I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security

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    - Strange Behavior All of a sudden, every time I press letter g browser url windows drops down. Would anybody know the cause and how to fix it? Thanks Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43323
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    - OE HOW DO I TURN OFF THE OE MESSAGE IN XP PROFESSIONAL Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43320
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    - oe function in email attachments on email received is block can open email but not attachments get an OE MESSAGE HOW DO I TURN IT OFF Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43318
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    - OE removed attachments to the following attachments in your mail. Hi The above message comes up and I would like to find out how to avoid Outlook Express doing this to what are in fact perfectly safe attachments thja are removed. Thanks! Geoff Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43315
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    - uninstall Mcafee I want to install Norton Internet Security, but need to uninstall McAfee products first. When I tried this was prompted to "remove McAfee Security Services first". How do I do this? Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43311
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    - delete a service hi all. a failed install of oracle 8i has left some services that i wish to remove. i cannot reinstall or uninstall cause of a bad sector on the cd. how do i remove those services? 10x sharon. Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43293
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    - Strange exe. wanting internet access Anyone know what this is- dfdkihsn.exe It first showed up about a month ago via firewall report. I allow my firewall to keep reminding me to do something about it. Everything runs fine w/ its access denided. I have not given it permission. Thanks. Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43292
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    - How do you get rid of Comet Cursor How can I get rid of comet curser? I have used ad aware and spy bot they both bring it up and delete it but it comes right back. I have tried to delete the folder but it won't allow me to. Thanks Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43291
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    - Security Certificate Hi, I have been trying to login to my hotmail account through www.hotmail.com but unable to do so because everytime I fill in my details and press Sign In, a security alert dialogue box opens wanrning me about the expiry of the security certificate. Further it gives me three choices to proceed - YES, NO and VIEW CERTIFICATE (When I press this option I find that the expiry date of the certificate is 6/11/2004 which means it has not expired). Its a funny kind of problem but very irritating. But the puzzling fact is that it happens only on one particular PC in my office and it started happening just a couple of days ago. Please let me know what the problem is and how to resolve it. Thanks. Akshay. Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43288
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    - Microsoft Applications Slowing Down Today, I came into work and both EXCEL and WORD and moving incredibly slow. Something is definitely amiss. It takes up to :30 for each file to open and the application itself takes nearly :45 to open. Is anyone else having this problem. I have a friend on Long Island, who is having a similar one. Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43283
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    - Outlook express file attachments I have Outlook Express 6. I recently downloaded the latest Microsoft updates, and now I cannot open any e-mails with attachments. I get a message that says "OE removed access to the following unsafe attachments in your mail." This is for all attachments, even ones I know are safe. How can I disable this feature? Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43277
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    - Foreign Porn Spam and Unwanted Marketing From South Korea Please advise how to stop the daily receipt of Porn and marketing Spam from South Korea. I tried relying with REJECTED and or Unsubscribe and the response is: reply rejected etc. I am forced to unplugmy PC and lie to my grand children that the computer is down Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43272
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    - does spybot cause any problems Yesterday I used spybot after downloading it and now when I hit Start, New Office Document or Open Office document, nothing happens. What do i do now? Thanks. Sanders Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43265
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    - active x Every time I log on to the internet through internet explorer, i get a prompt stating my "current security setting prohibit running active x..." I have contacted my computer manufacturer (dell), my ISP, and Microsoft...on the cheap, they ended up sending me here. Can anyone help? Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43263
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    - "Internet Optimizer" & "Orbit" These programs have recently downloaded themselves into my Program Files and when I try to delete I can remove the "Internet Optimizer" using Add/Remove Programs but when I try to do this with the "Orbit" ones I get Access Denied. My questions are : 1. Can I stop these nuisance programs (I am already running the firewall setup) 2. How do I get rid of them permanently PS There is a new round of fake "Microsoft" lookalike security messages dowing the rounds in the UK! Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43260
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    - Unable to find cache when downloading the Applet Hi I am using a FileNET based application which is used to view the tiff files in an applet called Viewone.But whenver i try to download the applet using IE 5.0 it says the "Unable to find cache in the path "c:\WinNT\java\cache" (Which is the default location for the applet cache generally it will be downloadd where the JVM is installed). I am facing this error when i try to connect thru the Terminal server and access the URL from there. I am able to solve this issue.Is it becoz of folder security (WinNT) or soemthing. Please help me out Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43259
