Re: Virus Problem
From: Ron Bogart (ripSPAM_at_SUXtbit.net)
Date: 11/06/04
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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 21:56:17 -0600
In news:2v2jdeF2fqe4fU1@uni-berlin.de,
Anthony Ewell <aewell@gbis.com> did some thinking and came up with these
words:
> Dude, you need to try the latest version. Older version were quite
> a bit slower. You will love the tabbed browsing!
>
> --Tony
>
>
> anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
>> Johnson >>> DO NOT USE FIREFLY , its not faster then
>> internet explorer ... I will put my (IE6 browser )
>> computer against any computer that use's firefly and i
>> will bet my IE6 will beat any firefly by a few seconds...
>> Johnson Don't listen to that garbage about Firefly
>> being faster then IE 6 it ain't true
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> johnson wrote:
>>>
>> I have XP and Internet Explorer 6. I had virus on my
>> computer the infected my
>> internet files. Everytime I would try to go to certain
>> websites at least 10
>> pop-ups would come up and then when I cleared them I
>> couldn't access the
>> website I was trying to go to, it would just show a
>> blank screen. One website
>> I have to enter a password to enter and when I would
>> enter my password it
>> would keep going back to the log in screen. I
>> installed a virus scan that
>> detected some viruses and said that it cleared them,
>> but when I try to get on
>> those sites I couldn't access before the same thing
>> would happen. My
>> temporary internet file keeps filling up with stuff.
>>
>> As soon as I clear it it
>> fills right back up withing seconds. Do I need to
>> reinstall everything or is
>> there some other virus detection program that would
>> work better?
>>
>>> Dude. You have spyware/adware.
>>>
>>> This is like a virus, only they are legal because somewhere
>>> in the process of catching it, you clicked on yes to the
>>> license agreement.
>>>
>>> Download and run the free version of Ad Aware from
>>> http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
>>>
>>> Here is a tip. Fire up Ad Aware, download the latest update,
>>> then boot into safe mode and run the Ad Aware scan.
>>>
>>> And, once you are all cleaned up, stop using IE. You have a
>>> target on your back! Try Firefox: it is twice as fast, has
>>> tabbed browsing, and is security hardened (it is much harder
>>> to accidentally pick up spyware).
>>>
>>> http://mozilla.org
>>>
>>> If you suspect you still have a virus, take a trip over
>>> to Housecall and run the on line scanner
>>>
>>> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
>>>
>>> If you decide to get Trends PC-cillian, I have had
>>> excellent luck with it.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> --Tony
>>>
>>> --
>>> -------------------------
>>> I Fish. Therefore, I am.
>>> -------------------------
>>> .
I tried the tabbed browsing on several occasions - each time I uninstalled
as it gave no benefits at least to my view. Tabbed browsing is a personal
preference at best. JMHO
--
Ron Bogart {} τΏτ¬
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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