[AT] Starting over

Thu Jul 1 04:50:59 PDT 2004

Thanks Howard but I'll stick with IE.  From my experience MS stays on top of
these problems and make the patches available to stop them almost as quick
as the hackers find the holes.  The reason I got stung this time is because
I accidentally clicked a link to a bad site that downloaded this junk on my
system before I could stop it.

It wasn't a matter of some hacker finding a hole.  I accidentally opened the
door and let them in.  That would have happened no matter what browser I was
running when I clicked on the link.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Fleming" <hfleming at moosebird.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Starting over

> You can also download and run Mozilla FireFox (www.mozilla.org)
> instead of IE, which would stop 99% of the current spyware problems
> that are currently going on out in the "wild".
>
> All fo the spyware issues I have seen lately are tied directly to
> IE.....
>
> Howard
>
> On 1 Jul 2004 at 4:26, David Bruce wrote:
>
> > Charlie,
> > Something you may want to try is the system restore feature in XP.  It
> > will allow you to return to a configuration used before the spyware
> > hit.
> >   Of course you need a good idea of what the "last known good
> > configuration" that would eliminate the spyware would be.  I've used
> > the system restore a couple of times to fix things and all I lost,
> > beside the problem, were programs installed after the configuration
> > date.  I didn't lose any data files or any email that come in
> > afterward.  Of course, YMMV. Hope this helps you.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > charlie hill wrote:
> >
> > > I hope you guys don't get into what I've been going through the last
> > > 2 days. I accidentally clicked a link to a site the other night and
> > > it loaded a bunch of very tough spyware on my system including three
> > > trojans that got past my virus software somehow.  They are
> > > Blazefind.A, Delf.RA and Alchemic.A.   All of them are fairly mild
> > > but they are spyware trojans that redirect your browser.
> > >
> > > I have run Trend Micro's house call to find the Trojans,  AdAware,
> > > SpyBot Search and destroy, Spy Sweeper, and CCleaner several times.
> > > I get it all cleaned up and then BOOM there they are again. I
> > > thought I had it licked but I am still getting a redirect everytime
> > > I go on the web with IE.
> > >
> > > Now I'm going to have to go to Windows Explorer and look for a newly
> > > installed exe program that must be there sending me to the pop ups.
> > >  What a pain.  I'd like to hang the hacker that caused all this.
> > > The only way I can stop it is to reset XP to a reset point before I
> > > went to that site.   I could do that and just let it be I guess but
> > > I want whatever it is off my system for good.
> > >
> > > Charlie
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: <CWI47 at comcast.net>
> > > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> > > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 6:24
> > > PM Subject: Re: [AT] Starting over
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>AdAware is Free, CCleaner is free, Spybot is Free, Clean-Up is free.
> > >> And your problem IS? John Cable CABLEKNIVES of GR Grand Rapids, MI
> > >>----- Original Message ----- From: <pga2 at hot1.net> To: "Antique
> > >>tractor email discussion group"
> > >
> > > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > >
> > >>Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 4:57 PM
> > >>Subject: Re: [AT] Starting over
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>I have SpyBot loaded as well, but I use it very little. I use
> > >>>AdAware to
> > >>
> > >>get rid
> > >>
> > >>>of spyware on my system. It gives me the choice of what to dump,
> > >>>and
> > >
> > > tells
> > >
> > >>me what
> > >>
> > >>>each item is. I also use Zone Alarm Pro, but I still get the
> > >>>spyware
> > >
> > > from
> > >
> > >>browsing
> > >>
> > >>>the web. No single program will protect you. A lot of these spyware
> > >
> > > tools
> > >
> > >>have
> > >>
> > >>>found ways around the firewall protections and are reporting back
> > >>>to
> > >>
> > >>"momma",
> > >>
> > >>>even though the firewall is supposed to stop them. I have a 40 Gig
> > >>>HDD
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > >>find
> > >>
> > >>>that to be plenty of space for me. I just don't store everything on
> > >>>my
> > >>
> > >>hard drive.
> > >>
> > >>>I archive most of my pictures to CD-R.
> > >>>
> > >>>Phil
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Farmer when using Spybot you have to very careful not to discard
> > >>
> > >>something
> > >>
> > >>>>that you need I looked at the program and for the few minor things
> > >
> > > that
> > >
> > >>I could
> > >>
> > >>>> get rid of I found it awaste of time. i know others will
> > >>>> dissagree
> > >
> > > but
> > >
> > >>I
> > >>
> > >>>>have an  80 gig hard drive and about 50 or 60 gig of free space so
> > >>>>the
> > >>
> > >>little bit
> > >>
> > >>>>that  this stuff takes up is not much of a worry I run Zone Alarm
> > >>>>to
> > >>
> > >>prtect
> > >>
> > >>>>against  most bad things and people I believe thats one of the
> > >>>>best
> > >
> > > ways
> > >
> > >>and
> > >>
> > >>>>its  free.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Walt  Davies
> > >>>
> > >>>
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