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    - non-routable segments How does a non-routable segment minimize the security risk? For example, Windows 2003 server has two NIC cards. One card with 192.168.0.100 is connected to a NAT server (on the public network)and the other card with 10.0.0.1 is connected to a SQL server. What are the chances for a DOS attach? If I use non-routable Class addresses on both NICs, does the risk increases? Tnanks in advance. Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43256
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    - Microsoft 2003 CA - mark key as exportable greyed out I've been using a Windows 2000 certificate authority for some time. I now upgraded to Windows 2003, but when requesting a "Web Server" certificate, the "Mark keys as exportable" option is greyed out. Without this option, it prevents me from exporting the new certificate to a .pfx format. Is there a way to get around this? Help... Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43253
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    - Generating a Kerberos Key Using Ktpass I have been trying to generate a kerberos key for a linux system on a 2003 active directory domain controller. Here is the linux machine data hostname - linuxname.cas.uc.ed realm i wish to join - ditprime.cas.uc.ed I created a local user on the domain controller called "linux" with a passwor then in the command line ktpass -princ host/linuxname@DITPRIME.CAS.UC.EDU -mapuser linux -pass <password> -out linuxname.keyta The result i get is "dsCrackNames returned a 0x2 in the entry for user linux What does the message mean, or what can i do to fix this Thanks Stev Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43252
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    - server certificate revocation I was wondering if there had been an update to the Windows 2000 and Windows XP, that caused Internet Explorer to turn server certificate revocation to "on" or "Checked" by default. If anyone knows, please reply or send me an email. Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43249
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    - People PC Toolbar How in the world do I uninstall this annoying icon on my IE browser? I uninstalled People PC over a year ago and here it is still. I have called PPC on 3 different occassions and no one can figure it out (of course). From my searches with google, I have found that this may be Spyware. I have Stopzilla, called them and they cannot help me remove it either. I have Windows XP. Also, could I uninstall IE and then re-install it? I cannot find a link to this either, again with google, which is usually so awesome. Beware of PeoplePC:( TIA! Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43247
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    - Hmm How to disable javascript from IE6 Can me1 tell me how to disable javascript from IE6? Many Thanks Chris Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43242
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    - Sending group emails without displaying all the addresses At my office I need to send out a group email to a group of customers. Because of the data protection act, however, I need to prevent all the recipients from seeing each other's email addresses. Is there any way of hiding all the addresses so that they don't appear when the email is received? Many thanks. Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43234
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    - Rasman and NtLmSsp Hay all, iam kinda new so. well my old os windows ME got hacked and i lost it, so i had xp installed did all the updates after about 3 days now iam getting afew anonymous logins and they r usein rasman NT and NtLmSsp what r these and how do i stop them ? Well thanks Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43233
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    - Blocking junk mail I would like to block all junk mail from my Outlook Express, without having to block them all one at a time. I want to know if there is a way to recieve mail only from senders in my address book? Everyday there are hundreds of garbage emails that are annoying and likely dangerous to my computer, so I haven't been using this site, just go in and delete all the crap and leave. MSN hotmail has this feature, so I'm sure that Outlook must have it somewhere, I just don't seem to be able to find it. Thanks for your help and support. Sharon Crarey Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43231
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    - downloading security patches from ms I recently bought a new Hp computer from Best Buy with windows XP home. The technician offered to download for me the latest security patch from Microsoft for XP (for a $24.95 charge, of course). But I was in a hurry to catch a plane, and he told me I could download this patch myself from Microsoft website, which particularly stops the "blaster " worm. I have latest Macafee firewall and virus control software, but he said that is sometimes not enough. IS this true, or was this guy just trying to squeeze another $24.95 out of me? If I do indeed need this additional patch, where do I specificaly find it to download? Thanks Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43229
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    - Security Update 817787 I keep getting the critical update appearing to be loaded. I have loaded it successfully several time , but still it keep appearing. Any advice please on how to get rid of this update. Clicking Remove does not work Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43227
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    - question about firewall Tonight, my firewall blocked attempts to access the following ports - 2949, 2950 and 2951. When I tracked it, it came from a computer at the Microsoft headquarters. Is this something that I should allow access to? Thanks Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43226
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    - SCEP failure I am getting a SCEP failure transaction not allowed error when I am trying to enroll my router to my CA. ANybody have any ideas? Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43225
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    - Mysterious Group in XP Local Users/Groups - NC_S_ISLCK I did a search on NC_S_ISLCK on google and got back some weird results. One guy, Ed Shirley, seems to be posting info (only there's not much info in his info) all over the web. Anybody else seen this? Have I been hacked? Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43218
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    - homepage taken over HELP! I let my friends use my computer, and since then I have been getting redirected everytime I get on the internet. Is there something I can do to get all the pop-ups to stop and my homepage back to where I want it. Please Help! Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43213
