Bet you're running anti virus software now, huh? If not, or need a GOOD FREE one that auto magically updates, I Use http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php The free edition is at http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/
In addition, a firewall will keep hackers away. Zone Alarm is one of the best. A free version is at http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/trial_zaFamily/trial_zaFamily.jsp?lid=2home_freedownloads A text-based newsreader is a lot safer than a web browser. HTML is for the clueless... I use Agent, it's the best. A free version (Freeagent)is available at http://www.forteinc.com/agent/support.php That's pretty much all you need besides common sense. Remember, safe hex!!! Chuck BTW, your messed up drive couldn't be reformatted? That's the usual fix. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?" On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:51:17 -0700 (PDT), Shirley Reed <pj20...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Recently I passed by my computer monitor. The screen was blue and it said > rewriting line so and so and then another and another, etc. After this, the > poor thing was so messed up no amount of restoring the system did much good. > So we wound up with a new hard drive, a lighter wallet, and no saved messages > or favorites. I suppose it was a worm or virus of some sort. I don't think > the lines of code (I presume it was code--only thing I know of that goes with > 'lines of') would be rewritten otherwise. I am continuing to get attachments > with emails that I report to yahoo as spam and of course don't open. Most of > them say 41, but sometimes 40, as the size. I get 5 or 6 such messages a day > sometimes. So I guess we are under assault here. I will try to get my son > to use Firefox or Opera or something else as the Big M has so many holes I > also doubt they can ever fix it. Too, too bad. Can it be possible that the > 'powers that be' don't even want us to have internet access?! > ? > Nothing would really surprise me as I have read a lot of history books. pj -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
