At 2004-04-13 16:44, George Mogiljansky wrote: >What about adware? >I could not regain control of my work Windows 95 >machine via the Start button. The adware mocked me >with questions like "are you sure you want to >de-install..". A white bar on the bottom of the screen >remained after the usual attempts to delete the SW. >Finally, I got into the C drive and guessed at which >files to delete. But probably some remnants of code >remain. Now performance is sluggish (shutting down is >problematic). And Norton or similar was de-activated, >I believe by the adware. >I've heard of Nuke or similar for adware. To another >(home) user I recommended a complete re-install of the >OS, but this is far more problematic on a Windows >machine than my usual Mac or Linux box. He has random >start-up issues on his Compaq. They haven't found the >problem.
An easy way to check if your system is infected with scumware (and most computers are), is by going to: http://www.doxdesk.com/ Make sure that you have ActiveX activated when you go there. When I visited the site, (even) I had three scumware viruses and after removing them I have disabled ActiveX in Internet Explorer and only enable it on occasion (IE will ask) or add the site to the list of trusted sites. See Tools|Internet Options|Security|Trusted Sites. Greetings, Jaap -- Author: Jaap van Ganswijk INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
