Toy.vbs is W32Beagle, a mass mailer. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!! For fun, I found it on the net and clicked on it. I got a "malicious...
No pop ups or ads here, Arie. Helpful article. Thanks for sharing. Johanna
Build it yourself. It's less expensive, you get what you want, and you will know your machine, in and out. The BBS has better tech support than...
Brew01, Thanks for checking in. Is it possible to just re do your shortcuts without having to do the whole reinstall of the program? Might save...
If you already tried Miz's advice, and it didn't work, it's time to do an sfc. Start > Run > cmd sfc /scannow You will need your XP cd....
Post 7 I said how to turn the alerts off in Post #7. That works in NIS 02 & 03. I don't have an 04 here, but I'm pretty sure it's the same, or...
Never heard of them, just keep in mind they do not seem to have a firewall protection. If you try them out, you'll still need a firewall for...
Norton Rant at the End... Newt, Thank you for the explanation. I have always been curious about svchost and WHY it wants to phone home...
Despite all the warnings and cautions to uninstall the old version before installing the new version, of whatever program, I seldom do. Most of...
Newt, My tasklist is very similar, but I have Norton blocking that MS Generic Host for Win32 services. :confused: You know more about this...
I agreed whole heartedly with Tony T's post (#2, btw) for exactly the reasons he stated when he elaborated, above. If a clean install...
Norton will incessantly prompt with "A remote computer is attempting to access your computer" if you set the alerting level to "high" without...
CharlesVar, I have to toggle it on and off quite a bit. I can't do file transfers through ICQ, for example, with the ICF on. For ordinary...
AMD, baby, all the way. I have an old Thunderbird, and it out performs the newer "faster" Intels, hands down. I'm not a gamer (unless you count...
When you double click the little green globe in the "Notification Area ", on the left you will see "alerting level ". When you click there, you...
Like TonyT, I use a lighter weight image viewer. Irfanview However, that doesn't answer your original question- why is the program taking so long...
If you haven't changed your password, was anyone else able to? You could ask them what they changed it to. Is your caps lock key on or something...
Killing Balloon Tips Balloon tips have rounded edges and an X in the right corner to close them, but will disappear on their own, too. They...
Well, because I can't seem to stop myself from continually probing the inner workings of Norton, I ran a Live Update this morning, which promptly...
Deepesh, are you having a bad checksum or cmos problem that made you think the battery should be replaced? Or was it just a matter of not keeping...
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