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    - Per Seat Licences Hi, I've got a web application that runs on an intranet, ASP pages as the user interface, VB6 business layer and an SQL Server database. Is there anyway that I can restrict the number users who can use the site at any one time? Users are not connecting anonymously, if that helps. Thanks for any help. Iain Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41992
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    - CONECTAR CON DIALER DE PRU... KEEP GETTING THIS APPEARING ON DESKTOP, SAYS FROM MICROSOFT, TARGET SEEMS TO BE, RUN DLL32. RUN DLL AS APP. ANY IDEAS? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41979
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    - Outlook Express acting weird after removing spyware Ever since I searched and destroyed spyware and parasites, (spybot, ad-aware, HijackThis)Every time I load my find more of the leaches in my history and cookies. I am following the advice, thank you very much, and went through step-by-step "Dealing With Unwanted Spyware and Parasites". I tried to download a freeware firewall, however, this particular site confirms through Email. The problem is, when I try to connect to the site or any site via Email, I get a blank browser, absolutely blank, even the address box. How can I fix this? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41975
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    - THE BEST KEPT SECRETS OF THE COMPUTER UNDERGROUND Remember, you heard this from me first. Installing a backdoor for future and continued access to your computer system is simple once a computer system is compromised. Here are the "Malicious Hackers Best Kept Secrets"! They install a Trojan Horse which disables your anti-virus and firewall protection; also, they install a second set of their own hidden firewall application(s) to protect their Virtual Private Network(s). The point that I am trying to make is this, you can check your system for a Backdoor, Trojan Horse, Virus, or Worm until your blue in the face, you wouldn?t find any. The hackers own firewall application(s) can be installed on your hard drive in a hidden folder and the only way you would know it?s there is by going to your Control Panel, Folder Options, View, Show All Files and Folders (Windows ME and earlier). Windows keeps files and folders hidden by default so you don?t make changes to their important files. You need to View all Files and Folders on your computer to reveal what malicious hackers have installed without your knowledge. This will open your eyes and show you all the files and software applications now sitting on your hard drive. If you want to learn more about computer security, if you?re a beginner, one avenue is to read-up on configuring your mail and browsing applications. Google and Yahoo also have Newsgroups and message boards pertaining to the aforementioned. If utilizing a Windows platform, do some reading on configuring your Windows Internet Options both Internet and Local Settings. Also, spend time learning what applications in Windows are running and on what port they run on. What to learn about Computers, the Internet and Hacking, visit: geocities.com/hacking_internet_secrets. Tracker Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41974
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    - net Same as many others. Cannot get into things because of net passport.want to remove it and did so yesterday, but to-day it seems I still have an account when I try to log onto some sites? Will not accept my old password that I deleted and will not let me change it as it won't even accept I'm a UK resident. Any help please. Microsoft support is useless and one can waste hours, and I can't even post a question without a passport. How on earth does one get rid of this. Many Thanks Steve Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41973
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    - Giving computer away Hello, I am planing on upgrading my winXP computer soon, and I would like to donate it. Is their anything I can do short of a reformat and reinstall to scrub the computer of personal data? I would prefer to aviod the hassel of a reinstall if at all possible. Thanks for the advice. Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41968
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    - someone gave my e-mail adress away & i know who!!!! I have a co. that i was trying to do busness with ant thave not done ther part of the contrack. they keep saying the it will work but it will not. they clame that it will and even when they are on line trying to trouble shot it will not work. this person has given my e-mail adress to the pron web site. i hav as of to day receved over 5000 porn e-mail my granddarter which helps me with the buisness i can not let her retreave me e-mail anymore. i can not change my e-email adress for it will cost me 1000s for new letter head, cards, and adress accounts but if this keeps up i may have to. the last time i talked to the they put my e-mail adress on a spam list so know i can not even get in to talk to them. help paul cdp1997@netins.net put in subject line help - help - help other wise I don't know if it is pron or npt Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41966
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    - WHATS RELATED - how do i turn off? How do I get the stupid whats related stuff out of my computer? I ran adaware and other spyware killers yet I still get links on my webpages that aren't really links. These are being processed and added at my end - they are NOT actually on the webpage. I don't have anything under my TOOLS menu for Whats Related and I've killed the ALEXA registry entry... ITS STILL HAPPENING! Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41962
