Re: updates-Win xp home edition

From: Ted Zieglar (teddyz_at_notmail.com)
Date: 12/02/04 

Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:29:11 -0500

It means you have spyware. Gen0cide is described here:

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453073132 

-- 
Ted Zieglar
"Donnamv" <Donnamv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FA426894-03D9-4249-A4F2-490E5A6C97CB@microsoft.com...
> ok  Sp2 has been dowloaded and system checked before it installed. I am
still
> getting that error box from IE and clicking "don't send" and I am not
> disconnected from the internet. I am now getting a web page headed
"gen0cide"
> but just pops up and says "page cannot be displayed" When connected my MSN
> messenger "pop up" says that I am connected to it on another computer and
> click to connect. When I click on that box, it says I have been
disconnected
> from another .netmeeting program..What does that mean..Has Sp2 messed up
my
> computer?  Thanks dmv
>
> "Ted Zieglar" wrote:
>
> > It's good that you wrote in. Let's address things one at a time:
> >
> > First, no Microsoft product will disconnect you from the Internet
because
> > your security is "at risk." Microsoft doesn't work that way. Are you
certain
> > that this message came from Microsoft? Careful now, because there are
any
> > number of scammers and hucksters on the Internet who are preying on
people's
> > lack of knowledge.
> >
> > If you responded to such a message in the past, it's possible that your
> > computer is now infected with spyware, which you must remove.
> >
> > If you have the automatic update feature of Windows enabled, you should
know
> > that there are several ways that this works. If you so choose, critical
> > security updates can be automatically downloaded - directly from
Microsoft -
> > and installed on your computer. Or, you can choose to have the updates
> > downloaded but not installed, in which case you decide when to do the
> > installation. Or, you can choose only to be notified when a security
update
> > is available. Which method have you chosen?
> >
> > If you chose to have security updates automatically installed, and your
> > computer is more than a month old, it's likely that you already have SP
2
> > installed. (To check, go to Start > Control Panel > System.)
> >
> > If you suspect that the download is, in fact, SP 2 you will cause no
harm by
> > cancelling the download. No changes are made to your computer until the
> > download is complete (and even then no changes will be made until after
the
> > installer has checked your system first.)
> >
> > Ted Zieglar
> >
> > "Donnamv" <Donnamv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:D6DB1794-2BE7-4AE8-BAD6-295E310898CB@microsoft.com...
> > >I was disconnected twice this evening from the internet with an
> > >explaination
> > > that my security was at risk and to make sure I had the recent
updates.
> > > I checked and it said that I still needed sp2. I have ordered the CD,
but
> > > I
> > > have the automatic updates checked on my system. I assumed they tell
me
> > > which
> > > ones they would be. I wanted to download sp2 but I can't sit here for
9
> > > hours
> > > waiting for it to download, so sent for the CD.
> > > The update has been dowmloading for hours and is at 54%. Could this be
> > > sp2?
> > > and what happens if I shut down?
> >
> >

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