white hand with a red circle around it
i get a error page on the left hand corner of screnn and
the a white hand with a red circle around it,, Tag: the hand / Tag: 59922
windows update
My system is telling that I do not have the update
fuction. I've tried manually activating it but it won't
let me click on any thing. Tag: the hand / Tag: 59921
Hisecweb and Scheduled tasks
Hi!
I have applied hisecweb to my XP computer but then Norton Antivirus and
other scheduled tasks stoped to work. Do anyone know how to fix that?
Regards
/Marcus Tag: the hand / Tag: 59920
www.ads234.com
I get this whenever I sign on internet explorer 6.0 and
it happens sometimes when I open a new browser window.
It locks up for a long time before connecting. It doesnt
do it when I use msn explorer. It is slowing everything
down and I cannot seem to locate the problem on the
computer. Microsoft help has been absolutely ridiculous
to contact and is worthless as far as I am concerned. If
you dont get down on your knees and beg them to help fix
a problem with THEIR software, you get nothing. Tag: the hand / Tag: 59918
Does anyone recognize this?
wupdater.exe
My son has a program on his 2 month old Dell (running
Windows XP) called "wupdater.exe".
In the course of a "normal" shutdown, his computer is
very slow to respond and a box pops up asking if he wants
to end the "wupdater.exe" program that is running.
What's going on? Tag: the hand / Tag: 59905
Recent E-mail telling me to to open "patch.exe"
I received an e-mail that looks like it came
from "Microsoft". It says to open "patch.exe". I did
not do this because the explanation was miss-worded and
not in very good english.
Is this legit? Tag: the hand / Tag: 59903
How to apply security updates to PCs not connected to the Internet?
Hi,
I need to apply all security updates to PCs in our enterprise. These PCs are
on a LAN not connected to the Internet. Is it possible to download all
security updates to a CD and then apply them? All the PCs are Win98.
Is it any Windows product for managing centralized distribution of security
updates instead the Windows Update web page that requires direct Internet
access?
Thanks in advance
--
Faustino Dina
--------------------------------------------------------
If my email address starts with two 'f'
drop the first 'f' when mailing me. Tag: the hand / Tag: 59902
port 139/445 traffic not picked up by antivirus
Having a lot of 139/445 traffic in my network, so much
that when this virus runs on one of the servers gets a
event id 2022 -out of connections. All patches and updates
have been loaded. Been in contact with Trend they picked
up some spyware appending to secfind.exe, but haven't
fixed it as yet. We have a mixed enviroment, win2k and XP.
This only affects the Win2k. Win2k security problem?
Have spoken to Microsoft in S.Africa but they only have a
sweat and rather charming Gal to help you with virus
removal tools etc but no where to excalate to.
Been hacking at this for 2 weeks now!!!!!!!!!! Tag: the hand / Tag: 59893
Microsoft update with attached file
I just recieved an e-mail with an attached file that
claimed to be from Microsofts Program Security Section.
It urged me to run the attached file claiming to be a
cumulative patch that eliminates all known security
vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook
Express. I did not open the file and deleted it. Could
this have been a valid update or more then likely a
virus. If this was a virus why did my Norton Antivirus e-
mail scanning feature not catch it. Thanks Alan Tag: the hand / Tag: 59892
windows updates
Hallo, I used to have regular alerts for Windows service
updates but since I had a full recovery I cannot see how
to make this automatic again. Could you please direct me
to have automatic alerts for Critical updates?
Thanks
Malvina Tag: the hand / Tag: 59884
"Cannot Find Server" Message
Hi all. We got an email from a friend a while back that
had no subject with an attachment. The message said, "I
have a new phone number, please update your records". We
opened the attachment and ever since internet explorer
launches continuosly with the message "cannot find
server". The page cannot find server page also pops up.