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    - Cannot Open Attachments Today I updated my Outlook Express to version 6 and now I cannot open any attachments, even the ones I previously opened before the upgrade. Is there an option In OE that will allow me to be to open attachments if I choose to open them? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41961
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    - email password My email account is being broken into by another user and i can't figure out how this is done.This person does not have my email account password ,nor did i write it down anywhere.This person is able to log onto the web and by using certain info or get your server to give them access to my account. I would like to know how i can prevent them form breaking into my account using whatever means they are using. Please advise me as to how i should go about doing this v/r eudes james Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41957
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    - tracking use of shared drive A co-worker and I came across a confidential file on our shared drive. Can the IT people tell who accessed this file? Don't ask why, but I copied it to my desktop before I opened it (OK, I thought this would be less traceable). I have deleted it from my desktop. What kind of information can they garner concerning access of shared files? Thanks Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41956
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    - PLESE PLESE I LOST MY ACONT IN HOTMAIL SOME ONE CHANG ALL MY DATALS AND I CAN'T OPIN MY MAIL I'M MOHAMED GRDAWY AND THE MAIL THAT I LOST IT IS MOHAMED_GRDAWY@HOTMAIL.COM CAN YOU PLESE SEND ME THE PASSWORD THE OLD PASSWORD IS ******** AND BEFOR IT THE PASSWORD WAS 4884555012 THAT IS MY OLD PASSWORD CAN YOU PLESE SEND ME MY PASSWORD AT MY YAHOO MAIL IS MOHAMED_GRDAWY@YAHOO.COM THANKS Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41955
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    - Malicious Script - Outlook Express I have downloaded the latest service pack for Outlook Express 6 and still get the message from Norton Antivirus: Malicious Script Object: Windows Scripting Host Shell Object Activity: RegWrite File: Unknown Sometime the message gives the activity as 'Run'. I'm running Windows 98 with the latest security patches. Help please ? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41954
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    - IE6 after removing a trojan virus i cannot access the search function from the start menu, neither can i open a page in a new window. Have followed the site instructions but no joy. Also my home page keeps being changed to Search-space. Any ideas? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41950
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    - SamChangePasswordUser2 I am constantly receiving the following message in the passwd log file on a server running sbs 2000. Does anyone know if this is a hack attempt / how to prevent? 12/15 10:34:02 Attempting password change server/domain <domain name> for user TsInternetUser 12/15 10:34:02 SamChangePasswordUser2 on machine \\<server> for user TsInternetUser returned 0xc0000022 12/15 10:34:02 SamChangePasswordUser2 retry on machine \\<server> for user TsInternetUser returned 0xc0000022 Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41937
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    - Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-043 Is it advisable to download ALL MS Security Bulletin fixes? The description of this bulletin refers to a 64- bit system and I don't know if that applies to me or not. Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41936
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    - sending to large numbers of people without compromising their security Hi, I want to send an e-mail to about 100 people but but don't want to compromise their security by revealing theri addresses. How do I do this? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41932
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    - W32Nimda_E I have a computer that has been infected by the W32Nimda_E virus. The most obvious effect is to make IE6 run extremely slow. I downloaded FxNimdaE.com from Norton, but it can't get rid of it. Anybody got any suggestions. Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41931
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    - Security Update 823559 I have downloaded this update at least a dozen times this year, but when Windows 98 SE scans for updates this item always shows. My download history indicates each download was successful. How do I delete all the previous downloads, and how do I ensure that this download can be done correctly? Thank you Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41923
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    - SUS -- is it really this lacking? Hi ther I've deployed SUS. That bit's all fine and working well (I think) The problem is, I only think it is. As all the documentation says, I need to verify that the patch management is happening on all my machines I'm fully aware of tools like MBSA, MBSACLI, hfnetchk, etc. They all have one problem. They are built as network scanners and a machine that is turned off at the time you run the scan will not be scanned I would like to be able to run MBSA on each machine at startup or when a user logs in. This would ensure that machines are scanned regularly. If I relied on regular scanning from my workstation, I would not scan any machine that boots up only in the evening. Also, laptops that come on site for only a few hours a month can be scanned as well. In this scenario, the very machines that present the greatest risk to a business are the ones that don't get scanned Back to running MBSACLI on bootup or login -- I can't! MBSA only runs with administrative rights! What's more, if I use a computer startup script in group policy, the process runs under the system account and can't attach to the network to get the mssecure.xml file or to connect to SUS Am I the only one who thinks this is a severe shortcoming? Bigger environments can afford SMS (both the product cost and the skills required to administer it). In a 250-user environment this just isn't going to happen. Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41921
