it is, I would be grateful for some help, some advice.
Thanks guys, and gals...
Russell
razzell2
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