Then it closes and does it again. Sometimes many copies
are open at the same time. I have scanned it with Norton,
it doesn't find anything. Any suggestions? Tag: the hand / Tag: 59882
Cookies and Tracking
I have Windows XP Pro sp1 with IE6.0 I also have
installed Adware SE. I just ran scan and found a tracking
on my cookies. I immediately deleted it. I then went
into tools/internet options/privacy/advanced for cookie
handling. Can someone tell me how this should be set?
Should the overide automatic cookie handling be checked
or unchecked and if checked what do I set for 1st party
and 3rd party... Accept, Block, or enable? Any help
would be great. I just ran a scan yesterday and found
8. How do these tracking things get on one's computer? Tag: the hand / Tag: 59879
Hewlett Packard Certificate
Have had a pop-up that appears to be from HP. However, if you read further,
you will find out that if you click on close or no, you are authorizing the
agent to retrieve data or download data to your computer without your
consent. Looks like a HP certificate but if you look on down, the expiration
date is (I think) 9-02. I have reported it to Microsoft security. Anyone else
seen this thing? It has happened 3 times to me.
--
Sam Tag: the hand / Tag: 59875
How to isolate laptops from domain until AV is current.
Hello, I need some help! We are having a problem with
users logging on to the domain with laptops that are
infected. Is there a way to isolate systems until their AV
definitions are brought current. We are using NAV
Corporate Edition. Tag: the hand / Tag: 59859
Microsoft's role in Biometric windows authentication???
I was wondering if anyone knows and can tell me where Windows XP stands as
far as supporting biometric devices. I am working on a project and trying to
do a little research. I am working with Windows XP Pro on some IBM Thinkpads
(T42). These laptops are headed to some field users and need to be a little
more secure against theft AND unauthorized access in case they are able to
access our network. Biometrics seems to be my next step to look into. So,
if anyone has any information or any experiences please send them my way.
Thanks! Tag: the hand / Tag: 59857
Microsoft's role in Biometric windows authentication???
I was wondering if anyone knows and can tell me where Windows XP stands as
far as supporting biometric devices. I am working on a project and trying to
do a little research. I am working with Windows XP Pro on some IBM Thinkpads
(T42). These laptops are headed to some field users and need to be a little
more secure against theft AND unauthorized access in case they are able to
access our network. Biometrics seems to be my next step to look into. So,
if anyone has any information or any experiences please send them my way.
Thanks! Tag: the hand / Tag: 59856
Advertisements pouring in through IE
When I leave my computer on and only the icons are on the
screen, stuff pours in through the explorer and I can't
figure out a way to block this. The other day I had 30
advertisements to close just to get back to the main
screen. Any help would be appreciated. Tag: the hand / Tag: 59855
Create a computer certificate for non-connected machine?
Here's my scenario: We're doing L2TP VPNs, and we have a very well
functional internal PKI set up (doing EAP-TLS for interal wireless, so
it's well tested).
In doing L2TP VPNs, we need to get certificates on the clients--a User
level certificate stored in the local computer store. That's easy, we
do it with autoenrollment and a GPO on the domain.
However, I have 2 clients that are not part of my domain that need to
get a computer certificate. I can get them the certs for my Root and
issuing certificate authorities, that's easy, but how in the world do
I get them a computer certificate?
Please note, they are completely disconnected. Our Certificate server
is not reachable from the outside world, nor are these computers going
to be toted into the office to be on my network anytime soon. I'm not
doing PPTP to get them in without certificates to make the request.
How can I make a request on their behalf and export something that I
can send via floppy or USB? We're not ready to do smartcards yet.
Gratzi
Edd Tag: the hand / Tag: 59851
security log
Hi,
What is a "best practice" method of auditing failed logon
attemtps? I have a small AD - 50 users, and am auditing
failed logon attempts but there are always a bunch of
events that do not look that important - 675, 677, 617
with --, 627...how does one sift through all of the events
and pick out real "attempted logons"? What else should I
be looking for?
