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To: restornu
Sometimes it gets confusing.
But that's only when dealing with Windows Media Player's SuperCookie and WinXP's multiple personalities.
Each personality has it's own cookie for WMP9.

IE has a built in spyware 'searchbot' called "Alexa".
It comes in the form of the "What's related" toolbar in IE.
So far the worst my machine had was a Data Source Object and an attempt to hijack Windows Messenger Service.
(I also have Windows Messenger Service disabled. It leaves a port open and listens to said port for no reason at all. Hackers can use that to take control of your machine at worst, snoop it at least.)
It's a program called "Shootthemessenger"
Also have one called "Unpnp".
Info on both here:
http://grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm
http://grc.com/UnPnP/UnPnP.htm
4,857 posted on 12/29/2003 11:09:49 AM PST by Darksheare (Democrat is between Demise and Demon in the dictionary.)
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To: Darksheare
I need your help every time I reboot I get the program files and I don't know what to do?

I did run the Spybot a day or so ago and I haven't deleted even thoough I am suffering from alkinds of attact.

I want to do majority of them and than see what happens?

But I am still puzzled by instead of desktop I get program files, where do I go form there?

your help would be much appreciated!

5,119 posted on 12/30/2003 7:33:36 PM PST by restornu ( "Faith...is daring the soul to go beyond what the eyes refuse to see."J.R.R. Tolkien)
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