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In preparation for the upcoming six-episode season of The X-Files in 2016, a rewatch of all nine seasons of the original series seemed like a timely idea, especially since I never finished the last two.
In the midst of all the "remember the '90s" nostalgia about clothing, cars, and how ridiculously youthful both David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson look, I realized something important: I finally get it.
What finally makes sense to me is Fox Mulder's unwavering dedication to finding the truth that he insists is out there. Fear of the unknown is one of the most primal fears, but what about the fear of not knowing? That's the precise fear that drives Fox Mulder.
Episode S104, "Conduit," finds Mulder and Scully in Iowa, where Ruby Morris has disappeared in the middle of the night, during what her mother Darlene describes as a blinding flash of light. What makes the incident intriguing to Mulder is that this light fits in with several alien abduction stories he's uncovered in the X-Files themselves.
Scully, along with the audience, thinks that Mulder is drawn to this case because of its similarities to the events surrounding his own missing sister, Samantha, which he had revealed to her in the show's pilot episode. He denies this, insisting that Darlene's own past is the hook. When she was in Girl Scouts, Darlene, along with a few others, saw a UFO in the same Lake Ogobogee area where Ruby went missing. Mulder is convinced that those same aliens have come back for Darlene's daughter.
More is revealed during the course of this episode suggesting that perhaps Ruby was just a runaway teen in trouble. Darlene's younger child, Kevin, meanwhile, has become engrossed in writing down thousands of pages of binary code and like Carol Anne in Poltergeist, tells Mulder that the messages are coming from the TV.
Mulder is intent on finding out more from Kevin, but the NSA eventually shows up and starts ransacking the Morris home, taking Kevin in for questioning because some of the stuff he's been writing might be a threat to national security. After that, Darlene warns Mulder and Scully to back off. Scully tells Mulder that solving this case won't bring his sister back. He swears he's not giving up on Ruby until they find a body.
Not long afterward, Ruby reappears in the woods, confused, but seemingly unharmed. Mulder pleads with Darlene to be receptive to her daughter's memories of what actually happened. "She should be encouraged to tell her story," he says gently, "not to keep it inside, it's important that you let her." Darlene dismisses him, saying that Ruby can't remember anything. But Mulder persists, and we see for the first time what Scully has tried to get him to admit, and what the people who assigned Scully to the X-Files believe is Mulder's greatest weakness as well as his greatest strength: his desire to know.
It's then that I finally understood why Mulder spent so many years searching. Losing a family member to death is one thing. I lost two grandparents and a stepfather within the same year when I wasn't yet a teenager. That was awful. Having a sister vanish in front of you with no idea where she went, who took her, or what happened to her must be unbearable.
For those in search of missing family members, the fear conjured by simply not knowing must be agony. For Mulder, it has the added indignity of marking him forever as a fanatic and making authorities less likely to dig into what he suspects are the real reasons behind her disappearance.
"Conduit" ends with Scully listening to a tape of one of Mulder's therapy sessions, in which he's been hypnotized and asked to recall the events of that night. It's utterly heartbreaking and for the first time when watching this episode, I truly felt his fear. It's not a fear of the unknown or even a fear of the uncanny, but the fear of not knowing.
I thought: what if it was my own sister who'd disappeared in the middle of the night? What if no one believed me when I told them what I thought happened? What if I never truly found out? What if I never saw her again? Just thinking about that scares the hell out of me. Not long after that series of deaths when I was a child, my dog disappeared into the night, never to be seen again, either alive or dead. It was so traumatizing I didn't even write about it in my diary. In fact, I can barely remember it.
Even though Mulder remembers what happened that night, it's with a couple of caveats. His memories haven't helped him or his sister; the rest of his family has been torn apart.. He's become privy to the memories themselves, but separated from the act of remembering, something which would instill terror into anyone's heart.
Mulder's curiosity is both a blessing and a curse for him, but it's the fear at the core of that curiosity that makes "Conduit" a remarkable episode and proves that The X-Files still compelling after all these years.
