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ringbinder

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    Non-Plug and Play Drivers
    « on: March 15, 2015, 12:50:01 AM »
    Running Windows XP SP3 on Intel core i3 3.1 GHz  3GB RAM
    On every start and occasionally through the day i see the message:
    "The software you are installing for this hardware:
    Non-Plug and Play Drivers
    Has not passed Windows Logo testing etc etc......."

    The options are continue or stop installation.  I choose Stop installation

    I am not trying to install any new hardware, not trying to install software.  Why am I getting this message ?

    I think I may have chosen the "continue" option once sometime ago and was then plagued with 45 or more Trojans every day which I managed to clear eventually with daily scans with MalwareBytes, CCleaner and SuperAntiSpyware.

    Why does my system think I am trying to install hardware ?

    Thanks for any help you can give.   
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    patio

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    Re: Non-Plug and Play Drivers
    « Reply #1 on: March 15, 2015, 06:50:41 AM »
    There may or may not be a clue to what it is in Event Viewer...
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      Re: Non-Plug and Play Drivers
      « Reply #2 on: March 16, 2015, 05:09:10 PM »
      Maybe upgrading your operating system will help,Windows xp is very old with no support
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      Re: Non-Plug and Play Drivers
      « Reply #3 on: March 17, 2015, 06:09:21 AM »
      Feel free to ignore the above post.
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      ringbinder

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        Re: Non-Plug and Play Drivers
        « Reply #4 on: March 22, 2015, 02:16:38 AM »
        Thanks Allan, I certainly do.
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        ringbinder

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          Re: Non-Plug and Play Drivers
          « Reply #5 on: March 22, 2015, 02:23:32 AM »
          Found it !   AVG Antivirus Free needing to install a driver for something, the driver unsigned !  Deleted AVG Free, cleaned the registry, tried to reinstall AVG Free and it would not install untill I allowed that driver to be installed as well.  Allowed it to install, AVG Free completed the install and there has been no recurrence.
          As a side note though, AVG Free still occasionally finds Trojans which Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware do not find.  Is is possible that AVG is finding false positives ?  Anyone come across this before ?
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