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    - why they keep coming back? Hi, I use ad-aware 6 and also like to use the online scanner Pestscan simultaneously-They dont always find the same spyware but I'd guess they do OK. Here's is my concern. I got online and scanned with PS and then AAW. Cleaned out all they detected. Then I went to this NGroup & read some>then to see updates at windows>then to check my mail at yahoo>then did a housecall virus scan (pc was virus free>I did not go to anymore websites. So why is it when I scanned again with PS, it found "counterhit click (or something like that)& 207{1} txt in my cookies in the "c" drive.MY QUESTION: does this spyware just creep in because it already knows my IP address and whe Im online, it takes advantage of this- I'd like to understand more about this. please help Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41917
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    - Blocking local users from using Messenger Service Heres the scenario: Recently we have had a group of users using Messenger Service to distribute messeges etc. I have since disabled the service through control pannel --> services. How do I prevent them from simply going back into control pannel --> services and re-enabling the service? The trouble is that they need to have the profile set as power users so that it can run certain programs. All I want to do is disable their access to the contol pannel, but keep them as power users. Can this be done? If so... how? Many thanks, Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41915
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    - passport .net Installing a new computer for my 11 year old son, set him up for Passport .net before reading the kids passport post completely. Have spent the last hour looking for how to uninstall passport .net and can't find any instructions ANYWHERE. I want this thing off my son's machine because it will tell people how old he is and where he lives, or so it says. If anyone can tell me how to do it I would be most grateful. Imagine Microsoft setting up this service without an obvious uninstall-- it is shameful. Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41913
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    - My browser is being hijacked Every time I open IE Explorer, I get redirected to zestyfind. I can't get rid of it. I've used spyware removal, but it comes back up. I've tried deleting any files associated with it as well, but it still comes up. Every time I do a search, or load a favorite, I am redirected to a place called UCSearch. I am very frustrated, as I have tried everything I know to get this off my system, but it keeps coming back. I also installed the latest IE service\security pack, to no avail. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41906
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    - I cant open my email count any more:( Dear Sir: I found that I cant use my email count yesterday, I tried several time but I just cant use my passwords log in as before. I do nto know why, and I didnt change my password, and I never tell others about my password as well. and I do not think others can see my passaword too because I m only myself in the home. I hope you can tell me what happened on my count and better can let me use the count again. Can you reply to me in my yahoo count? it is sweetlover1314a@yahoo.com thanks Eve Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41901
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    - patching 4.0 Has anyone had trouble applying patches to NT 4.0 with sp 6a applied ?? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41897
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    - web camera in the MSN massenger i have a web cam that was working perfectly well, i could always see peaple in the messanger and they could see me, until the previous week, something went wrong, i dont realy know what, but maybe it's because i upgraded my massenger to version 6.1 , although my friends dont have a problem with it. anyway, now i can only see myself in the program of the camera but in the msn it doesnt work please HELP me thank you, Liron. Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41894
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    - Alexa Data Miner Ad-Aware scan picks up Alexa as a Register Key and "Windows" as a Registry value. Should I Quarantine or Remove either or both of these? I seem to remember reading someplace that Microsoft (or Windows) included Alexa intentionally. My last scan picked up 54 new Suspect Files in Temp. - is that normal or unusual? I find the Ad-Aware User Guide to be pretty heavy. Just leaving it on Default, but the scan takes quite awhile, deep scanning all of my hard drive. Advice?? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41893
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    - securty update for Windose ME Why does critical update EXPLORER 6 SPI KB824145 LOADED 20 TIMES IN MY HISTORY FILE OF FILES DOWN LOADED Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41892
