Toshiba Hotkey Utility for Display Devices. By pressing <FN> + <F5>, a window appears showing the displays that can be chosen ?LCD, LCD + CRT, CRT, TV

TROJAN! - part of Wareout, malware masquerading as a spyware and dialer remover, see here

Drive letter access to HP's and Veritas' version of DirectCD. Does the same thing as DirectCD. From HP - "This is a needed file as it controles the readability of the Combo drives. Without this file loading the end user will be able to burn CD's but wont be able to read them. The drive itself will be able to read store bought master Cd's without the file but not burnt ones"

Drive letter access to HP's and Veritas' version of DirectCD. Does the same thing as DirectCD. From HP - "This is a needed file as it controles the readability of the Combo drives. Without this file loading the end user will be able to burn CD's but wont be able to read them. The drive itself will be able to read store bought master Cd's without the file but not burnt ones"

Added as a result of the SPYBOT VIRUS! where # can be any number

Deals with the <Fn> - <Function> key combinations on a Toshiba laptop

See above. This part ensures the software is installed correctly (similar to an installation wizard) as reported by Cox. Regarded as spyware by some as it has the ability to retrieve user information. Whether it does so depends upon the provider. "tgcmdprovidersbc" is for SBC Yahoo DSL. One Toshiba user reports problems with hibernate on his laptop if disabled - hence the "U" recommendation

ShopForGood spyware - see here

Software from SupportSoft (aka Support.com) provided to manufacturers (such as Sony (Vaio Support Agent) and Toshiba (Virtual Tech)) and ISPs (such as Comcast, Cox and Charter (Pipeline Support Agent)) that allows them to offer on-line support - to update drivers, fix faults, etc. Can cause a deterioration in a PC's peformance (see here). This part does the protection and "self-healing". Uninstallation is recommended by most people - especially for System Restore users (WinME/XP). If not available via Add/Remove, Charter offer some uninstallation instructions involving a registry patch that you may be able to modify for your proivder or try here

See TgAddserver and Tgcmd above. One Toshiba user reports problems with hibernate on his laptop if disabled - hence the "U" recommendation

Comcast (the cable folks who are replacing @home in some parts of the USA) have struck a deal with Tioga to provide an "enhanced" support and self-repairing tool. This is "beta" at present and was made available to download by mistake at present. Remove via Start -> Settings -> Add/Remove Programs

Comcast (the cable folks who are replacing @home in some parts of the USA) have struck a deal with Tioga to provide an "enhanced" support and self-repairing tool. This is "beta" at present and was made available to download by mistake at present. Remove via Start -> Settings -> Add/Remove Programs

Appears to be related to Lycos advertising

Desktop Weather by The Weather Channel - provides current temperature, conditions, alerts, etc

An E-mail client of choice for many power users. Great filtering of both incoming and outgoing messages, not vulnerable for viruses and all other unwanted crap floating on the Internet today. See it at Ritlabs, home for TheBat!

Part of First Aid by Cybermedia who were subsequently bought by McAfee (Network Associates). Protects your Windows system from application failure and crashes

Desktop Weather 3 reports thelocal weather through The Weather Channel.

CoffeeCup software\'s timer to tell you when your free trial of FreeWebSiteTools is going to expire

Added by the AGOBOT-AAF WORM! ** is a combination of a random digit and character

Associated with the Fn+ keys on Toshiba laptops. When disabled some keys still worked, like the one that regulates the volume of the system beep, but others didn't, like the one that immediately blackens your screen

TOSHIBA HDD Protection related. What does it do and is it required?

Threadmaster monitors threads and handle high CPU utilization on a per application basis Threadmaster

Thundertray is an application which allows you to minimize Mozilla Thunderbird to the system tray icon. You can download it from

Resident memory scanning for TrojanHunter