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    - Account Temporarily Unavailable I have recieved the account temporarily unavailable notice every time I try to sign in for about a week now. I was wonering what the problem was and if I could get back into the account anytime soon. Thanks. Cherie Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43212
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    - java applications I am trying to open this website in my browser and it's giving a message saying Java Applications is not supported by the brwoser what I need to chage in my browser options. Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43211
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    - Lock Directories Can someone tell me how to lock a directory in Win98? Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43208
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    - Assigning permission I have this problem of not getting the folder properties > security tab which will allow me to set the permission for the folders, I have login to domain instead of workgroup. I'm using Winxp pro. How should I get the tab to show? Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43204
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    - user id and password access without authority my computer requires user id and password to log on to my pc. somehow my daughter finds a way to access my computer. she does not have a user id or password. is there any way i can keep her off of it besides taking the whole thing apart when i leave the house. she won't tell me how she is getting on. thanks, shirl Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43202
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    - uninstall coolmp3 coolmp3 has somehow attached its self to my system and I can't get rid of it any ideas Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43196
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    - Load this patch immediately! Every day I am getting a message in the bulk mail box, supposedly from Microsoft with the above message. I suspect it is not legitimate ie: a bug. Am I right? If so, any recommendations on how to block it permanently? Thanks! Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43190
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    - Is this anything to do with Microsoft? No doubt this is a scam, but it quotes MIcrosoft as supporting it. I could n't find anywhere on the web site to ask about it so this newsgroup is the best I could do. Attn: I am MICHAEL ANDASON of the DIAMOND LOTTO BV. I am your claims Manager.You are a winner of the DIAMOND LOTTO BV Promotion. This idear is about promoting the use of the internet among internet users in the whole world. You are the 10th person to win this prize among 17 winner in the whole wide world. Winners are selected from a pool of internet users by sample balloting. Your prize can be claim in two ways: 1.By direct wire transfer to your bank account. In this option you will be required to come to Amsterdam to sign the necessary documents for fund release, in the case of your not being able to come, you will be required to Hire an attorney from our company in Amsterdam to help you to do this. 2. you can choose to receive your prize winning by direct cheque payment. Here , you will be expected to pay for the fee of the courier company who will send the cheque to you and also the insurance of the cheque. What ever option you choose, let us know as this programm is being sponsor partly by Microsoft . Subsequently, your certificate of winning and a photocopy of the cheque will be sent to you later.Meanwhile, download, print out and fill in the attached form, and return it back to us, for notorization at the High Court of Justice Amsterdam by the Attorney for the release of your fund, and to enable us have your record in our database of winners. Here is my direct number,0031-623055536. regards MR. MICHAEL ANDASON. ----------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43186
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    - Hacked? Hello. My ignorance will be vivid here.... I'm currently doing marketing at a small office, but, as I'm technically inclined enough to be dangerous, in my spare time do the IS support as well. They had an outside consultant set up the system, and he had done other setups/management when needed, but, is no longer available. He'd set up the network with a Symantec VPN/Firewall appliance as the external gateway, but had opened up ports to a server inside the network which is currently hosting the email server (Xmail), DNS, as well as a simple web app to do web-mail checking for employees from the outside. Also opened ports for ssl, termserver, ftp, smtp, and pop3, and another port for remote admin. Looked a bit insecure for me when I noticed it, so, I installed ZoneAlarm on this server inside the network, which is currently working. Plans are to move the web serving onto another server which will be put into a DMZ. After noticing these open ports, I also decided to pay more attention to the firewall logs, and noticed not just the normal external port scan attack blocks, but also that a couple of computers, including the company server, are attempting to access outside IPs using closed port calls (therefore, the firewall catches and logs them). These blocks come with the message 'Block host "" internet access', and are typically using ports 139 & 445. Looked suspicious, so, I ran an fport scan on the server, and it did show ports 139 & 445 open, but, shows that the Pid is 8 (the system).....Also did some ethereal scan of the network, and it does show that the server is trying to access this specific external ip address. My question is (kudos if you've patiently read everything so far), how do I find out what this process is that is trying to do these accesses, or am I being overly paranoid. As you can most likely tell from this, I'm not the most technically adept IT support person, so, I'd also appreciate references/suggestions on materials to help me out here. Thanks in advance to all. Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43183
