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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Mouse and keyboard monitoring?.
« on: November 17, 2005, 11:08:45 am »
Could someone please explain why my firewall (ZoneAlarm) has just popped up with a request from the Hal.exe to monitor my keyboard and mouse movements?. Should I be worried?.
When I declined Hal hung (froze) and I had to end the task in taskmanager, he worked fine when I allowed access.
If it is an operation that is needed, could you explain why and what for.
I have disabled Hal and Hal's net access for now till I find out the reason.
The request only popped up when I tested Hal's ability to search Google, to help someone out in another thread.
It is most likely completely innocent, but in this day and age its better to be safe than sorry.
Mr Med please do not take offence to this thread as I mean none while typing.
When I declined Hal hung (froze) and I had to end the task in taskmanager, he worked fine when I allowed access.
If it is an operation that is needed, could you explain why and what for.
I have disabled Hal and Hal's net access for now till I find out the reason.
The request only popped up when I tested Hal's ability to search Google, to help someone out in another thread.
It is most likely completely innocent, but in this day and age its better to be safe than sorry.
Mr Med please do not take offence to this thread as I mean none while typing.