Re: Virus Problem

From: Anthony Ewell (aewell_at_gbis.com)
Date: 11/06/04 

Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 21:15:25 -0800

Ron Bogart wrote:
> 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
>

Here is were tabbed browsing is powerful. Go to your favorite
search tool and search on a subject of your choosing. Instead
on clicking on the results, right click and open them in a tab.
The first thing you will notice is that you don't loose your
search result when you want to go back to it (some web
pages won't let you go back). The second thing you will notice
is that it is really convenient to be able to compare what is
written on different tabs.

It is also convenient to load a project with several tabs in it
you are working on into into a folder. When you need to go back to
the project the next day, you right click on the folder, not
the bookmark, and open in tabs: they all pop up in tabs with just
two mouse clicks.

But, to each his own.

The main reason for Firefox is peer review (open source), which
makes it a lot more secure. Also, bugs, including security
flaws, are fixed very, very rapidly.

Just my experience.

--Tony

a 

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I Fish.  Therefore, I am.
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