Internet Attack Exploits Microsoft Software Flaws ( Internet Explorer vulnerable )

Reuters ^ | Fri Jun 25, 2004 08:25 PM ET | Duncan Martell

[Lauren BaRecall]

I find that a paper plate is the solution to most problems. :o)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Yes, I use paper plates heavily!

And plastic cups.

Except for my coffee Latte in the morning.... That is a ritual I must have...

[Lauren BaRecall]

Until I bought my microwave, I'd eat Spaghettios right out of the can, with a plastic spoon.

Except for my coffee Latte in the morning.... That is a ritual I must have...

Ahhhhh, to have the luxury of a moment of civilization....

Ok, the ice cream calls...feed the cats, and then to sleep, perchance to dream of a clean computer....

Bon soir. :o)

[backhoe]

Talk to me about safe mode I see on you link, ya? Hmmm.... not sure about that.... Lets ping shadowace...and Backhoe

You rang?

First of all, I believe you are supposed to run those malware checkers in safe mode, but it shouldn't be vital to download them in safe mode.

When the PC boots, right after the BIOS screen clears, there is a brief moment to hit F8 and bring up the safe mode menu... you may have to try several times. If you observe the screen closely, you should see a line saying something about "strike F8 to enter safe mode or diagnostics." And usually by the time you have comprehended it, it has passed! Keep trying until you get a line by line menu with several choices, safe mode, safe with networking, command prompt, etc.

Safe mode takes forever to load, and the graphics are abysmal, but you should be able to work from there... if you have trouble accessing all the icons, remember the old dead mouse trick of moving through the icons with shift-tab and the arrow keys, alt-F4 to close a window, etc.

[Lauren BaRecall]

I am so exhausted! I got out of work early, went home, and installed Norton System Works, scans, rebooting galore, one adware file I can't delete, and I'm downloading spybot, right now.

Too tired to even think about punctuation! LOL! What a lot of work, and strange icons, and noises from my CPU.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks , I didn't have a clue, but I didn't mess with PC's till windows was out,....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

noises from my CPU.

It's complaining!!

I am running LINUX and I have made no modifications or entered any line commands. Been posting on FreeRepublic all day. The Konqueror browser has some limitations though. No "view partial source" which I have to have. Got to figure out how to get Firefox installed.

[backhoe]

I am running LINUX and I have made no modifications or entered any line commands. Been posting on FreeRepublic all day. The Konqueror browser has some limitations though. No "view partial source" which I have to have. Got to figure out how to get Firefox installed.

If you do get Firefox installed for Linux, let me know how you did it- that "view partial source" is vital to me.

Lauren BaRecall, sometimes those undeletable files can be gotten rid of in safe mode by using Windows Explorer... not Internet Explorer, but the Explorer that nearly everyone forgets is bundled with the OS... I think it's in "accessories," and you have to go in it and be sure to poke the tab that enables it to show ALL files.

Failing that, boot a DOS disc, locate the bleeding thing, and try deleting or renaming it and then try to delete it.

[Lauren BaRecall]

As far as that ever so brief instant when you can hit F8 goes, I saw that there was a time bar ("hit spacebar") associated with Norton's Go Back. That's when you can take the option of disabling Go Back, or booting from another drive.

I saw that I was using too much memory - I can't play Solitaire anymore - so I disabled Go Back to see what would happen. When it was disabled, it automatically deleted the files it was continuously writing along with my every move. That's why my computer made all those sounds! It took TWO HOURS for those files to be cleared out, and I had it going for only ONE DAY. Holy cow!

Anyway, after all of that, I still don't have enough memory to play solitaire.

Tonight, I played with the cookie deleter, and I really got a kick out of viewing all the cookie codes. I enjoyed the power of spying on the spies! LOL! Although it's in code, there's still a lot to see, and some of the cookies are quite long, and record multiple pages in browsing sequence.

I had to disable the cookie deleter, in order to delete the cookies, and that didn't give me sufficient memory in order to play solitaire (which insists it's set for "drag mode"). There must be more things in System Works that uses memory. I never had this problem before.

Any suggestions?

[Lauren BaRecall]

Lauren BaRecall, sometimes those undeletable files can be gotten rid of in safe mode by using Windows Explorer... not Internet Explorer, but the Explorer that nearly everyone forgets is bundled with the OS... I think it's in "accessories," and you have to go in it and be sure to poke the tab that enables it to show ALL files.

Hmm. Windows Explorer. I have to take a look at this. I happened to stumble into C:\programs\accessories in an effort to find an answer to my problem of resetting Solitaire to non drag mode (which I never set it to, by the way). I found a file in there that had alternate dial up ISP providers. I'd love to delete the whole file, but I'm not sure if there's anything I really do need.

By the way, I didn't find a folder for the games.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Norton is a big Hog....

How much memory have you got?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The games that come with Windows are found under the accessories icon that shows up when you click show Programs ( I think , I am doing this from memory as I don't have Windows up right now).)

[Lauren BaRecall]

I thought I had 128 RD RAM. Does that sound right? I better look. I also better brush up on my busses! LOL! I never had any memory problem when I had just the Anti Virus program.

I'm glad you confirmed this fact about Norton. I suspected this to be the case when I saw different little signs slide up from the bottom of my desktop. I guess I could disable more stuff, and use on a "as needed" basis. But I'd have to figure out what and how many functions, in order to get back my Solitaire.

I always play a quick game right before I shut down the computer. :o)

[Lauren BaRecall]

I'll take a look at that, too. Thanks. :o)

FL_engineer pinged me to that Browser Safety thread, so I have even more to read. I plan to hang around on these threads, because I now have this huge computer project!

Ok, more work tomorrow, or thereabouts....

[Lauren BaRecall]

Repinging myself - working on cleaning my C drive now.