On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 07:04:20AM -0800, Jaap van Ganswijk enlightened us thusly
> 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.
How do I do that in linux ;-)? I am hardly ever online in windoze.
> 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.
>
IE is that thing I don't allow my kids to load - ever. Mozilla is
available on windows boxes
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With best Regards,
Declan Moriarty.
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