Posted: 11/29/2002 4:45:17 PM EDT
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The computer I am on right now has ME, which sucks and I have not been able to get 2000 or XP yet. Incidentally, could someone list the differences and pros and cons of 2000 and XP. The computer I am on right now keeps stopping exchanging info while I am on the internet, judging by the 'connected to' icon and bytes sent and recieved. I also keep getting messages upon restart, which I have to do frequesntly, saying it can't run wininit, brasil, and others because I have had to quarintine them due to different viruses, which Norton makes me aware of AFTER the damn fact. Is my only choice with all the files seemingly getting screwed up is to do a system restore. The last one I have, due to negligence on my part, is last December, but if that is what it takes to straighten this thing out, oh well. I am just wondering how much the missing or quarantined files are affecting my internet connections. Also, the new laptop I have (company provided) stopped letting me logon here and other sites yesterday. Is there something in 'internet tools' affecting that. I was messing around there, but can't find anything different from the desktop, doing a stare and compare. HHHEEELLLPPPP!!! |
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Windows 2000 and XP are the lastest generations of Windows NT which is a more stable and robust operating system. ME was a patched up version of the 95/98 code and it wasn't done very well. I will not work on a computer with ME installed. If you're on the Internet you need Norton or McAfee anti-virus with all the moving parts set to on. It should be scanning emails and all files in the back ground and you need to keep abreast of all the lastest signatures. You also need a software based firewall like ZoneAlarm or McAfee. It needs to be watching incoming and outgoing connection attempts. It would sound like you have trojan installed on your machine. Somebody could be doing anything they want to with your computer - reading your files, listening in on your microphone, turning on your web cam, storing child porno in a hidden directory ... anything you can do from your keyboard can be done remotely with the right trojan. Some business networks are actually smart enough to not allow infected computers to log-into the network. They'll enforce the latest virus signatures to be installed and a current scan to be clean. It would sound like you've got the Content Advisor turned on - look under IE's Tools, Internet Options and then the Content tab. You want to disable Content Advisor which will keep you away from sex and violence. Plenty of that here. Oh - if you've got a really good trojan the only hope of cleaning it is a complete reformat and then a fresh install. Some will hide in so many places that they can't be discovered. |
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i strongly prefer win2k over XP. but at your level of use i think XP might be friendlier. reformat your hard drive and reinstall the OS. http://www.grisoft.com - get their freeware antivirus software. norton IS a virus. as for the laptop, we need more info. or get your company tech to check it out. |
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Quoted: prolly ought to give the guys more detail, kind of computer, processor etc.... Well, it's an HP Pavilion with Intel Celeron Processor at about 667 Mhz. I have Norton on all the time and it's supposed to be scanning anything going or coming. Trojan??? If it's on here, I am not aware of it. What the heck is that, other than a wooden horse, or a condom? I take it that it is something that has been placed clandestinely by someone else. This is a dialup and not on the network all the time. As for the logging on, the laptop is not infected and I can't log on here, or anywhere, with it. I could until yesterday. Is there some setting in 'internet tools' that pertains to that? This thing, the ME desktop, has let me stay on longer without locking up this session than it has in a while. |
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A trojan is a program that fools you into believing it is one thing, when it really does something else. Sometimes a trojan will actually do what it says, and ALSO does things you don't want, such as install backdoor programs that give people access to your PC, or virus programs. If you get an email attachment with any of these extensions, it is almost certainly a trojan: .EXE .COM .CMD .BAT .PIF .VBS Usually, they'll look something like this: BritneySpearsNaked.jpg.exe In your rush to see Britney's naked body, you double-click on the file, and nothing happens. Except something DID happen: you just activated a trojan. Most trojans are NOT detected by anti-virus programs, BTW, though sometimes the things they try to do when run ARE detected. Anyway, I strongly recommend an upgrade to XP. WinMe is easily the worst version of Windows ever released, and has many known bugs that Microsoft won't address (they recommend upgrading or going back to 98). [url]www.tacktech.com/Software.cfm[/url] This page can answer a lot of questions and has some good tips. -Troy |
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Quoted: Trojan??? If it's on here, I am not aware of it. What the heck is that, other than a wooden horse, or a condom? The wooden horse story is what gave trojans (the computer kind) their name. You install some "useful" piece of software, and at the same time, a malicious piece of code installs itself, too. Kinda like the pretty wooden horse the citizens of Troy dragged within their city walls, not knowing it contained a bunch of meanies with pointed sticks ;) |
| Just my $.02: I just purchased three computers with the XP operating system. Every piece of Win 98 compatible software I have loaded has required a patch visit to the Windows Service Website. I've been through OS changes since 3.1, and this is undoubtedly the worst cluster f*ck I've ever seen. Changing all my OBL silhouettes to Bill Gates now. I'd stick with 98 for a while longer until Microsoft finishes the beta test on the public. |