- There have been no automatic updates of WindowsXP since I have
deactivated the Internet Explorer, which could mean that IE plays a
role in the update process.
My limited experience with XP is that Internet Explorer is, somehow,
part of the operating system
and IS the vehicle for Windows u
On Wed Apr 21, 2010; Bob Sneidar bobs at twft.com wrote:
Hi Wilhelm.
(snip). So it does not surprise me that your visiting a reputable site
resulted in an infection. What DOES surprise me is that your antivirus
(assuming it is up to date) did not catch it. Perhaps this happened
before you i
Hi Wilhelm.
I checked the URL with our corporate content filtering system and it came up
clean, so the site seems reputable. However, I just read an article about how
reputable sites are getting compromised, and either a redirect is put in place,
or the site itself is being compromised. Simply
On Apr 16, 2010, at 12:27 PM, Paul D. DeRocco wrote:
> I use Windows day-in, day-out, for software engineering, electronic
> engineering, math, Photoshop editing, mapping, and constant web browsing.
> I've been a heavy Windows user since 3.0, and am currently running XP and
> Win7 on three machin
> From: Bob Sneidar
>
> I suspect the "something right" you are doing is keeping
> everything currently patched, using at least one if not two
> firewalls, and installing and maintaining a good
> Anti-virus/anti-spyware application. I am an IT guy, and I can
> testify to the exact same thing. But m
I suspect the "something right" you are doing is keeping everything currently
patched, using at least one if not two firewalls, and installing and
maintaining a good Anti-virus/anti-spyware application. I am an IT guy, and I
can testify to the exact same thing. But might I offer this, that the
I might agree, except that the recent bout of Apple security updates is due to
a new flaw discovered that would allow complete control of a Mac system using a
drive by browser exploit. And remember, we cannot use fully patched systems as
a benchmark for "current vulnerabilities" as Microsoft cou
Thought I might throw out some advice that has really made a huge and
very important difference for me...
I can't speak for others, but it takes between 25-28 hours for me to
re-install windows, all of the windows updates and my software in the
event of a major malfunction. (virus-wise or just the
On 16/04/2010 23:14, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Paul D. DeRocco wrote:
Despite all this, I've _never_ had a virus or any kind of malware. My
only
system failures have been the occasional result of a RAM or hard disk
failure. So either I'm doing something terribly right, or you all are
doing
some
Paul D. DeRocco wrote:
Despite all this, I've _never_ had a virus or any kind of malware. My only
system failures have been the occasional result of a RAM or hard disk
failure. So either I'm doing something terribly right, or you all are doing
something terribly wrong.
I haven't had a virus ei
> >> Bernard Devlin wrote:
> >>
> >> I think all Windows installations must be assumed to be toxic.
> > On 16/04/2010 21:05, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> >
> > Yes, that's the assumption I use too. It's also the reason I'm so much
> > in favor of running Windows in a virtual machine. In Parallels (an
On 16/04/2010 21:05, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Bernard Devlin wrote:
I think all Windows installations must be assumed to be toxic.
Yes, that's the assumption I use too. It's also the reason I'm so much
in favor of running Windows in a virtual machine. In Parallels (and
maybe other emulators t
Bernard Devlin wrote:
I think all Windows installations must be assumed to be toxic.
Yes, that's the assumption I use too. It's also the reason I'm so much
in favor of running Windows in a virtual machine. In Parallels (and
maybe other emulators too, I'm not sure,) you can set a sort of book
Not just "rare". There are no viruses for the Mac other than the old Microsoft
Office viruses.
There are some other trojans for the Mac but they are rare and are not really
found in the wild. Of course, those need the user's assistance to run as well.
One of the advantages of Sean Shao ssMacWin
Bernard Devlin wrote:
As an aside, I have for years wondered if it wasn't the anti-virus
vendors themselves who pay certain shady characters to come up with
these viruses. Food for thought.
<<<
This thought has occurred to me too.
Tempting as such a thought may be, consider that since most W
>>>
As an aside, I have for years wondered if it wasn't the anti-virus
vendors themselves who pay certain shady characters to come up with
these viruses. Food for thought.
<<<
This thought has occurred to me too.
Bernard
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In any case, since I have "disassembled" the Internet Explorer in the
way I described in my last post, I am - until now - no longer the
target of such annoying intrusions, or is this merely a coincidence in
time?
<<
I think the risk is too great to assume your PC is now safe. At the
very least
On Thu Apr 15, 2010, Bob Sneidar bobs at twft.com wrote:
Hi Wilhelm.
I know pretty much why all of these things you mentioned work the way
they do but I will not go into that here. What you have is a
particularly nasty flavor of spyware, that has several processes that
checks up on the other
Hi Wilhelm.
I know pretty much why all of these things you mentioned work the way they do
but I will not go into that here. What you have is a particularly nasty flavor
of spyware, that has several processes that checks up on the other bits of
itself to make sure you don't do exactly what you
Sounds like you got ahold of one of the rare but not unheard of bugs that
actually infect your boot sector. Sometimes you can mount a drive like that in
an enclosure and connect it to a protected Windows computer and scan it.
Typically if you are going to do a wipe and re-install, you should del
The subject of this thread - which was started by me - sounds somewhat
harsh and unfair, but the ongoing story of annoying popups of phony
messages transported by the Microsoft Internet Explorer - without having
been launched by me in each case - reminds me of the fight between
Microsoft and th
On 15/04/2010 11:09, Bernard Devlin wrote:
If it wasn't for
Rev and it's failings on Linux, I wouldn't be running Windows at all.
Wow! I wonder how many other RunRev developers that is true for?
Hello! Hello! Hello! It is time the RunRev folk in Edinburgh sat up and
took notice!
I am pr
I just consigned windows to a read-only VM for ever. If it wasn't for
Rev and it's failings on Linux, I wouldn't be running Windows at all.
After getting a malware infection that disabled my AV and Windows
Defender, and wouldn't let me reinstall AV (not even from "safe"
mode), I restored the lapt
Sounds like you got some hijacks or some other kind of malware.
Look it over with Malware Bytes Anti-Malware.
I haven't used "Adaware" in quite a few years, but it might give you some
solutions as well.
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Thanks for the various hints!
As browsers on Windows I use "Firefox" and "SeaMonkey", the open-source
successor of Netscape, the latter on recommendation of our "Information
Science" department. SeaMonkey, like the older Netscape, preserves the
unity of web browsing and mail services.
Regard
The free program "Adaware" from lavasoft.com might help. I've used it to clean
out malware.
--- On Wed, 4/14/10, Wilhelm Sanke wrote:
> From: Wilhelm Sanke
> Subject: Re: OT: Microsoft is really annoying!
> To: "RunRev Ltd"
> Date: Wednesday, April 14
I had just written:
Since this morning - after 2 automatic updates on my WindowsXP PC,
which took place when I shut my computer down after the first session
- I am constantly being pestered by the Microsoft Internet Explorer
popping up when I connect to the net. When I close the Explorer with
So, I'm a Mac user, and I very often debate as to whether or not I want to
deal with these sorts of Windows issues over the Mac ones (yes, we Mac users
also have "issues" ;-)).
As for your issue, I think you can just go into the Internet Explorer
options and under advanced (iirc) is an option for
Obviously you have:
1. Automatic updates which is not a great idea, the most I recommend is
Download and notify.
2. It probably installed IE8 in the update which has, by default, check
whether its the default browser everytime it starts up. You can go into the
options and turn this check off.
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