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Sebastian
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Posted: Mar. 17 2005,01:38
I had the unlimited ad version of Mp3/Tag Studio when, yesterday, I got an error saying my "30 day trial period" had expired. So I redownloaded and reinstalled the unlimited ad version: now a day later when I open it I get message about not messing around with files and that if I havn't modified anything, "I might have a virus."

...except I don't have any 'viruses,' and this is the second strange glitch I've gotten with this brand new version.

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I just downgraded to an earlier version and a few hours later am getting the same exact message. There must be some other solution other than, "You have a virus." Help! :(
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Magnus Brading
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Posted: Mar. 17 2005,10:16
If it works at first, and then gets these problems after a while, it would really seem like something in your system is modifying the files, either a virus and maybe a faulty harddisk or something like that. If you send me a copy of your Mp3/Tag Studio executable file (inside a zip file, otherwise it won't reach me), I can check if it has been modified in any way.

As a sidenote, just because your antivirus software doesn't find any viruses, it doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have one. I can recommend the program All-Seeing Eye (which I'm also the author of) for detecting viruses and malware in a more generic way.

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Sebastian
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Posted: Mar. 17 2005,13:08
He he he! Alright, I will download your program as well and give it a run.

I have a 100+ gig hard disk that is pretty full and I am unable to even defragment 'cause my system says the disk's too big, so what you're saying is very likely. :(

I'll run All-Seeing Eye before bugging you with emails. Thanks again. :)
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Magnus Brading
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Posted: Mar. 17 2005,23:59
Ok, sounds good. In that case, do like this:

1.
Re-install Mp3/Tag Studio.

2.
Install All-Seeing Eye.

3.
Set the "Filesystem Guard" of All-Seeing Eye to guard the Mp3/Tag Studio installation directory, including file contents.

Now ASE will alert you as soon as any file in the Mp3/Tag Studio directory is modified, even at one single byte.

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