DRO Question

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  1. Rainwalker

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    Lately i have been seeing a lot of DRO popups from my HIPS program. This is something i have not seen before. I am on a standalone computer. Should i be concerned ?
     
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    Someone please.
     
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    What does DRO stand for?
     
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    Excellent question stapp..........haven't a clue and since you are just as much in the dark i won't be allowing it anytime soon.

    Malware scans are showing nothing.
     
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    Could it be connected with torrent file downloads perhaps?
     
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    Don't use them.
     
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    Which HIPS program are you using?

    Perhaps contacting the software's forum may help.
     
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    Now you have me curious. Have you done a search of your hdd for the .DRO extension? Have you attempted to open it in notepad ? I am no coder, do not know your level of experience but at least you may find a program name\reference buried in it.
     
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    Not so sure it is an extension....and adding more confusion...http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Direct Readout
     
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    Found much of the same myself when I did a Google. Is it inbound or outbound ? Doing a hdd search with hidden and protected files showing would not hurt.

    The plot thickens. :ninja:
     
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    Can you post a screenshot of the popup from your hips program and also say which program it is that you use?
     
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    As i recall i saw no networking attempts. It wanted to work with the HD. I am still looking into this.
     
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    After wading through DRO references of wacky weed and robotics, the only thing I saw that might make sense is this. There might be a program written in Delphi that is causing it.
     
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    OK...Thanks midway40.
     
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    Probably stands for Data Request Output.
    Is related with I/O operations and if I am not mistaken happens when windows fails to communicate with a device (device timeout).

    Does it happen when you transfer files to an external hard disk?


    Panagiotis
     
  18. Rainwalker

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    One example would be:
    Provider Host/Process/wmiprivse.exe
    Device: DRO
     
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    Has your computer been acting strangely lately other than the DRO popups? If it has then running CHKDSK C: /R in the command window might stop the DRO errors.
     
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    I ran a checkdisk just for the heck of it.....but still getting requests.....strange.
     
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    That is strange, I don't know what else it could be. Heck, I might be having them and don't know it, lol.

    A real mystery there :ninja:
     
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    Another strange DRO google result here

    A PC Program to view the DRO Printer Output
    There is a program supplied with Windows (95,98,NT,ME etc) called HyperTerminal (Hypertrm.exe). It displays the output of
    the printer from the DRO on the screen as it would appear on a printer.
    To see if you have it installed click the Start Button and look under
    Programs > Accessories > Communications
    If you see a folder marked HyperTerminal then you have this software installed. If not, install it from the Windows CD.


    From here

    http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache...nter with dro&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&client=opera
     
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    Hello stapp..........not in Vista.
     
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    I would think you would see something if your using a HIPS. It is indeed a mystery....thus far.
     
  25. pandlouk

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    - What is "wmiprivse.exe"? Does it come with a printer, scanner or another device software?

    - What HIPS are you using? DRO is not malicious. If you see it often it could mean that your hips interfears with a device controller (probably usb) and causes timeouts, which can lead in errors with data trasmission to/from the device. (one of the reasons I ditched Comodo defence+ was this).

    Panagiotis
     
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