Screensaver and connection

winder · 01-26-2002, 08:54 AM

I use the deluxe version of aquarium..It's wonderful and perfectly running, but after some minutes, it disappears from my desktop and the PC tries to go online. I have this kind of problem only with this screen saver.
Can you help me to set my pc, so I can to use this screen saver without troubles?
I use Windows XP Home and a dial-up connection.
Thanks

Tiny Turtle · 01-26-2002, 12:43 PM

Hi Winder!
When you say that you experience this problem only with this screensaver, do you mean that you have tried other screensavers which work alright or that this is the only screensaver you use and it never happens in other programs?

It sounds to me like you've got an Antivirus program (or something like that) which thinks the computer is inactive and tries to download an uppdate. Does it go down after exactly the same number of minutes every time?

Don't worry, we'll get this one!

/Calle

Socrates · 01-26-2002, 02:23 PM

IT occurs to me that if you DON'T have any antivirus software you could have a trojan and that would be the first thing you want to check.

After those two, there are lot's of things that can do this.

winder · 01-26-2002, 05:45 PM

This program is the only one that give me this kind of problem
I don't have trojans or other virus.
I have Norton antivirus 2002, with autoprotect off, and live update on.
Thanks for your helps
Ciao

feldon34 · 01-26-2002, 07:12 PM

Whenever people say "this is the first program that's ever given me trouble", I have to chuckle.

This is one of the first programs people install on their computer that actually pushes their system to its limits, throwing realistic fish up onto the screen.

winder · 01-26-2002, 08:00 PM

OK Feldon, this is a great program, very realistic too...congratulation.
But my question was another thing and my system is more than sufficient
Read better the next ......bye

BeefJerky · 01-26-2002, 10:19 PM

Try turning off smartupdate and see if it still happens.

Jav400 · 01-27-2002, 12:20 AM

winder,

Turn off your autoupdate and do it manually. I also use Norton, but I haven't upgraded to the 2002 version yet. There are several things in that program that can cause you problems with ANY screensaver. the autoupdate is one, and the autoscan is another. Everytime mine starts an autoscan, which is set for once a week in the middle of the night, the next morning the SS is minimized and the scan results are in the middle of the screen. Basically, things running in the background, will effect your screensaver at this point.

steven hopper · 01-05-2006, 01:25 AM

Loved the screensver MA2, but as it is identified by my anti-spyware as containing a trojan, I deleted Marine Aquarium 2.

Yodelking · 01-05-2006, 02:21 AM

Originally posted by steven hopper:

Loved the screensver MA2, but as it is identified by my anti-spyware as containing a trojan, I deleted Marine Aquarium 2.

Did you download this from the Serene Screen site, or some Warez site?
What Anti-spyware tool reports this?

/Peter

feldon34 · 01-05-2006, 09:53 AM

Originally posted by steven hopper:

Loved the screensver MA2, but as it is identified by my anti-spyware as containing a trojan, I deleted Marine Aquarium 2.

Time to get some non-goofy antispyware software.

Jim Sachs · 01-05-2006, 10:22 AM

When downloaded from the official site, MA is guaranteed not to contain any spyware or viruses. It also does not connect to the Internet unless you manually press the button to do so in the Settings screens.

Wesjack2 · 02-02-2006, 05:41 PM

Originally posted by steven hopper:

Loved the screensver MA2, but as it is identified by my anti-spyware as containing a trojan, I deleted Marine Aquarium 2.

I'm trying to figure out why/how someone with their first post digs up a four year old topic

Don't post much but if I want to use the nice Arcade you have here I better start

feldon34 · 02-03-2006, 08:49 AM

I think this thread has run its course. Until winder shows us some screen shots, it's FUD in my book.

