My son was on the computer last night.
When I went on this AM I saw the DrW. crap. I just X'd out of everything. I haven't logged off or shut the computer off yet,. I want to know what DrW is and what it does. Is it bad? Is it a virus? If so, what do I do?
I have Norton.
2007-03-05 23:24:13 · 2 answers · asked by Bizzy 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
DrWatson is Microsoft's way to store what's happened to a program when it exits unexpectedly. From the Dr.Watson dump, the program creator can figure out why the program exited. As an example, I've used it to decide why a speech recognizer died for some class of people.
You can get rid of the dumps.
2007-03-05 23:34:06 · answer #1 · answered by giraffe 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dr Watson is a genuine program , to detect faults in your computer.
There is an IBM Research center near New York in his name.
OR
The Dr Watson virus can spread through intranets, the Internet, or other e-mail. ... does have a tool called Dr Watson(DRWATSON.EXE) which is usually ...
symantec.com/security_response/print_writeup.jsp?..
run your Antivirus program to make sure .
2007-03-05 23:44:42 · answer #2 · answered by essbebe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