Re: Use of Proxy Server and Virus Infections ?
Daniel wrote: DoctorBill wrote: Daniel wrote: DoctorBill wrote: Using SeaMonkey 2.6.1 now. I am in the process of trying to remove an infection of some Gawd Awful Trojan or Virus called XP Security 2012 that got into my system. In looking up methods to remove it, I went to http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp for help. One of the sites I was told to go for help says to disable the use of a PROXY SERVER Click the radio button labeled No proxy. Click OK twice. This will remove the proxy server settings in Firefox. I presume that goes for SeaMonkey also(?) I looked up what a 'proxy server' isis it necessary to use one when on the web in SM 2.6.1 ? It seems to my limited knowledge that allowing a secondary server to control what comes in to me is allowing the greater possibility of Trojans and Viruses to get into my system. Am I correct ? DoctorBill Why didn't Doctor Bill ask this yesterday??? Yesterday, I was at my sister's/Brother-in-law's place, and the B-in-L mentioned that he was using BitDefender AV (I think), and was getting a clean bill of health, but was also getting warnings from Win 7 Security 2012 that he had 27 infections. Today, I was back there (to use 4GB of their Cable download to D/L Mandriva Linux 2011) and, as I arrived, B-in-L was just about to ring me because Win 7 Security 2012 now said he had 31 infections *and* had barred Internet access, even for MSIE, and disabled BitDefender. So, this afternoon, we've brought a licence for Win 7 Security 2012, scanned the desktop (and in process of D/L'ing my new O/S by FTP) Have we set up his computer to be hacked, or worse?? And in the process handed over his credit card details to be ripped off?? (At the time, I did mention about giving away his CC details, and maybe having to cancel card and getting new card issued!!) Go to: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1325534119 to get help. Follow what some of the responders tell you to do. http://www.annoyances.org has separate areas for ALL the various Windows. Go to the Home Page and pick Windows 7 I hope this helps your sister's/Brother-in-law ! He is in DEEP, DEEP S**T.. DoctorBill Thanks to Doctor Bill and Beauregard for confirming my suspicions! I've just rung B-in-L to tell him to cancel card and said I'd be over shortly to try and fix situation! Card cancelled. Started BitDefender via the Start button, ran complete virus check, got rid of three problems, downloaded new anti-virus update, complete re-scan, got rid of one more problem file. (Burnt my Mandriva update to DVD, so I have something to do over the next while!!) Also updated the BitDefender files on their two laptops, and scanned them clean as well. An effective days work..and You Live, You Learn, hopefully!! -- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours, and may 2012 be better than 2011. Daniel ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Use of Proxy Server and Virus Infections ?
Daniel wrote: Daniel wrote: [snippage] Thanks to Doctor Bill and Beauregard for confirming my suspicions! I've just rung B-in-L to tell him to cancel card and said I'd be over shortly to try and fix situation! Card cancelled. Started BitDefender via the Start button, ran complete virus check, got rid of three problems, downloaded new anti-virus update, complete re-scan, got rid of one more problem file. (Burnt my Mandriva update to DVD, so I have something to do over the next while!!) If your b-i-l used Mandriva, he'd not have had this problem! :-) Also updated the BitDefender files on their two laptops, and scanned them clean as well. An effective days work..and You Live, You Learn, hopefully!! I'm not sure but has anyone told you to use the highly recommended MalwareBytes Anti-Malware yet? As the problem is not a virus, but a trojan, best to use a tool more specifically geared to the problem. Get the free version, install, update, scan: http://www.malwarebytes.org/ -- -bts -This space for rent, but the price is high ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: 2.6.1 stored passwords - multiple redundant repeats over and over
On 03/01/12 17:36, DoctorBill wrote: W3BNR wrote: On 1/2/2012 10:43 PM DoctorBill submitted the following: DoctorBill wrote: DoctorBill wrote: DoctorBill wrote: Cute title - I just wanted to show the redundancy described below. I just updated to SeaMonkey 2.6.1 from SeaMonkey 1.1. My stored passwords that came over from SM 1.1 are there but now require me to click on the Username before one comes up to choose. When I click on Username, many have multiples of the same Username ! I went to stored passwords, and one I went to often before now has SIX listings of the very same username and password for exactly the same link. Was this a bug? Did I do something wrong ? Why would it store repeats of the very same thing. Should I delete all but one of them ? I don't want to delete anything until I hear from the Expurts DoctorBill Oh how cute ! There are two of everything or more. Once you get down to two of them, if you highlight one and press delete, both of them are erased Wonderful. DoctorBill From the numerous responses, I would suppose: 1. No one has had this problem before me. 2. No one knows what is going on. 3. No one G.A.S. I guess it is #3. DoctorBill I was in the process of copying (by hand typing) all my passwords over to a list on WORD...when XP Security 2012 hit my system. OMG - don't let that thing get you ! Long story - hideous ! Still have to run a procedure on bleepingcomputer.com to totally clean it out. