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Joe Doe
all the time start res//nkvid.dll/index.html#37794 what is that?
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Beauregard T. Shagnasty
Quoth the raven Joe Doe:
That's one of the sneakier versions of the CoolWebSearch hijacker.
Here's how to remove it:
http://www.pchell.com/support/onlythebest.shtml
Then, consider protecting yourself from things like this in the future:
http://home.rochester.rr.com/bshagnasty/tips.html
That's one of the sneakier versions of the CoolWebSearch hijacker.
Here's how to remove it:
http://www.pchell.com/support/onlythebest.shtml
Then, consider protecting yourself from things like this in the future:
http://home.rochester.rr.com/bshagnasty/tips.html
C
Casey
After you remove the hijacker, park I.E.
Switch to FireFox.
Casey
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Andrew Sayers
Casey said:
Without sounding like a total newbie (I've been at this for years). I've always just
gone with the flow and used IE. I'm now getting to the extremely concerned stage as
regards security.
Can I d/l Firefox and install it and use it generally, and then use IE for those odd
sites that demand IE, without messing up my system? I assume that Firefox will be
just another app, but with IE being so buried in WinXP I'm bothered that installing
another browser will cause future problems.
I've tried Firefox on another machine here (that's not critical) and it works
beautifully, I'm just a little worried about my main machine that I reply on for
everyday and business use. Interestingly Firefox on this experimental machine also
works on the Windows update site, despite "red" warnings about not using unsupported
browsers. I suppose I'm just being manipulated by the M$ hype, but I can't help
feeling concerned.
Any advice much appreciated
S
Steven Cook
Stop feeling concerned and switch to Firefox. http://www.getfirefox.com
It'll work on XP just as you describe.
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John Coutts
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brushes
John Coutts said:
M
Mike Hagen
brushes said:
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Andrew Sayers
Steven Cook said:
Thanks. I'm going for it.
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Beauregard T. Shagnasty
Quoth the raven Andrew Sayers:
A word about the above: are you sure it is a spammer's address? Was it
in the FROM address of a spam you received?
Chances are very good a spammer used a *victim* address from his list,
and now you are further penalizing that victim by using the address
here. You should use a munged address like mine, if you don't want spam.
Btw, a sig should begin with dash-dash-space-carriage return. "-- "
A word about the above: are you sure it is a spammer's address? Was it
in the FROM address of a spam you received?
Chances are very good a spammer used a *victim* address from his list,
and now you are further penalizing that victim by using the address
here. You should use a munged address like mine, if you don't want spam.
Btw, a sig should begin with dash-dash-space-carriage return. "-- "
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jhiker
There's a very handy plug-in for Firefox called 'View page in IE' - it
adds this option the the 'right-click' context menu. I use it for
those few badly-designed pages that won't display properly in Firefox.
Firefox is superb and far superior to IE in my opinin. I would never
go back to IE having used it.
adds this option the the 'right-click' context menu. I use it for
those few badly-designed pages that won't display properly in Firefox.
Firefox is superb and far superior to IE in my opinin. I would never
go back to IE having used it.
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Andrew Sayers
Beauregard T. Shagnasty said:
No, in this case I'm absolutely certain, but it's time for a change anyway I reckon
they've suffered enough.
That's right. Just like mine does.
A
Andrew Sayers
Andrew Sayers said:
<Embarassed groan> Though having just checked it I've realised I've missed out the
space!
Must remember - check first, reply second <g>
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Beauregard T. Shagnasty
Quoth the raven Andrew Sayers:
As long as you are sure. Though... there may be laws against using
someone else's legitimate address, even if you do think they are a
spammer. IMO, it would not be wise to do that.
[Still just two dashes, no space]
As long as you are sure. Though... there may be laws against using
someone else's legitimate address, even if you do think they are a
spammer. IMO, it would not be wise to do that.
[Still just two dashes, no space]
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Gabriele Neukam
On that special day, Beauregard T. Shagnasty,
([email protected]) said...
(long quote intended)
Andrew, which OE version are you using? There are ones that "eat" the
sig space...
Gabriele Neukam
(e-mail address removed)
([email protected]) said...
(long quote intended)
Andrew, which OE version are you using? There are ones that "eat" the
sig space...
Gabriele Neukam
(e-mail address removed)
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Beauregard T. Shagnasty
Quoth the raven Gabriele Neukam:
You may have missed that Andrew's header says:
X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652
...which is why his dashes with no space is puzzling. I don't use it,
but my newsreaders (Gravity, Thunderbird, Moz) automatically insert
the delimiter correctly.
You may have missed that Andrew's header says:
X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652
...which is why his dashes with no space is puzzling. I don't use it,
but my newsreaders (Gravity, Thunderbird, Moz) automatically insert
the delimiter correctly.
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Andrew Sayers
Beauregard T. Shagnasty said:
Fixed now though
I realised just after I posted my second reply. Ah well, it'd been a long day....
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Andrew Sayers
Beauregard T. Shagnasty said:
Thing is when I checked by "replying" to my own post, Agent automatically cut the
sig. I think that may be because Agent recognises both the "dash-dash-return" and the
more formal "dash-dash-space-return" as valid sig seperators.
I may be wrong here - it might be that Agent co-oprerates when replying to its 'own'
posts?
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Andrew Sayers
Gabriele Neukam said:
No, its my own fault. I'm using Agent and I mis-typed my signature file.