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    - New eBay drone This will come as html and has subject on the order: eBay Account Security Measures Text then follows without the html: Hello, Dear member, eBay Security Department have investigated logins from ip 212.156.4.69 = and 212.156.4.68 with your account. The Department reported that they are worried that your account might = have been stolen and some one may be access your eBay ID and password. It might have been captured by spy software that some one put in your = machine,So... We put your account under security mode (not restricted) , and you should follow some steps to secure your account. 1- You should update your account in our SSL server to prevent it from = to be remotely accesed by anyone(Secure Accounts Server) click the link = to update http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Verify&your?account = <http://signin.ebay.com.aw-cgi.eBayISAPI.dll.SignIn.ssPageName.h.h.sin.US= .cgi.ebay.comwseBayISAPI.dll.Verify.update.security.measures.ssl.server.s= ecured%01@www.mireda.org/uploads/.ssl/cgi.ebay.comwseBayISAPI.dll.Verify&= youraccount.htmebay_ssl_check_secure_ssl_server_non-restricted_activation= s_contine_verify_admin_security_ebay.html>=20 2- Wait 24 hours to detecting and routing of remote logins machine and = you will be e-maild from support@ebay.com <mailto:support@ebay.com> to = continue using our service. 3-Try to re-setup your operating system and delete all files you suspect = in. With Best Wishes, eBay Security Department Assistant, Richard Michael. In fact this caught me. I did not click the link in the email but I did = go change my information. After which I went back to the email and = realized it waas a hoax. The link shows that clearly. Man they are = getting good. www.mireda.org --=20 George Hester __________________________________ Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43182
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    - antivirus Is there any antivirus software available over the net that you can pay for without using a credit card, ie on your monthly net account or cheque etc ?? Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43180
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    - net passport I have a friend who has had there hotmail password comprmised how can she get the account shutdown or her password reset Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43179
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    - Home page taken over by find4u Over X-mas my daughter-in-laws $ grandkids were on my omputer constantly. Somehow, my homepage got taken over by find4u, and I can't get rid of it. If I change back to MSN, find4u won't allow it. Also getting much weird stuff, and net links I can't get rid of. Ran Nortan, and found 10 virus' the same day. Anyone know how to cprrect this? TKS. Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43175
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    - Norton SystemWorks 2001 Adequate Virus Protection? Does SystemWorks 2001 still provide adequate virus protection even though it's no longer supported by Symantec so long as it can still successfully get it's Virus Definitions auto updated regularly? Does "no longer supported by Symantec" mean that it will no longer be provided any LiveUpdate "program or product" updates? If so, how does it handle the increased size Virus Defs for which later versions were modified by recent LiveUpdate program and/or product updates? Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43173
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    - spy-ware how do I find out if I have spy-ware on my home pc Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43172
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    - site configuration Folks; I have three servers of equal capabilities. All run Win2k3 Load is not a real concern now.Security is of primary concern. I need to run AD with a backup controller. I need to run Backup Exec. I need to run SQL2000. I need to run Exchange 2003. OWA is active and through the firewall. I need to run IIS (five sites) also through the firewall. I need to keep SQL and IIS separate for security reasons. The AD domain is not heavily trafficed, but does run dhcp and dns. Since OWA opens the Exchange box up to the firewall I was considering using it as the IIS server also. Is this a no-no? The other question is where I should run AD? I want to consolidate as much as possible. My thought is Server 1 AD Primary with dns and dhcp. All roles here. Backup Exec here. Server 2 SQL 2000 BDC? Server 3 Exchange2003 IIS Many Thanks; Harry Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43164
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    - Storing my Network Credentials. G/Day Forum, I'm a Security Administrator and have set up usernames and passwords on all of my systems, routers, firewalls, etc. Now I want to know where do I store them? Is a share on a file server protected by NTFS enough? Any ideas? Regards, Steve. Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43154
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    - SECURITY - ActiveX Controls When I click on a link and it take me to another page sometimes I get the following message: "Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page may not display correctly" How do I fix this? Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43151
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    - saved passwords and usernames Perhaps Im not in the correct forum, but maybe anyone can help answer this (since I read earlier about autocomplete features & stuff). I use yahoo for my email. When on the yahoo homepage, & I want to check my email, I type in my user name, then passward, then I click on the box that says "remember my user name and password on this comp". Problem is, I have to type it all over again next time I come back to this page. WHat is the point of the box that will remember my info if in fact it does Not?? Do I need to do something to modify this feature. I appologize if I am posting here but I cannot find the appropriate forum for yahoo to offer tech support on ques. & answers. thanks in advance Tag: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security Tag: 43150

I am getting several daily emails with an attachment of a
program "patch.exe" and is telling me to load this as it
has to do with viruses through email. I have not loaded
the program because i am not sure what it is but it does
say that the sender is security@microsoft.com but in
properties it says the return path is admin@duma.gov.ru. I
am not sure if i should use this or not can anyone verify
this patch is safe and they have also received it or used
it.

Thanks
Donna

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Re: I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security by Tedd

Tedd
Fri Jan 09 10:56:03 CST 2004

Those are Hoax messages and if you double-click the message you end up with
a virus.
Microsoft never sends out patches nor do they ever send out emails with
attachments.
Delete the thing !

--
Tedd Riggs

"Wyld Syberian" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0b8301c3d6cf$2020f130$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I am getting several daily emails with an attachment of a
> program "patch.exe" and is telling me to load this as it
> has to do with viruses through email. I have not loaded
> the program because i am not sure what it is but it does
> say that the sender is security@microsoft.com but in
> properties it says the return path is admin@duma.gov.ru. I
> am not sure if i should use this or not can anyone verify
> this patch is safe and they have also received it or used
> it.
>
> Thanks
> Donna

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