Thanks - Wayner Tag: the hand / Tag: 59848
workstation locking
Hi,
I cannot find where to change locking workstation
properties. I have a user that says her computer gets
locked in way to little time. I am running 2000 servers -
AD, and XP pro workstations. I looked in domain group
policy but could not find anything...
Thanks - Wayner Tag: the hand / Tag: 59845
log on to line at welcome page is missing
When I logon I use to have 3 lines show up
User Name
Password
Lon on as
I now can't seem to get the Log on as to show up. I press options beside
the shut down buttom but that doesn't display it either. The reason why I
need this is that the administrator account I used was associated with my
domain, now it would appear that the only account I can access is a guest
account. This doesn't help me to do any administrator work. How or can I
get this to display back so I can log into my admin account. I can hook this
machine back onto the network but I still can't get the machine to look for
the admin on the server, it will only look locally. Tag: the hand / Tag: 59844
having windows errors
I have a McAfee firewall and have received some
error messages ie: "AVSYNMGR32DLL has caused and
error in MCSCAN32DLL" also another message of "RULAUNCH
caused an error in (UNknown)"
Anything I need to do at this time? Tag: the hand / Tag: 59841
help express
what is this? why, after three years is the box for help
express popping up at start? why does my fire wall and
virus protection call this spy ware? what or where can i
find it installed on the computer?should i be concerned? Tag: the hand / Tag: 59839
sp2
How can I receive an sp2 update on cd? I move tomorrow
and will loose my broadband service. It will be replaced
with dial up service. Tag: the hand / Tag: 59836
KB840315
I sent Microsoft Press an email stating that a training
kit I purchased for study does not work.
I recieved the following response:
"Hello,
Thank you for contacting Training Kit Feedback.
We have discovered that the Windows Hotfix KB840315
update causes the Readiness Review program to fail. You
can verify if this Hotfix is installed on your system by
looking at the list of programs shown under Add/Remove
Programs in the Control Panel. We are currently working
to acquire a fix for this issue. Once a fix becomes
available, we will let you know, and also post details in
an article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
Regards,
Xin
Microsoft Learning Support
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/support
I hope this response was helpful. If you have comments
about our support, write to us at mspts@microsoft.com.
Please remember to include the subject line from your
original message. Thank you." Tag: the hand / Tag: 59830
System shutdown initiated...
My computer self-restarted with the following message:
"This system is shutting down. Please save all work in
progress and log off. any unsaved changes will be lost.
This shutdown was initiated y NT Authority\SYSTEM.
Message : System shutdown initiated"
I did not initiate the shutdown. Scan with latest virus
definition files. no virus found. Also scan with Blaster
worm removal tool. Nothing found.
Please help Tag: the hand / Tag: 59828
spyware jerks
I just want to post this here for all of you to see. Who
knows, it will probably help you also. I have found a file
in my windows\system that is spyware and unrecognizable
and unremovable. The file is xwxnwhcw.exe and it's owned
by a company called www.callinghome.biz . So far I haven't
found a way to get rid of it. I tried from dos even with
windows shut down. This guy is a real sneaky jerk ( not
the words I'd use to his face), who should have his nose
broke but, what're ya gonna do? At any rate, if anyone
knows a fix, please post it, thanks. Tag: the hand / Tag: 59823
validating a file's digital signature
Is there a way to validate the digital signature of a file (the one show in
it's properties window of windows explorer) using code (preferable vb code)?
dimitris Tag: the hand / Tag: 59822
Disable ICF after Network setup Wizard
Ok i was told that the Network setu wizard automaticaly activate the Internet
Connection Firewall, whih may be what keeps screwing up my atempts to file
and printer share, or even view the computers on each others network places.