01-26-2002, 08:54 AM	#1
winder Registered Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Italy Posts: 3	Screensaver and connection I use the deluxe version of aquarium..It's wonderful and perfectly running, but after some minutes, it disappears from my desktop and the PC tries to go online. I have this kind of problem only with this screen saver. Can you help me to set my pc, so I can to use this screen saver without troubles? I use Windows XP Home and a dial-up connection. Thanks

01-26-2002, 02:23 PM	#3
Socrates Sage Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 1,529	IT occurs to me that if you DON'T have any antivirus software you could have a trojan and that would be the first thing you want to check. After those two, there are lot's of things that can do this. Bat rays? We don't need no stinking bat rays!

01-26-2002, 07:12 PM	#5
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Whenever people say "this is the first program that's ever given me trouble", I have to chuckle. This is one of the first programs people install on their computer that actually pushes their system to its limits, throwing realistic fish up onto the screen. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

01-26-2002, 10:19 PM	#7
BeefJerky Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 11	Try turning off smartupdate and see if it still happens. --BeefJerky

01-27-2002, 12:20 AM	#8
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	winder, Turn off your autoupdate and do it manually. I also use Norton, but I haven't upgraded to the 2002 version yet. There are several things in that program that can cause you problems with ANY screensaver. the autoupdate is one, and the autoscan is another. Everytime mine starts an autoscan, which is set for once a week in the middle of the night, the next morning the SS is minimized and the scan results are in the middle of the screen. Basically, things running in the background, will effect your screensaver at this point. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

01-26-2002, 12:43 PM	#2
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Hi Winder! When you say that you experience this problem only with this screensaver, do you mean that you have tried other screensavers which work alright or that this is the only screensaver you use and it never happens in other programs? It sounds to me like you've got an Antivirus program (or something like that) which thinks the computer is inactive and tries to download an uppdate. Does it go down after exactly the same number of minutes every time? Don't worry, we'll get this one! /Calle

01-26-2002, 05:45 PM	#4
winder Registered Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Italy Posts: 3	This program is the only one that give me this kind of problem I don't have trojans or other virus. I have Norton antivirus 2002, with autoprotect off, and live update on. Thanks for your helps Ciao

01-26-2002, 08:00 PM	#6
winder Registered Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Italy Posts: 3	OK Feldon, this is a great program, very realistic too...congratulation. But my question was another thing and my system is more than sufficient Read better the next ......bye

01-05-2006, 01:25 AM	#9
steven hopper Registered Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1	Loved the screensver MA2, but as it is identified by my anti-spyware as containing a trojan, I deleted Marine Aquarium 2.

01-05-2006, 02:21 AM	#10
Yodelking yodeler Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Staffanstorp, Sweden Posts: 294	Originally posted by steven hopper: Loved the screensver MA2, but as it is identified by my anti-spyware as containing a trojan, I deleted Marine Aquarium 2. Did you download this from the Serene Screen site, or some Warez site? What Anti-spyware tool reports this? /Peter Yodelking - För god att kolsyra!

01-05-2006, 09:53 AM	#11
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Originally posted by steven hopper: Loved the screensver MA2, but as it is identified by my anti-spyware as containing a trojan, I deleted Marine Aquarium 2. Time to get some non-goofy antispyware software. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

01-05-2006, 10:22 AM	#12
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	When downloaded from the official site, MA is guaranteed not to contain any spyware or viruses. It also does not connect to the Internet unless you manually press the button to do so in the Settings screens. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

02-02-2006, 05:41 PM	#13
Wesjack2 Registered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Port Chester , New York Posts: 15	Originally posted by steven hopper: Loved the screensver MA2, but as it is identified by my anti-spyware as containing a trojan, I deleted Marine Aquarium 2. I'm trying to figure out why/how someone with their first post digs up a four year old topic Don't post much but if I want to use the nice Arcade you have here I better start -- Jack Long periods of drought are always followed by rain !!

02-03-2006, 08:49 AM	#14
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	I think this thread has run its course. Until winder shows us some screen shots, it's FUD in my book. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman