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Subject: Re: Re: another thought

Date: Thu 01/01/04 16:08:03 GMT

Name: WETINRED

Email: stekz@cableone.net

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By WETINRED - stekz@cableone.net Thu 01/01/04 16:02:56 GMT

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Then I would try to find a copy of Win2000/WinXP  and get away from the Fat32 filing system (u have to reformat the hd)hence the saving of ur media cuz ur gonna lose it

Also save ur "favorites" and ur email address book ( u can do that on a floppy)

Trust me  u'll be much happier on the ntsf filing system

then the programs I would suggest for security are Ad-Aware and/or Spybot (I run both cuz they both find stuff the other doesn't) Zone Alarm is a good free firewall, but I have to shut it down to run my ftp. Sometimes, like MK says it's more a pain in the arse, than it does good

And of course ur Norton or whichever anti-virus program u want but u have to keep the definitions updated or else it doesn't do ya any good

And a good popup stopper and and a cookie manager

Plus MS is no longer providing support for win98 so there won't be and patches available anymore

U'll be suprised how clean u can run

By #42 - Thu 01/01/04 14:32:40 GMT

Website: http://www.pcpitstop.com/antivirus/AV.asp

Are you running anti-virus software and are all your signature files up to date?  Probably not given the symptoms you are seeing.

First thing, go to http://www.pcpitstop.com/antivirus/AV.asp

and run their free virus scan.  You MUST use Internet Explorer and you must allow Active-X (which is the default for IE).

After you get rid of the virus, you MUST get a firewall.  Go to http://www.zonelabs.com and download their free software firewall: http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/1012_zl/zlsSetup_45_538.exe

And I strongly suggest that you get virus protection - either Norton or McAfee is good.  If you can afford DSL, you CANNOT afford not to have good virus protection.

By buddy - Thu 01/01/04 13:28:13 GMT

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So, now, several times while I am online, Net Sentinel plays its warning tone, and I must boot "someone" off.  I don't think these other "people" are able to download anything, or access my HD in any way (it's not shared), but they are still apparently connected in some sense.  Whenever I boot someone, they reconnect again, usually around 5 minutes later, under a different "role"-  user, admininstrator, owner, [person's name], [blank], etc.  This usually continues 5 or 6 times, then the connector gives up.  This is really more of an annoyance than a danger IMO, but I am a bit curious-

Are these actual "people" who are attempting connect for some purpose, or is it some automatic function of some machine(s) somewhere?

Any good ideas of good software I can use to block this nonsense without excessively loading up my HD/ eating up my CPU's resources/ causing bugs/ problems with my web access?

Any hints from the tech savvy would be appreciated!