Clint,
Thanks again for all the help. I'll try to get some of this stuff up
and running tonight. I don't seem to have too many e-mails to deal with this
time.
What I meant buy not visiting sites is that I almost NEVER go to any.
I hardly ever get on line to surf. These days I've been so busy I hardly
have enough time to JUST answer my mail, let alone surf the web. In fact, I
don't think I've EVER surfed the web, at least not on this puter. I probably did
a bit at the library long before I got this puter (the only one here that's
ever been hooked up to the net). I haven't even been to Pogo in over a month.
Dale
In a message dated 8/14/2004 4:33:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> That doesn't matter, all it takes is ONE site, and the harmful things are
> always hidden where no one can see them. You can go to a decent, legit,
> mainstream popular site you'd never think would have malware, and they DO.
> All of those ad*s and a/d banners, a*dve*rtis*ements, etc., you see at
> websites are usually loaded with malware. They each can not only have
> malware cookies embedded within them, but other things as well like harmful
> scripts, vbs, etc.
>
> An HTML formatted email is the exact same thing as a webpage as far as code
> goes. So whatever a webpage can do, and whatever can be embedded within it,
> so can it in an HTML formatted email.
>
> If you have some type of exe malware on your PC, like a Trojan Downloader
> for
> one example, it can download malware without your knowledge. This is why a
> *GOOD* firewall and *PROPERLY CONFIGURED* firewall is a must, and at least
> weekly scans by all of the anti-malware programs: AdAware, SpyBot,
> SpywareGuard, SpywareBlaster, CWShredder, HijackThis, and whatever else you
> can find. All of these mentioned are free, and you find their downloads at
> any search engine. Some of this run silently in the background and are not
> "scanners", but like I stated earlier are prophylaxis type programs. These
> are SpywareBlaster, SpywareGuard, and SpyBot's "Resident Shield" &
> "TeaTimer".
>
> Remember, not one single anti-malware program alone will find everything.
> EACH of these anti-malware programs have their faults! This is why it is
> imperative that ALL of them are run on a regular basis to ensure a PC is as
> clean and malware-free as possible. "CyberTerrorist" type websites are
> unfortunately becoming more and more prevalent, and all it takes is an
> instant after visiting one (or getting an HTML email) for it to download a
> Worm, Virus, Trojan, HiJack, etc., on a computer.
>
> If you look in the archives for my posts on these matters, you'll get all
> the
> details you need and which anti-malware programs to use. These have some of
> the info in them:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg09448.html
> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg09449.html
>
> I'll post an FYI email on anti-malware programs next. It's from a portion
> of
> a "Readme" type file I include with all new PC's.
> -Clint
>
> God Bless
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
> http://OrpheusComputing.com )
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 8/14/2004 2:47:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> support orpheuscomputing.com writes:
>
> >After your run AdAware and remove any malware, run it again to be sure it
> >removed it. Then, if it shows up again it's going to continue to show up
> due
> >to either sites your visiting, or software you're running
>
> Thanks for all your help Clint. If I wasn't so exhausted I'd do some
> of this stuff right now. But the thing is, I almost never go to any sites
> and
> it comes up. Most nights I just do most of my e-mails and that's it! And
> I'm not running any new software. So how can this still get on? I
> installed
> new software about a month ago, but I've only been picking up Apropos for
> about
> 2 weeks. I'm sure I ran the spyware thing a few times after the
> installation
> of the new software and got no spies until two weeks later. Plus, I haven't
> even used the software besides the night I installed it.
>
> Dale
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