PeteC--Of course you are correct. I overlooked that this thread is posted in the Win98 Forum. mbcannon2-- Power Management?? I guess it could...
kane--This site will tell you a lot about "parasites ", many of which are "spyware ". http://doxdesk.com/parasite/ It will also run a scan...
sttonk--Came across this http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=294692 (I know it is for IExplore, but MS often confuses the two.)
mbcannon2--I think the 59 second shutoff message is part of the Blaster worm. The worm only affects certain Windows operating systems (like NT...
jslow--I keep hoping someone with WinXP experience will join in. Concerning "Note that you may be prompted for the Windows XP or Windows XP...
jslow--As mentioned I do not run WinXP, so I really think I should defer to someone who does and can offer help based on experience. However, the...
jslow-- I have been thinking about what I said in my post of August 28 above, and see that I probably also confused things. If all you do is...
jslow--Of course it is your decision, but going to Windows Update and installing the various updates is really no big deal unless you are on slow...
jslow-- IE Repair for XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318378 But shutdown and reboot first to see if there is any...
jslow--one of the symptoms of infection by the Blaster worm is that IE shuts down. However this is within one minute of start up, so probably not...
http://www.tnc4u.com/MCInst.cab and http://www.phonesys.net/EPlugin.cab look like things I would delete. The first is Download Plus which is not...
dmorg--There could have been a temporary server problem at www.google.co.uk (BTW I can reach the Google UK site. But if this persists, do you...
Sorry--Problems with Post Reply.
sttonk--When does this happen? When you start Windows Explorer, surf the Internet, play a game, etc.? Is this something new? Did you recently...
jd0427--Came across an article that says some spyware can write to your HOSTS file. Maybe that is what happened to you and why SpybotS&D locks...
jd0427--Yes, just delete that one line including the 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0. I have no clue how it got into your HOSTS file. Perhaps you or one...
Here is the info on IE Repair Tool for Windows versions other than XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;194177& You should...
chetdoug--You don't have to be infected to experience the slowdown. It is your ISP's server that is overburdened with the increased traffic. If...
Genestoy--SpybotS&D has the Immunize feature, which when combined with SpywareBlaster, will catch most things before they infect your PC. That...
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