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    - A "secure" Guest account for ISA server Humor me on this, please. I know it's a stupid question. Given: a)the Guest account has been renamed b)the Guest account's password is blank c)the only right the Guest account needs is "access this computer from the network", but it doesn't need file or print access d)this is a Windows 2000 member server in an NT4 domain (AD to be implemented next year) How would you go about "securing" the server? I'm thinking explicit denies on various registry keys and system files. The problem is this: management wants to deploy an interior anonymous proxy server, but they want to know who uses it to go where. Probably 75% of the users will be from trusted domains. It is up to the untrusted domains as to how they will prevent "their" users from using "our" proxy (yes, it's a political nightmare). The only way around this that I can see (without an ISA everyone/everywhere anonymous rule, which is enforced before authentication) is a Guest account with a blank password. This worked well on Proxy 2.0 because it would log PROXYSERVER\UNTRUSTEDDOMAINUSER whenever someone used the Guest account. ISA unfortunately logs ISASERVER\GUESTACCOUNT, but I can live with that. The ISA server sits behind a PIX so it's not directly exposed to the Internet. It will support Web Proxy and Firewall clients, but not SecureNAT clients. REGARDLESS OF THE UNDENIABLE FACT THAT ENABLING "GUEST" WITH A BLANK PASSWORD IS A BAD IDEA, how would you go about locking it down as much as possible but retaining ISA functionality? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41891
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    - user name and password I am using XP Home and internet explora 6. On one website that I need to log into, it will not accept my user name and password. However if I use my laptop which is windows 2000 it works and allows me to log in. How can I adjust XP to allow log in. On XP I can log into all other sites. What is the solution Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41890
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    - IE Problem The following link: http://dino-soft.org/security/newurlhole.html appears in the alt.comp.anti-virus NG (DANGEROUS new internet security hole Sugien). Example 5 was enough to get me to change browsers. Now using Opera. There's a brew-hah-hah going on about not crediting the origin of this proof-of-concept (POC) test, but that should not detract from the seriousness of this security hole. For the average IE user, it is not enough to practice so called safe-hex in order to prevent ramifications of this security hole from happening. Although reports of the true link showing up for a short time in the status bar, only Opera had you go through a pop up window showing the true server, which you had to OK before being redirected. I'm not happy about changing browsers as I don't like going through learning curves, but not being able to trust a URL is simply unacceptable. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave McAuliffe Central Mass. USA To Reply - Replace: mailinator.com With: email.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41883
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    - Outook Express Password I have forgotten my password in outlook express - can anyone help? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41876
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    - PING: PA Bear This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C3C1E3.31E00DD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! =20 --=20 siljaline=20 MS - MVP Windows IE/OE ______________________ (Reply to group, as return address is invalid - that we may all benefit) ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C3C1E3.31E00DD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" = size=3D5><FONT=20 color=3D#ff0000>HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!</FONT>   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-- <BR>siljaline </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MS - MVP Windows=20 IE/OE<BR>______________________</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(Reply to group, as return = address<BR>is invalid -=20 that we may all benefit)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C3C1E3.31E00DD0-- Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41875
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    - a file i cant delete i downloaded a file that i cannot delete, which i am worried about. I scanned it with norton anti virus wnad it says it has no infection but i am still worried it may contain a virus. How can i delete it and is it likely that it contains a virus? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41872
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    - MsmqIntCert MsmqIntCert/regsvr32/smqrt.dll HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current\Vers ion\Run\MsmqIntCert NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME I have found this on my puter in a start up manager,, using google i found an amazing 11 entries, and on other engines less. what is msmqintcert, is it needed operating system, i get that it ques messages for msn msgr or is spyware, malware, but i cant get what exactly it does, or how necessary it is when i dont use msn msgr Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41871
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    - Spyware Running Norton Virus Scan detecting at risk condition and a Spyware file "redirect5.exe". It recommended deletion but could not for some reason. Not sure what impact will be if I just delete the file. Any suggestions? Thanks Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41870
