[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem

2008-04-02 Thread
I go one step further to protect accounts, passwords, and sensitive personal info. I set up the computer that connects to the Internet with its hard drive in a drawer so I can easily *remove* the hard drive when I need a secure system. Say I've been reading email (with the hard drive connected)

[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem

2008-04-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
I just checked the two registry entries on my system to make sure I didn't have either of the Srizbi trojan statements, and I don't. However, in reading from this link, the simple answer seems to be for people (and I assume, particularly men) to just stop buying on-line herbal masculine

[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem

2008-04-01 Thread John Sykes
Have a look at this site: http://www.marshal.com/trace/traceitem.asp?article=567 Then click through to read more about the Srizbi trojan. Scary. I downloaded Regscanner after reading this, and then check the registry for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RcpApi\(snip), as

[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem

2008-04-01 Thread James L. Sims
Art, I have not received anything like this from the filmscanners list, or from you. I have, however received at least one message, recently, from a local individual that was several years old - similar, I think, to what you described. I called the individual to help troubleshoot the problem

[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem

2008-04-01 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Jim, I use AVG on all my systems now, and it seems to be working well. I also do Spybot and Adaware scans every week or two, and use a double firewall (hardware and software) and I have disabled my email client address books from the beginning, all in an attempt to keep thing clean as I can,

[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem

2008-04-01 Thread James L. Sims
Art, I can't answer your last question but the pranks around here seem to have lost their appeal over the past few years (Huntsville, AL). I've heard of the virus that you mentioned and it is worrisome. I do not store personal information on my computers and I'm working toward storing my files

[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem

2008-04-01 Thread
Arthur Entlich wrote: I use AVG on all my systems now, and it seems to be working well. I also do Spybot and Adaware scans every week or two, and use a double firewall (hardware and software) and I have disabled my email client address books from the beginning, all in an attempt to keep thing