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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Friday, June 17, 2005 - 7:15 am
~RG~ I still highly recommend/prefer Zone Alarm from Zonelabs.com for your personal firewall. It's free, very effective, and free. Check the link up top of this thread for direct download link.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, June 17, 2005 - 1:47 pm
And AVG anti-virus is better than Norton or McAfee, and it is free. Link to download at top of page. First thing I do with a new computer is look for and uninstall both Norton/Symantec and McAfee. Then I download AVG. My opinion is that both Norton and McAfee cause more problems than they solve.
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Luvmyjrt
Member
09-18-2003
| Friday, June 17, 2005 - 5:21 pm
Hello geniuses! I just purchased an HP iPAQ hx2415 Pocket PC. The handheld is wonderful. What I can't seem to find is how to pull up the software on my home computer to enter data more easily and then sync to the iPAQ. I don't see anywhere in programs that I could find that. I've installed the software on my pc, but .... still searching. Any ideas are greatly appreciated!
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Luvmyjrt
Member
09-18-2003
| Friday, June 17, 2005 - 5:28 pm
DUH! Found it in outlook....sorry! Now can anyone help me configure to get my email? (I use hotmail and it says I have no messages -- have about 150!)
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Suitsmefine
Member
07-29-2002
| Saturday, June 18, 2005 - 9:17 pm
I ran spybot, it found all sorts of crud I thought the problem was solved but it continues, so I ran spybot again and it is telling me the problem is...DSO Exploit....but it doesn't fix the problem, says it is a Microsoft security hole.....What do I do now?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, June 18, 2005 - 10:04 pm
Suits, Google it. (www.google.com) I just Googled DSO Exploit and found all sorts of stuff about it. Do that, and you may have it resolved before Draheid arrives. Always remember to Google your problems as well as ask here. The chances are about 100% that if you are having a problem, somebody else has had the same problem and gone to the internet to get an answer. You can also run Ad-Aware. Sometimes one spykiller finds things the other does not.
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Sage
Member
07-20-2000
| Saturday, June 18, 2005 - 11:36 pm
A really great spyware killer is Spyware Doctor. I love it. It finds a ton of stuff even after a couple of days of internet usage. I just use the free version.
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 6:15 am
Sage, I took your advice and downloaded Spyware Doctor. It's great as it found 21 medium to low threats that my adware and Spybot both missed and it runs realtime to stop new ones BUT it is no good because I cannot delete anything it finds without paying money for the registered system. How do you get around that?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 7:14 am
Juju...is this the one you are talking about? http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 does it upgrade automatically? i have been a loyal McAfee customer for years, but I am having to cut costs. I have tried the free Road Runner protection, but not sure I am crazy about it.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 8:52 am
Texannie, yes, that is it. Draheid also has a link to all the good free softwares at the top of this page where it says Clicking Here. Yes, it updates automatically. You can set the time. Of course, you want to set it for a time when you will most likely be connected to the internet. Mine updates daily at 8:30 a.m.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 9:21 am
Thanks!
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Sage
Member
07-20-2000
| Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 10:39 am
Jan, that is a puzzle. I'm not sure how I get around it. I'll have to look into this a little further and see what is up. I'll let you know if I find out anything.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 10:53 am
Sage & Jan (and everyone else subject to these kind of problems): There is a growing trend to offer free detection of problems on your computer, only to hook you into purchasing the program required to actually do anything about it. There have even been some that reportedly display false results in an attempt to lure you into purchasing their program. Beware of 'free' because often times it is not really free or not useful in the long run. I highly recommend reviewing any such spyware/adware programs at the Spyware Warrior website. There you will find reviews, tests, recommendations, and an especially useful page about rogue programs - those that actually cause more harm than good to unsuspecting systems. Review their recommendations which include 3 free programs and 2 paid programs. Along with tons of additional information, reviews, comparisons, etc. and even a section about how adware gets on your computer that may be useful in avoiding these problems.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 2:56 pm
Excellent advice, Dra. Friend of mine had some pretty bad Spyware on his computer, and it was supposedly a spyware killer. I forget what he had to do to get it off ... No wait! I remember. He said Ad-Aware was not touching it, and I thought to ask him if he ever updated Ad-Aware. Of course he said no. So he updated Ad-Aware, and it killed it.
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 3:13 pm
Thanks Dra. I will just stick with my AdAware and spybot since they recommend both of them   
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 9:12 am
Couple of weird glitches......changed to AVG virus protection as suggested by Juju, but now all my incoming emails show the paperclip like there is an attachment and there isn't one??????? What's that about? How do I fix it? also...and this has happened before and I fixed it, but for the life of me, I can't remember what I did...my mouse is clicking too fast. And it's not any of the mouse settings. Any clue or anyone remember what I did the last time to fix it? All my virus protection is up to date, no spyware ect.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 2:36 pm
I'll suggest a couple things until Draheid gets here. Go into the AVG e-mail scanning settings and see what you can find. I don't get the paperclip thing in my e-mails. Go see if AVG has a forum or FAQ. They probably do. Google it and see if other people have had the same thing. Don't know about the mouse thingie. I would go update AVG online and then run a virus scan just to make sure. And, uhhhh ... then Draheid will come along with the real answers.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 3:28 pm
LOL..thanks Juju!!!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 12:21 pm
well, got the email attachment thing fixed by going to their forum. not sure what the heck is up with my mouse.
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Peapod
Member
01-31-2004
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 2:02 pm
Hi,I keep getting Kernel 32 DLL faults so I googled it and there are a few sites that will do a scan/repair.But I am a big chicken about downloading stuff I know nothing about! (Which is most stuff computer related)-Any suggestions?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 2:23 pm
Peapod, maybe you could put links to the sites in here, and we could check them out and say if we think they are reliable. By the way, for those who don't know, Draheid who usually answers questions in here and who IS a bonafide computer geek person, is getting ready for a big wedding in his household this week. Yay Texannie!!! Just curious, what did you have to do to correct it? Or what was causing it?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 2:32 pm
Juju, in the email section I went to configure and unchecked 'certify mail'
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Peapod
Member
01-31-2004
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 2:40 pm
Thanks Juju, but I don't know how to post links-OK quit snickering at me I told ya I don't know nuttin about puters! LOL
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 2:52 pm
Peapod: The programs found under 'CLICK HERE' at the top of this page will usually take care of most problems - I have personally tested each program and I am confident they are reliable. A lot of online "free scan" offers usually result in asking for money to 'FIX' the problems - not exactly free. And there have been some that actually report false problems just to get money from unsuspecting folks. If those found above don't help with the problem, let me know and I will be happy to try to help.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 7:45 pm
Yay Draheid! I knew he would show up! Peapod, for future reference, here is a very simple way to copy and post or insert a link. Let's say you are writing an e-mail to somebody, and you want to refer them to a webpage you like. Go to the webpage and click in the address bar (up there at the top) It will change color when you click. Then right click it and a menu will pop up, with an option to Copy. Choose Copy. Then go back to wherever you want to insert the link, and right click again there. The same menu will pop up, and this time you choose Paste. That is how you insert links.
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