Posted on 01/11/2005 3:19:05 AM PST by Happy2BMe
ping
aHHHHHHHHHHHHH. . . .
BUT NOT BITCHING about Microslop
would take away the only semblence of recourse left.
Besides . . . what a release--what pseudo-fun.
Oh, I know . . . sigh . . .
"In ALL things give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."
Still working on that one.
THX.
I don't run XP so won't ever have a chance to test it and comment on it, but I wonder about any false positives (something all can have).
That's right, Meek. You can put a web address into the address bar of Windows explorer and access the web. They can also access you through that same door.
I can't remember what site it is, something similar to GRC, where you can do security tests, and one javascript will pop open all your CD drawers. That's how tied IE is to the OS.
Check this out. Some sewer-ware outfit was using browser hijackers, popups, and opening CD drawers to scare the gullible into buying their "Spywiper"!
http://tired-of-spam.home.comcast.net/spywiper.html
If a program has "spy" or "spyware" or "ad" in the name, you can't be sure it's a safe program anymore. Be wary of ANY new spyware remover. Always ask around and/or check computer forums for the tried and true. Don't try anything just because it comes up in a search.
And we're 30 days away from "Patch Tuesday". Why anyone uses IE at all is beyond me.
Thanks. :^)The guys that do this stuff are Internet Terrorists.
And a few fingers....ahem....hacked off.
I have a main & a fallback PC at home, both running Win2000pro, one DSL and one dialup, and MSantispyware found one file one each, with different names. None of the other stuff I use, including a few onlines scans, said "boo!" Of course, false positives do happen.
I thought the fix was supposed to be out today. Apparently not. I went to the update site (I am running IE 6 and Win XP but use Netscape) and no updates were listed for my computer.
What if they can't fix it? What then?
SP3 will surely do the trick.
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