SO how do i disable the ICF after the newtwork setup wizard. During the
setup it bridged my internet connections (LAC and 1394 on the desktop and,
LAC 1394 and Wireless on the laptop) and now i no longer have an advacned tab
on any of the properties/ change settings screen. Tag: the hand / Tag: 59820
Being Hacked Need Help
guys I am really new here, and I think (well I know) someone is hacking into
my MSN account, I didnt really clue in that I may be in trouble, I say this
because every time I logged into my msn personally it would say you have been
logged into another computer and then I would have to log in again, but now
today this guy has been adding crude addresses to my account and has been
changing my name! and it is becoming a nuissance, because he like takes over
my account like every 10 minutes even if I do a really complex password, I
just need some help, I am not experienced in this kind of stuff so plz
someone help me! Tag: the hand / Tag: 59818
download a new program
I am trying to download a new program? It tells me that I need to disable my
norton and also my explorer before I can download the program. When I go to
the task manager to shut them down they are not listed? That is what the
help prompt said to do? Can anybody help me figure this out? Tag: the hand / Tag: 59815
Unable to search with IE
Yesterday was moving really slow and getting a lot of
extra popups last few days . Then last night could not
get on so went in safe mode and finally used my 2000 disk
to get on and now my IE is locked from me changing
anything give me an errow when I go to internet options
that I can access restrictions and to contact
administrator. I am trying to fix this please help. Cant
get anywhere on the internet. I try to search but comes
back page not found and I have 2 domains so know that they
are there. Pleas help Tag: the hand / Tag: 59811
Norton error message
I use Norton antivirus software and run XP Home Edition.
I suddenlt get an error message when I start my computer
which says "Cannot access Drive C". What is this all
about? How do I resolve this? Thanks Tag: the hand / Tag: 59807
cleaning up files to sell comp.
HI I am looking to sell my desktop Compaq Presario. I
would like to know if there is any way to absolutely get
rid of any files I may have on the computer?? Also is
there a way I can remove my name from the registration of
the computer?? any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you Tag: the hand / Tag: 59806
internet connection firewall
When I try to check the box that says "protect my
computer and network by limiting or preventing access to
this computer from the internet" (in the properties of
Local Connection) it says "an error occured while
internet connection sharing was being enabled. the
service cannot accept control messages at this time" not
sure what to do. can anyone help me please.
thanks,
tom Tag: the hand / Tag: 59797
hidden virus
I have done a scan of my machine from a web site and it found an infected
file called attachment.45 "yours.pif" The file location is C/documents and
settings\franks\local settings\application data\microsoft
outlook\outlook.pst>attachment.45 "yours.pif"
When I click on documents and settings, then franks, there is no local
settings folder. How do I find this file to delete it?
--
Frank Milnes Tag: the hand / Tag: 59795
Can't install.exe
I have admin priviledges, this is the same user account
that I uninstalled the program from completely. I
changed companies and this program generates my legal
documents which had to be reinstalled with the new
companies info. I have changed nothing. This is the ONLY
user profile on my system. I am on XP pro. Where in the
registry would I go to find out why my priviledges have
changed? Where I have gone shows that I have all
priviledges....that is why I am stuck.
Thanks, Robyn Tag: the hand / Tag: 59794
Re: Mozilla Firefox
I've been looking for an alternative to Internet Explorer
and saw how Firefox was on someone else's computer. I was
very impressed with the fact that it has pop-up blocking
and is less of a memory hog than Internet Explorer, but
one thing troubles me about Firefox.
Why isn't there "security zones" in Firefox? I have over
100 sites in my Restricted Zones list (Internet Explorer)
and I fear that in Firefox, I might unintentionally go to
one of these sites and not have the protection there I
would have had if I was using IE for browsing.
Why doesn't Firefox have zones like this and is there
an "alternative" to this in Firefox where I can disable
things like file downloads, active scripting, Java
applets, etc.? Tag: the hand / Tag: 59793
someone had stole my password
someone had stole my MSN password and changed and the secret answer how can i
do to take it back please anyone can help me!? Tag: the hand / Tag: 59787
sharing a firewall?
