How do you get rid of "mdnsNSP.dll" and "mDNSResponder.exe"?
necko 0 Light Poster
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Jump to PostA quick google found this - http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?t=242173
Jump to PostPerhaps if you had mentioned that in your first post.....
We will need to know what you have tried exactly and what results you got.
Jump to PostI completely understand what you mean! I hate software like that too. Have you tried running HiJackThis on your system and using that to attempt to remove the files?
Jump to PostWere you able to rename mdnsNSP.dll?
Did you try this?
Gizmo Project has created a small tool TurnOffBonjour.exe that turns off and removes Bonjour service. However, it will not remove the Bonjour folder from Program Files. You will still need to manually delete the Bonjour folder …
Jump to Postapples i-tunes installes and uses those files ,do you have and use i-tunes
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Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven
necko 0 Light Poster
A quick google found this - http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?t=242173
I tried almost all the solutions offered on web. None of them work. That's why I am asking here.
Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven
Perhaps if you had mentioned that in your first post.....
We will need to know what you have tried exactly and what results you got.
necko 0 Light Poster
right. i'm sorry. bonjour (probably installed thru OuickTime) was decently placed in my add/remove programs. however when i "removed" it, "mdnsNSP.dll" and "mDNSResponder.exe" stayed and could not be removed manually. i use "BoostSpeed" by Auslogics and it has an "unlock" service. "mDNSResponder.exe" was unlocked and i deleted it. but "mdnsNSP.dll" stayed. i asked help from Auslogics.they said "'svchost.exe' is a Windows services host application, it simply cannot be terminated" and wishing me luck, advised me to check this url: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/02/10/how-to-uninstall-or-remove-bonjour-mdnsresponderexe/
at my first try it didn't work because i had already deleted "mDNSResponder.exe". so i reinstalled bonjour then removed it, two pesty files naturally keeping residence. but when i tried to run "C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe" - remove, the "run" window kept evaporating after i clicked OK.
then i looked for the the magic "Au Revoir Bonjour" but it was not to be found anywhere in web - with the exception of a french blog. but then it was only a trap for a trojan.
it's not that i'm suspicious about those two files. I just hate apple to force them down my throat. if i don't want them on my computer (even if they're for my own good), i think i must have a right to remove them.
this is the full story. thanks for you patience.
Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven
I completely understand what you mean! I hate software like that too. Have you tried running HiJackThis on your system and using that to attempt to remove the files?
necko 0 Light Poster
I completely understand what you mean! I hate software like that too. Have you tried running HiJackThis on your system and using that to attempt to remove the files?
I made a scan with HijackThis and also checked the misc processes but couldn't find a trace.
Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven
Are you able to see and stop them with msconfig?
necko 0 Light Poster
Are you able to see and stop them with msconfig?
There's only QTTask from Apple in the "start up"; in "services" some are "stopped" but can't make anything of them.
Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven
I'm at a bit of a loss then I'm afraid, sorry!
necko 0 Light Poster
I'm at a bit of a loss then I'm afraid, sorry!
thank you all the same for your kind interest. i will not let this matter stay as it is and will try to find a solution on web. If the only solution is reformatting my computer, i will consider sueing master jobs.
Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven
I wish you the best of luck! :)
PhilliePhan 171 Central Scrutinizer Team Colleague
Were you able to rename mdnsNSP.dll?
Did you try this?
Gizmo Project has created a small tool TurnOffBonjour.exe that turns off and removes Bonjour service. However, it will not remove the Bonjour folder from Program Files. You will still need to manually delete the Bonjour folder after restart. The reason why you’re advised to delete the folder after restart is in case there’s a problem, the Bonjour files are still there for you to restore.
PP:)
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
apples i-tunes installes and uses those files ,do you have and use i-tunes
Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven
Had an idea. Will windows allow you to rename the 2 files and add .old at the end of each? If so, you should be able to delete them after a reboot.
necko 0 Light Poster
Had an idea. Will windows allow you to rename the 2 files and add .old at the end of each? If so, you should be able to delete them after a reboot.
Yes, indeed! I was dumb enough not to try this after " 'C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe' - remove" command failed. I didn't have to change "mDNSResponder.exe" before deleting because it was not was locked yet this time.But I could change "mdnsNSp.dll" to "mdnsMSP.old" just like that and reboot and they were gone when I deleted them. It seems I created "much ado about nothing".
Thanks a lot, you saved me from suing expenses. :))
necko 0 Light Poster
apples i-tunes installes and uses those files ,do you have and use i-tunes
no i never used itunes. sse my reply to Rik below. Thanks a lot.
necko 0 Light Poster
Were you able to rename mdnsNSP.dll?
Did you try this?
PP:)
you can see from my answer below to Rik that I should have tried that. thanks a lot.
by the way. Gizmo application is not active anymore.
Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven
Glad I could help, I knew there was a way to delete them it just took a while to remember it as this flu I am suffering fom has really messed me up!
PhilliePhan 171 Central Scrutinizer Team Colleague
you can see from my answer below to Rik that I should have tried that. thanks a lot.
by the way. Gizmo application is not active anymore.
I've been posting in forums long enough not to assume anything not explicitly stated. I saw that you should have tried it - didn't know if you did. :)
Sorry.
BTW - That link is still good for TurnOffBonjour.
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Were you able to rename mdnsNSP.dll?
necko 0 Light Poster
Glad I could help, I knew there was a way to delete them it just took a while to remember it as this flu I am suffering fom has really messed me up!
i just found out that mdnsresponder.exe is residing in "windows prefetch" as "MDNSRESPONDER.EXE-02F30C6F.pf". i don't have knowledge enough to tamper with with system files. What would you advise?
Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven
Rename it, reboot, and see if it causes any problems. If you do get any problems, restore it's name!
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
ccleaner will clean temp folders and the prefetch folder
PhilliePhan 171 Central Scrutinizer Team Colleague
i just found out that mdnsresponder.exe is residing in "windows prefetch" as "MDNSRESPONDER.EXE-02F30C6F.pf". i don't have knowledge enough to tamper with with system files. What would you advise?
If you now do not have the actual program on your machine and you never plan to use it again, there is no reason to have (portions of) it in prefetch.
Delete it.
Or, leave it alone. Eventually Windows ought to remove automatically it due to lack of use.
necko 0 Light Poster
If you now do not have the actual program on your machine and you never plan to use it again, there is no reason to have (portions of) it in prefetch.
Delete it.
Or, leave it alone. Eventually Windows ought to remove automatically it due to lack of use.
since waiting for windows to remove it automatically sounded more like wishful thinking i deleted it. nothing has gone wrong with my computer since. thanks to you and all.
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