"Reminder" icon

[dede]

I found a program "instant update reminder.ink" related to my us
robotics modem & wonder if that could be popup icon "reminder"
appearing from time to time on bottom of my pc toolbar or do you think it is a bug?  while running
ccleaner i also found the following currently installed programs that i don't recogni8ze,
does anyone know if these are useful programs or spyware?:  1) Shockwave, 2)
VBA, 3) WAP11 USB, 4) SafeCast Shared Components?

I just read the computer hope fourm link to safe computing & wondered if spysweeper would be best the best choice of spyware/virus protections program to match currently installed ccleaner slim, windows defender & norton antivirus to protect my ms windows xp sp2 256 mb ram pc which only has 1.31 gb free space on c drive?  

[chriscool9]

Mate i think that theyre perfectly legitimate programs.
Second opinion though please anyone?

Chris

[2k_dummy]

1) Shockwave, Shockwave flash player
2) VBA, Visual Basic App
3) WAP11 USB, USB wireless access point
4) SafeCast Shared Components?  I'm not familiar with this one. Probably OK

[patio]

What does the popup reminder say ? ?

Sounds harmless, check for options in the modem software to turn it off.

[dede]

patio, you said to: check for options in the modem software to turn it off.----how do i do that?

the "reminder" icon popped up when I logged on to the pc today & was trying to save a picture of it w/ ctrl alt prt scrn when it disappeared.  if i remember correctly, it pops up on bottom of tool bar sometimes when i log on & options are to open or close w/ no other identifiers & no properties. what is this critter?

[Fed]

You could give RogueRemover a try, it scans for and removes rogue programs that anti-virus & anti-spyware programs do not recognise as threats.

We would be able to help you more if you could tell us more about this popup.