But I just remember that after my aunt had passed when I was a child, the idea of death was really real to me. I was like eight or nine years old, and my mom would go on evening walks and I would feel like I had to watch her out the window to see if she was going to come back. And just that anxiety of the fear of the unknown and the fear of things outside of our control.
When I respond to the prompt to update Adobe reader, I am now taken to something called "File.org". What is this? Is it safe? I can't find it listed inmy installed programs, I am not sure where it came from.
Yes, after uninstalling File Type Assistant, I have had no further problems. No more update popups and didn't effect any other programs. I don't have problems opening files, etc. I surely wouldn't go through the trouble of reinstalling Windows as someone suggested, nor would I spend loads on a professional removing it. It seems as though many of you are getting this through AVG. I run AVG on my other computers, but not this one, so I know that's not where I got it. AVG, Google, and soooo many other programs are real sneaky about slipping CRAP software in when you're not paying attention! I would go ahead and remove File Type Assistant and reboot. Then, try again to remove the unpublished Adobe Reader Free Download Package. Also, look at the date of your most recent AVG install/update and see what else was downloaded at that time. Look through every single program to try to find the publisher Trusted Software and remove it. Hopefully you will have a simple resolve! Keep us updated BTW, I'm running Kaspersky. First Kaspersky Anti-Virus and now Kaspersky Internet security. Maybe this program helps to keep the removed software completely uninstalled?
I have had same pop-up problem with "Update" notifications". Everytime I used it I got a whole bunch of garbage software installed without my consent. Anyway, after reading thru this stuff I looked for "File Type Assistant" and there it was. However it had a bogus "install date" because it showed it having been installed almost a year earlier and I've only had this problem for the last couple of months. When I went to uninstall it I got a prompt about I wouldn't be able to open files that my PC couldn't recognize, THEN I KNEW, I remember downloading a file that was supposed to open stuff my PC couldn't recognize. I went ahead and uninstalled my "File Type Assistant" and then when it successfully uninstalled I got the following window. YEP it was from File.org. I don't know if my problem has been solved as I just did do this as of this writing, but I'm pretty confident I got rid of that annoying "Update" window for my real programs.
The "Uninstall Manager" popup box mentioned in mmazzi's post 27. and Mike M.'s post 28. seems intended to allow removal of names of programs that have already actually been removed, but whose names have erroneously been left in the program list. The Uninstall Manager was originally a separate program whose functions Microsoft seems to have incorporated without changing the program title in that popup box.
I would like to have a way to mark an entire discussion like this one as helpful with one click. Often I don't know whether I've been helped until after I've read everything. For now, I will go back and click "Yes" to mark every post as helpful, and many thanks to all who have posted before me.
I remember when I tried to open unsupported file, windows opened like "search how to open this file" window. I thought its official, so I followed. I remember I installed program at that time. About a week later(today), the popup come in. But right before seeing the popup I changed my AVG (Mcafee) setting to ERASE unwanted and old files to speed up my pc(they call it Quick Clean), so I did it. Then the adobe popup came out shortly... I don't know this is a cause of popup or not. But i saw the File type ass--, so uninstalled it.
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I wanted not only uninstalled this icon but also full program causing this. In order to locate the program, right click on the icon and go to property. I didn't try "Open file location" because I didn't want give them chance to install again.
File Type Assistant was supposed to help me open files that Microsoft couldn't open and Microsoft sent me to File.org, who offers File Type Assistant. The problem is whatever you download has this garbage fraudulent Adobe Update popup and it's been so long that who knows what else they download onto your PC that runs behind the scenes.
The probrem is, yes, whatever gabage we got somehow. The REAL probrem is the File Type assistant contain partnered some other hidden funtion behind which make some uncomfortable. And it may popup or act strange ocasionally. MS sent me to File.org, and i used File Type Assistant. I thought it helps, but since that time, I started seeing unfamilier programs. I didn't like it, so i uninstalled File Type Assistant and others hidden. If someone still like using File Type Ass--, its ok. Its own choice. But have to deal with popups and unknown programs from certain point. You will see.
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