----- Original Message ----- From: "Bil Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mo Dale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 2:38 PM Subject: Re[2]: [Techs] Vir*ses and Spyware....was.....WHO DONE IT!!!!!
Mo, Where did you get Ad-watch? Have you seen it block a bunch of stuff? -- Best regards, Bil Green 2001 TV VCR Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 760-934-2001 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sunday, February 1, 2004, 8:04:45 AM, you wrote: MD> I use ad aware with ad watch in the task bar tray to catch the spies before MD> they load and blocks them just like zone alarm stops intrusions from the MD> web. It's like a spyware firewall... MD> Mo Dale MD> Fey's Electronics MD> 2027 S. Main St. Suite 2 MD> Bloomington, Il 61704 MD> FON 309-829-7151 MD> FAX 309-829-0619 MD> [EMAIL PROTECTED] MD> -----Original Message----- MD> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MD> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Intrepid Video MD> Support MD> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 9:50 AM MD> To: ELECTRONICS PROFESSIONALS LIST MD> Subject: Re: [Techs] Vir*ses and Spyware....was.....WHO DONE IT!!!!! MD> Eugene, MD> Somehow my home page got locked that I couldn't change it. I run SpyBot MD> often, usually only finds one MD> entry per week. Nice thing about Spybot, it prevents some spyware from being MD> downloaded on the spot. MD> I recently downloaded adaware, it found about 4 entries that SpyBot missed. MD> I deleted the entries, one of MD> which locks your home page. MD> I've seen many suggestions to run both programs. I advise it now. MD> Jeff Dougherty MD> Intrepid Video TV/VCR MD> 263 S Front St MD> Steelton PA 17113 MD> fax...717-564-4952 MD> www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net MD> ----- Original Message ----- MD> From: "Eugene Spooner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MD> To: "ELECTRONICS PROFESSIONALS LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MD> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 6:31 PM MD> Subject: Re: [Techs] WHO DONE IT!!!!! MD> What about Spybot ? I have it and so do Michael Bisk at MD> Prelco and he also thinks it does a better job of spyware MD> eradication. When I ran it first time - it found fragments MD> of spyware that I had killed and advised me of some popular MD> programs such as Real Media Player has it and part of the MD> 'deal' if you want to use it. They use it to find out MD> 'what's popular' ! MD> Best: Eugene MD> Tel-Tek Electronics wrote: >> >> Oh..Oh..The Canadians are on the Warpath. (kidding Bruce) >> Nope...you're right, anyone that thinks they have enough "Horse Sense" >> to avoid being infected, has a misconception of how virus are spread. >> And if anyone on TechAssist, or our other lists feels he is >> qualified to be able to separate content from the chaff, may just be in >> the wrong business, and send a resume to Norton or MacAfee. >> I don't push either program, both are good. I sometime question >> why ISP's try to sell you Virus Protection, such as mine (Sympatico). >> Since I believe running an Internet Service, it would be in their best >> interest to apply this on their Head end. But this may change in the >> near future. >> >> Biggest thing that bothers me, WHY are there people that want to >> purposely destroy or obstruct Internet communication and commerce. >> I'm sure it takes more understanding of programming, and >> knowledge of how computers work, to sit there and write malicious >> script. >> No one really has to give me an answer to the last question, >> since I am not that naive. But just pisses me off.;-) >> >> -Ed- >> >> Ed Gaidies >> Tel-Tek Electronics >> Ontario-Canada >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Tiedeman >> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 1:34 PM >> To: ELECTRONICS PROFESSIONALS LIST >> Subject: Re: [Techs] WHO DONE IT!!!!! >> >> I used to pride myself "not having a virus program", and not being >> infected >> , it was great. Why bother! The problem was some times the phone is >> ringing >> , customers coming in and being in a hurry one day opened a infected >> file. >> Not thinking straight I hit it again because it did not open, I then >> looked >> at the size of the file seeing it was only a few K new it was a virus. >> This >> is where the problems begin. I downloaded programs to get rid of the >> virus >> ,it worked and cleaned up my computer. This is what I thought any way >> ,but >> my computer started doing weird things. It would shut off by itself, >> freeze >> up etc.and only got worse. I had to reformat and reload all programs. I >> then >> put on a free virus program am now using Norton 2003 "it was free", and >> has >> found many virus's in the past no problem. I still look at attachment >> email >> and delete them even if from friends, if they are small only a few K or >> I am >> unsure of they get deleted especially the joke email. >> Just wanted to share what can happen, of course there are those that >> don't >> make mistakes this does not apply!!. >> Bruce. >> >> B&T Electronics >> 139 Margaret St >> Sarnia Ontario >> Canada >> N7T 2Y3 >> 519 344 1850 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Eugene Spooner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "ELECTRONICS PROFESSIONALS LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 11:10 AM >> Subject: Re: [Techs] WHO DONE IT!!!!! >> >> > Begging yer pardon ! I VOTE TO GET RID OF GARY McCARTNEY MD> _______________________________________________ MD> Tech Repair CD...order your just $49.00 plus shipping...One year of updates MD> free. 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