What does PTSNOOP do?

[Richard Kewish]

Hi,

I have found that a program called ptsnoop.exe is running in the background
every time I run windows. It is in my win.ini file in the WINDOWS section as
load=ptsnoop.exe.

Does anyone know what it is, why it is there and whether or not it is safe
to remove it from my win.ini file?

Thanks.

Richard

[Jack E Martinelli]

Richard Kewish wrote:

PTSNOOP.EXE is not an MS file.

A search at www.NorthernLight.com returned 60+ hits.
See one such hit at http://discussions.virtualdr.com/Forum1/HTML/006239.html

"ptsnoop.exe is a TSR used by your modem. Disabling it would be a bad Idea.
However, that particular TSR can be a pain (jem edit here), resource wise.
If your modem is ancient, like a 28.8, consider replacing it.

Ptsnoop.exe is a program that comes with the set of drivers for modems based on
the PC-Tel chipset.
These modems use your system processor rather than a dedicated chip on the
modem card,
an architecture known as host signal processing (HSP).
When an application requests the COM port,
ptsnoop.exe loads the rest of the software for your modem.
Some users have reported that ptsnoop.exe loads anyway, even though they do not
have HSP modems.
If you don't have an HSP modem, you can safely delete ptsnoop.exe.

Ptsnoop.exe is a support file for a modem driver:

Here is some more info:

http://www.driverforum.com/modem/7537.html"

A cursory review of NorthernLight hits indicates this file is a common target of trojans.

HTH,
Jack E Martinelli

[Paul uk86]

Richard Kewish <r.ke...@iname.com> wrote in message
news:8mnem5$bgp$1...@apple.news.easynet.net...

> Hi,
>
> I have found that a program called ptsnoop.exe is running in the
background
> every time I run windows. It is in my win.ini file in the WINDOWS section
as
> load=ptsnoop.exe.
>
> Does anyone know what it is, why it is there and whether or not it is safe
> to remove it from my win.ini file?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Richard
>
>

Hello Richard,
I am not sure but it could be some kind of system monitor, click your
start button and go to find, go to find files or folders and then type in
ptsnoop and press return. Hopefully it might come up with some kind of doc
to explain what it is. Good Luck
Paul uk86