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-xp-internet-security-2012 Anyway - I am going to get all my passwords (can't get them printed out of SM 1.1 - at least I don't know how) and then erase the 2.6.1 passwords files and start all over anew with all of the sites. That should stop this two of everything stuff I get now. I have to click on the username box to get anything to show then I get two of the same thing shown. Is this normal for 2.6.1 or am I doing the right thing ? I don't want to reload 2.1 and inport and then import to 2.6.1...LORD ! DoctorBill Bill, back in 2010 I noticed that I had what I thought were duplicated entries of host/user/passwords in my system. But, upon closer inspection the submit URL's were different. Look to see if one is http:// and the so called duplicate is https:// Nope - they are absolutely identical ! Nope - they are absolutely identical ! For instance, I order cigars from http://www.coronacigar.com and there are two identical lines in the Password Manager list with identical usernames and passwords. DoctorBill DoctorBill (lol) What you see is identical. Please use Saved Password Editor to confirm if they really are. There are some hidden fields (such as username field) that are not displayed by the password manager; SPE will help. Axel ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: 2.6.1 stored passwords - multiple redundant repeats over and over
On 03/01/12 18:40, DoctorBill wrote: W3BNR wrote: On 1/3/2012 12:36 PM DoctorBill submitted the following: W3BNR wrote: On 1/2/2012 10:43 PM DoctorBill submitted the following: DoctorBill wrote: DoctorBill wrote: DoctorBill wrote: Cute title - I just wanted to show the redundancy described below. I just updated to SeaMonkey 2.6.1 from SeaMonkey 1.1. My stored passwords that came over from SM 1.1 are there but now require me to click on the Username before one comes up to choose. When I click on Username, many have multiples of the same Username ! I went to stored passwords, and one I went to often before now has SIX listings of the very same username and password for exactly the same link. Was this a bug? Did I do something wrong ? Why would it store repeats of the very same thing. Should I delete all but one of them ? I don't want to delete anything until I hear from the Expurts DoctorBill Oh how cute ! There are two of everything or more. Once you get down to two of them, if you highlight one and press delete, both of them are erased Wonderful. DoctorBill From the numerous responses, I would suppose: 1. No one has had this problem before me. 2. No one knows what is going on. 3. No one G.A.S. I guess it is #3. DoctorBill I was in the process of copying (by hand typing) all my passwords over to a list on WORD...when XP Security 2012 hit my system. OMG - don't let that thing get you ! Long story - hideous ! Still have to run a procedure on bleepingcomputer.com to totally clean it out. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-xp-internet-security-2012 Anyway - I am going to get all my passwords (can't get them printed out of SM 1.1 - at least I don't know how) and then erase the 2.6.1 passwords files and start all over anew with all of the sites. That should stop this two of everything stuff I get now. I have to click on the username box to get anything to show then I get two of the same thing shown. Is this normal for 2.6.1 or am I doing the right thing ? I don't want to reload 2.1 and inport and then import to 2.6.1...LORD ! DoctorBill Bill, back in 2010 I noticed that I had what I thought were duplicated entries of host/user/passwords in my system. But, upon closer inspection the submit URL's were different. Look to see if one is http:// and the so called duplicate is https:// Nope - they are absolutely identical ! Nope - they are absolutely identical ! For instance, I order cigars from http://www.coronacigar.com and there are two identical lines in the Password Manager list with identical usernames and passwords. DoctorBill DoctorBill (lol) OK - Password Manager does NOT show you the URL's of the Host. I suggest you download the file at: http://the-edmeister.com/firefox_info/articles/List_Firefox-3_Passwords.htm and run it. It will show HOST, USERNAME, PASSWORD, and SUBMIT URL Go to the URL above. Save page as Whatever.htm someplace on your hard drive. Then double click on Whatever.htm Answer the question, and viola you'll have a listing of all your Hosts, usernames, password, and submit urls. It DOES work on SM 2.5.1. Check your SUBMIT URL column for HTTP and HTTPS. They will have the same HOST, USERNAME, and PASSWORD, but ARE two different entries. I beg to differ with you ! TOOLS | Password Manager | Manage Stored Passwords | Show Passwords (lower right button) | YES I would post a 'screensave' on an image hosting site to show you, but then I would be giving away my usernames and passwords ! I am using 2.6.1 - and I am not insane. Not yet, anyway DoctorBill See my previous reply about Saved Password Editor. There is more to the Password Store than meets the eye (Password Manager is lying to you... or at least omitting large sections of the truth). hth Axel ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
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Re: Use of Proxy Server and Virus Infections ?