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    - Logging on to W2K A friends office has one W2K stand alone machine. On both Thursday and Friday his secretary called to say she could not log in. Said she'd tried numerous times. Both days, by the time I got to his office, she had things working okay. She swears that the machine won't let her login until 11:10 A.M. Although I suspect operator error, I find it interesting that she has logged in 5 days a week for the last two years with no problems. Is there any known bug or virus that might manifest itself in this way? Thanks, Mac Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41868
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    - works doc's can be opened by other users I may be missing something, but is there a way for me to keep other users on my computer from accessing my doc's. My account is password protected, but other users on my computer can access my doc's from the "file menu" or from the history page directly from their account. Any way of stopping this??? Thanxs Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41867
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    - Unwanted Icons Every time I log on, several unwanted icons appear on my desktop (links to unwanted websites) and my "favourites" list has been updated with links I do not want. Even though I delete them they are there the next time I reboot. Can anyone suggest how to stop this? Thanks Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41865
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    - OE Removed E-Mail Attachements. My email are removed and the following message is attached: "OE removed access to the following unsafe attachments in your mail:..." Where do I change the setting responsible for this? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41858
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    - e-mail from microsoft I keep getting an e-mail from "microsoft" with attachment saying use this patch immediately. The attachment is patch.exe There is no real microsoft look to the e-mail. I am wondering if it is really from them. Does anyone know? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41855
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    - a website installed an unwanted taskbar in my IE/.Yahoo browser a website, spidersearch.com, has installed itself within my IE/yahoo browser as a taskbar. When I "click" on the site it takes me to an adult site. How do I delete the taskbar? I have Windows XP Pro and a rooter that acts as a firewall. Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41854
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    - Hacked System Every time I run Internet Explorer, my home page has been changed. I change it to something else each time, but everytime I put the computer on, it has been changed again. How do I fix this problem? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41848
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    - boched security i love playin games when im not usein my computer to do homework and such but my one of my parents downloaded a security update and its really got some problems they happen the most in my games saying "install directx 8.1b or later" so i install a new directx wich happens to be Directx 9 so i suspeted id pass the error with flying colors, aces high well it keeps doing that i got in touch with a tech 2 weeks ago he said sotmhing about a security update was released for XP and it had some problems that would cause problems mentioned already in my post he said deleteing it would help alot i was wondering if any of you could help me by telling me if how i can delete this it would be greatly appreciated Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41837
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    - Unable to open email attachments I'm unable to open even the most inoffensive attachments to my email. This started happening after I downloaded the latest critical updates from Microsoft. Is this a coincidence, or are others having the same problem? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41835
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    - Security alert Everyday, I receive several notices from Norton Security Alert that my computer is being attacked. Right now, it is the Nimba_Propagation. Norton always blocks the incoming attacks but I would like to know how to find out who is doing this and report them. Could someone help me? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41833
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    - Internet Explorer password lost How do you reset or bypass the password protection in windows 98 internet explorer? Help Mark Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41824
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    - CWS Shredder link? What was that link to get the CWS Shredder? Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41823
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    - XP SP2 changes information for developer available This document focuses on the changes in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and its implications for developers. Examples and details are provided for several of the technologies that are experiencing the biggest changes. Future versions of this document will cover all new and changed technologies. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7bd948d7-b791-40b6-8364-685b84158c78 Tag: X-Box.com/retail security Tag: 41822

I tried logging into my X-Box retailer training and it ask
for a user name and password and I don't know it. I didn't
need it yesterday for the same thing. Could someone @
Microsoft tell me how to find out my username and password?

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