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I have been wondering why I was getting updates every day from several sources including MS.
1 posted on 03/03/2004 12:41:12 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: *tech_index
ndx
2 posted on 03/03/2004 12:41:52 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
For those that use Norton, Symantec released a new patch yesterday.
3 posted on 03/03/2004 1:00:34 PM PST by BJClinton (Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, I'm a registered Dem.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
My mailbox has been flooded with infected emails this past week. Three or four a day. Netsky and Bagle in particular. Nuisance.
5 posted on 03/03/2004 1:10:43 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; All

Alternative browsers:
http://www.mozilla.org/
http://www.opera.com/

Free anti-viral protection:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Popup ad killers:
http://www.bayden.com/popper/

Close that friggin' Messenger in Windows XP:
http://grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm

Spyware removers:
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html

Good for pre-screening & bouncing SPAM:
http://mailwasher.net/

Script Defender ( stop that nonsense from running unwelcome scripts ):
http://www.analogx.com/welcome.htm
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7 posted on 03/03/2004 1:18:20 PM PST by backhoe
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
has MSFT issued any Outlook patches yet?
8 posted on 03/03/2004 1:19:22 PM PST by oceanview
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I've been getting hit with a few of these nastys this week.
Fortunately, vigilance with the anti-viral software has kept me out of trouble.

Although I'm not sanctioning violence...someday, when one of these virus
writers is taken out by some vigilante justice...there won't be all that
many tears.
Personally, I'd prefer they are just tortured.
As in being kept in a room without access to a computer or any other electrical device
for at least 20-40 years.
15 posted on 03/03/2004 1:44:20 PM PST by VOA
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; All
Maybe some of you folks more technological than I can help me...My PC keeps shutting down randomly. I mean it completely turns off. I then have to restart it. Sometimes it will shut down again immediately after I restart it and sometimes it won't. I did an online scan using HouseCall and it located a trojan in two files. I deleted those files. My Norton isn't picking up anything at all.
23 posted on 03/03/2004 2:20:37 PM PST by PleaseNoMore
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Just got this -

Dear G.com members:

There are several emails being sent around that appear to be coming from
Guitar.com or Gbase.com. The addresses that these emails are being sent from
are:

management@guitar.com
sales@guitar.com
administration@guitar.com
sales@gbase.com
administrator@gbase.com

More than likely there are a few more floating as well. The text of the
email is as follows:

Dear user of Guitar.com,

Our main mailing server will be temporary unavaible for next two days, to
continue receiving mail in these days you have to configure our free
auto-forwarding service.

For details see the attach.

For security purposes the attached file is password protected. Password is
"80667".

The Management
The Guitar.com team


Of course, the attachment is a virus. We are sending this email today
advising you of this determental act. IT IS IN NO WAY AND IN NO FASHION
RELATED TO GUITAR.COM NOR IS IT BEING SENT BY GUITAR.COM. Do not open these
emails and if you do, be sure to run your virus software immediately.

Don Dawson
Managing Director
Guitar.com
Gbase.com

38 posted on 03/03/2004 3:43:30 PM PST by Senator Pardek
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I just got an update which appears to be from Microsoft with an attachment named "DELETEDO.TXT". Does anyone know what this is? Frankly, I'm not opening any attachments unless I know what it is.
45 posted on 03/04/2004 9:35:31 AM PST by redhawk
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