Thanks for the info broni. My best understanding is that NT systems (NT4/2K/XP/2K3) absolutely will not have this entry showing in a HJT scan...
Run Hijackthis (the new version 1.98.2) and check these for removal: R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =...
From Quicklinks (in my signature) - download, install, and immediately update Ad-aware SE. Open it and using the gear wheel symbol for...
Symantec somehow failed to 'fix' that before the release of SP2 even though it was reported to them at least as recently as the RC1 release so...
Moving this to the security section for you.
See the last post in This thread.
Thanks. Just loaded it. Interested to see how effective it is. Maybe I won't be offered so much low-cost drugs or bodily part enhancements in...
I think you've run headlong into a know bug with some OE versions. But there is a work-around. OLEXP: Cannot Export Address Book Subfolders in...
OK. Sounds like there is another underlying problem. First, when you said you reduced security to medium, if you meant for general internet...
Good news and thanks for posting back. Could you give a link to the place you found the problem and the fix?
Is 2K on this machine a fresh install or was the OS an update/upgrade from another version?
Hi schloeder and welcome to the forum. Nice bit of sleuthing to track down specifics on that DCOM error. It does need fixing but almost...
Since there should now be a couple of local places (Office Max and Staples and maybe others) where you can get a SP2 CD, that might be a better...
Try booting from the XP CD to a recovery console and then chkdsk c: /r (assuming the OS is on C: )
Russ - I think I'd run another chkdsk /r and see what sort of errors it finds. You can run eventvwr.msc and look in the application log and an...
Good news and glad to hear it.
A piece of really pervasive spyware called lop.com that you gave yourself when you installed Messenger Plus! 2 is there and I'm thinking that...
If an online virus scan comes back clean, you almost certainly are rid of any virus infected files. Otherwise, post back with the specific...
Hi wildkatz and welcome to the forum. Leaving aside your Hijackthis log for the moment (and in hopes that someone else will beat me to it, I'll...
I notice I have a lot of hotfix files in the add remove files and what do I do with them? Leave them alone. Does the old version of Roxio's...
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