JeffM: My question is: What tasks do these folks actually do that **requires** the easily-infected / needs-anti-whatever-apps OS? There *are* games which wine is unable to cope with. :) Hartmut ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
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JeffM wrote: Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: Daniel wrote: [...]BitDefender[...]anti-virus update[...] I've been reading with great amusement this thread about a toy OS and the hoops its users jump thru. If your b-i-l used Mandriva, he'd not have had this problem! :-) I was thinking along those lines from the beginning. My question is: What tasks do these folks actually do that **requires** the easily-infected / needs-anti-whatever-apps OS? I'm betting that the answer is None. The tasks we perform are no different to those that you perform -- the real difference is that we prefer an operating system intended for use by real human beings rather than one intended for, and suitable for use only by, nerds and geeks. It's as simple as that. Philip Taylor ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Use of Proxy Server and Virus Infections ?
JeffM wrote: Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: Daniel wrote: [...]BitDefender[...]anti-virus update[...] I've been reading with great amusement this thread about a toy OS and the hoops its users jump thru. If your b-i-l used Mandriva, he'd not have had this problem! :-) I was thinking along those lines from the beginning. My question is: What tasks do these folks actually do that **requires** the easily-infected / needs-anti-whatever-apps OS? I'm betting that the answer is None. Analogy: A car can easily be wrecked, but a safe driver can generally avoid that. By the same token, Windows can easily be infected, but a safe user can generally avoid that. The main reasons people use Windows: 1) Inertia -- they've always used it, it's familiar and understandable (mostly); it's the default when they go to the store; 2) Interoperability -- it's so ubiquitous that if you share files, chances are the other person already has the app that generated them and knows how to use it. Similarly, if you need help or feel generous about giving help, chances are your friend is using the same program. Ordinary users don't think nearly as much about security as techies like us, and they're much less willing to invest time and effort to learn the arcana of lesser-known operating systems like Linux or lesser-known mail programs like SeaMonkey. They don't want to maintain the car, they just want to drive it. Beyond filling the tank and cleaning the windshield, they can't be bothered. -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: 2.6.1 stored passwords - multiple redundant repeats over and over
DoctorBill wrote: Cute title - I just wanted to show the redundancy described below. I just updated to SeaMonkey 2.6.1 from SeaMonkey 1.1. My stored passwords that came over from SM 1.1 are there but now require me to click on the Username before one comes up to choose. When I click on Username, many have multiples of the same Username ! I went to stored passwords, and one I went to often before now has SIX listings of the very same username and password for exactly the same link. Was this a bug? Did I do something wrong ? Why would it store repeats of the very same thing. Should I delete all but one of them ? I don't want to delete anything until I hear from the Expurts DoctorBill So when I click in the Username box, I click on either one or one of the four, it works. What is the effect of checking the Remember Me box also ? Is another set saved or does this just direct the saving a a cookie ? Some web sites need to be re-logged into every 5 minutes it seems. http://castboolits.gunloads.com/forumdisplay.php?s=5ee1a000fd2e7ff8ef01ba1ad53eac70f=38 What is THAT all about ? Why ? DoctorBill -- When all is said and done, more will be said than done. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
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