[AT] Starting over

[Howard Fleming]

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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