I have an xp pro that I want to network with two 98s and a 95 computer at
home, so we can all share one dial-up connection. (so the kids can access the
internet without tying up my work computer)
the xp has an ethernet card, and we use dial-up
I am new to networking and have some basic questions:
(I don't even know the terminology for networking, so please be patient.)
If I use the xp pro as the host computer, can I configure the other
computers to access the internet through it's firewall, or does each computer
have to run it's own firewall app?
or do I have to buy a router with it's own firewall?
do they even work on dial-up connections?
if I do that, do I have to disable my xp's onboard trend firewall?
Does anyone know a link to a site which could help me determine what
hardware (cords, adapters, switches-whatever) I will need to buy to create a
network?
I'm hoping for maybe a vendor site where I can input what I want to do and
it will try to sell me the required hardware.
does each of the non-host computers have to have a network card?
or can they be networked through their modems with a phone line to the xp's
ethernet card?
when we convert to cable or dsl will I have to buy a whole new set of
networking cords and adapters to upgrade the dial-up sharing to cable/dsl?
from what I've read, I assume I have to create the entire network before
enabling internet connection sharing, is this the only way to do it, or can
I add one or two computers initially, then add the others later without too
many glitches/reconfigurations?
any comments, suggestions or links would be appreciated
Thank You,
Liz Tag: the hand / Tag: 59786
Help
Hi All,
I had assigned a supervisor password but I decided not to
have a password any more for turning on the computer. So
I restart the computer and at the very beginning o fthe
restart process I pressed ctl + delete to go to the
specific page for doing this. Is there any special name
for this page though? If yes, I appreciate you letting
me know. I deleted the supervision password bu then I
also deactivated the username password by mistake. Now
when I am going back to that page I cannot choose the
user's password and it is deactivated. Does any body
know how to activate it again?
I appreciate your quick answer.
Afsaneh Tag: the hand / Tag: 59785
Help
I wanted to assign a password to myself as the
administrator of my laptop but when I do that and
restart. The window in which I should typr my password
to enter is not active meaning that I cannot type any
thing in it for about 20 minutes that it becomes active
by itself!!!
Any thought what could be the reason? Tag: the hand / Tag: 59784
Lost admin priviledges
Out of the blue I cannot re install a program called
Zipforms that I need to perform my job. I am on as an
administrator. I am allowed to download but not install
the software. It tels me to log back on with
priviledges, please help as to where I can go in the
registry. I have been in and it shows that I have full
privileges :(
I'm stuck. Tag: the hand / Tag: 59782
i need help!
Not sure what to do.
I had a foreign student stay with me, and she has loaded
this messenger thingy on to my pc, now i am constantly
barraged with pop ups, Ive tried to contact support, but
i need a 'passport' which i dont have because i did not
set up this account, does not tell you how to get rid off
it, can anyone please give some suggestions?
Thanks,
The majorsmrs. Tag: the hand / Tag: 59768
attachments
when family and friends attach photographs to email I get
a message syaing that OE has removed access to unsafe
attachments.
How can I change this as I am missing the photos ?
Thanks Tag: the hand / Tag: 59766
Security Certificates
Everytime i enter most sites i get a pop up form internet
explorer titled "Security Alert"
Information you exchange with this site cannot be viewed
or changed by others. However there is a pron=blem with
the site's security certificate.
__________________________________________________________
The sercurity certificate is from a trusted certifying
authority.
The security certificate has expired or is not yet valid.
The security certificate has a valid name matching the
name of the page you are trying to view.
Do you want to proceed?
Yes No View Certificate
__________________________________________________________
Thats what the box says. I want this popup to stop
showing. it pops up on almost all the sites i visit and
its disturbs me alot. how do i stop this from poping up?
can i disable it or something?
PLZ HELP Tag: the hand / Tag: 59765
security check
after my symantec security check,i have detailed analysis that my pc is at
risk for hacker exposure and my PING and HTTP is open...the rest are closed
and stealth. Tag: the hand / Tag: 59761
it is happening here also,, the white hand with a red
circle around it... HELP111