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    - PLS HELP!! Think I've been hacked!!! Seeing number of symptons that suggest that. IE homepage keeps resetting to a "t.track..." address. Received scam e-mail re:AT&T bill, and tried to ffwd to AT&T. Got this reply ... ***************** Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mailwallout.sgi.int. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. <scamcheck@mindspring.com>: 207.69.200.154 does not like recipient. Remote host said: 554 This mailbox is full. Please try again later. for scamcheck@mindspring.com Giving up on 207.69.200.154. ****************** I have ZoneAlarm, and NAV. Still I can't get rid of the IE homepage thing. I real worried about my stuff. Do I need to close accounts, etc? Please help. Thanks in advance. Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43390
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    - Safe XP Security Downloads? What Free internet security downloads on CNET.com are safe and useful for XP? Some are Spybot Search & Destroy, SpyHunter, Ad-aware, ZoneAlarm 4.5.538--safe for XP? A couple reviews said Ad-aware would NOT allow the Restore/recovery option. Would any of these above programs allow safe surfing w/o spyware on Kazaa or related peer to peer music sharing websites? I have McAfee VirusScan 2004, but I think I need some of the above programs too safely use P2P or insure my personal data is secure, although certain websites are secure anyway when you place orders. THANK YOU FOR ANY SUGGESTIONS!!! Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43389
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    - temp internet files-security. hi folks. when i delete/empty temp internet files,i find that often,within the same day 5/6000 files creep back in! what,s going on? i am using xp pro and ie6. i am a total novice,and have only had a pc in front of me for about 10 months.i have had this problem for some three or four months now and it,s driving me nuts.please help. thank you in advance.robert. Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43387
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    - trojan? Hi, a friend of mine has booked a ticket for a concert and a few minutes later it was booked again. When he complained to the ticket-company and said that he only ordered one ticket and asked why they charged him two, they said that it was booked twice. When they checked their log-file, they found that one was ordered from my computer. But to do so, I would have had needed my friends log-in, his PIN and his bank account. Now he is really pissed off at me and thinks I spyed in his stuff, which I definitely didn't. However, there is no question that the order was sent from my computer. Now my question: Since I know I definitely didn't do this and noone else has access to my computer - is there any kind of virus that can do things like that? Like a trojan virus or anything that scans computers which I have a connection to (via FTP), spys out passwords and then completes actions like booking something the other person did just a second ago? If there is a Virus like that, please tell me. My anti-virus hasn't found anything, but I know I didn't betray my friend and I don't want our friendship to be ruined. So I am looking for an explanation... Thanx, Steph PS: Please excuse my english. reply to stephanie_pesch@yahoo.de Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43381
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    - XXXmpeg Please can anyone tell me how I remove this site. Not very computer literate and dont know where it has com from. Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43378
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    - are downloads scanned? I am wondering if downloads are scanned for viruses, spyware etc etc. My AV software seems to intercept most e mail threats and my firewall seems to protect me against direct intrusion but when I run my spyware program I nearly always have something lurking, a tracking cookie or some other such thing, how do these things get passed all of the security? Whenever I get an attachment in an e mail, my e mail prog firstly warns me that the attachment might contain something nasty, I then save the attachment to my desktop and run a virus scan on it before I open it, am I doing the right thing? Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43377
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    - online banking I recently started having trouble with online banking bill pay screen only. It runs extremely slow, ie. 20-30 seconds to acknowledge a mouse click. I have scanned for virus's, used windows update, un-installed IE 6 and re- installed. Bank tech support had me download netscape 7.1 which works fine!! So said something is wrong with IE 6. Anybody have any other ideas of how to correct this?? Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43368
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    - Disappearing Patch KB824146 Following instructions from Microsoft I downloaded and installed the KB824146 Security Update (Blaster patch) on my new computer. I checked in the Add or Remove Programs folder and noted that Windows XP Hotfix - KB824146 was listed as an installed program. Then I went to WindowsUpdate website, had my computer scanned and downloaded all 13 required Critical Updates. When I checked the Add or Remove Programs folder I noted the 13 new Windows XP Hotfixes, but that Windows XP Hotfix - KB824146 was no longer listed as an installed program. Why is that? Is there a more recent update which I must have downloaded and which replaced KB824146 so that it's no longer in my system? Or should I reinstall KB824146? Twice I tried talking to someone on the Microsoft 1-800- PCSAFETY number, but they could not help! Someone advised me that I should have disabled my Norton Antivirus software when I downloaded the Windows Critical Updates, but I cannot get anyone at Microsoft to confirm or deny that. Can anyone help? Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43360
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    - MSN supposed request for personal data I just received a supposed email from MSN, saying that during a normal test review, they found Errs in my system, and, needed to update all my personal info, including credit card info, etc. At first glance looks very very much like an official MSN sight, but the request seemed to be outside of logical MSN std policies. Has anyone else seen this...who would I forward HTML of this site, for MSN review and possible capture if indeed it is Identity Theft group. Thanks for listening. Justone1 Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43359
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    - rrre:unistall Wow thanks for the uninstall and you took out the one I always use and I didn't know that was the one with the spy bots, but I still have one with dirty pictures that I can't remove that came with talking buddy it has another name I guess I looked at the end instead of in Ad=aware Advanced Searchbar could you be able to remove that too if you have a chance and I will silently be out of you computer space, and eternally grateful. Thanks for a Canadian Nana and the beginners in computers Huggybear Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43356
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    - re: unistall MyWebSearch Toolbar I recieved an email that you had to install a program called talking buddy. With great difficulty I managed to unistall the program , but the toolbar remains and through that. I have recieved in one day 50 spybots and my computers has shut down and crashed all day and I need help to uninstall . Iam new and oldie. And a handicap pensioner so buying expensive programs is out. Any suggestions. My humour is getting warped lol. Any help would be grateful. And I will not install any more unchecked programs. your truly huggybear Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43354
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    - No password dialog box Problem is no password dialog box at a website. I've subscribed to a website's email newsletter. The newsletter provides 'privileged' username and password to access a "markets list" page at the website. But the URL only returns 'Authorization required'. The editor emails me that I have the right URL, username and password and perhaps I need to clear the cache - but no go. My OS is Windows ME with 128-bit encryption. Is my browser failing - or am I being spoofed? Since I'm annoyed, here's the access details: http://worldwidefreelance.com/markets/index.htm Username: write Password: well --Jeremy S. Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43352
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    - having spam once i on my internet dear sir : Can you halp me to stop the spam from my computer and i trying to find the free download browser cleasner , but i can't find it in the microsoft.com , can u tell me how to stop the spam to come to my computer or what can i downloan to stop it to come . my e-mail add. :oxdbxo2003@yahoo.co.uk thank you sir . Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43349
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    - sm1bg.exe does anyone know for sure what this process is? i have found online that it is anything from a trojan to a USB driver for Napster(most likely). if anyone knows for sure i would appreciate a response. thank you. Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43345
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    - general security help The FBI has been harassing and mentally torturing me for two and half years since around Oct 01. The FBI has installed gps tracking devices in my car, tracked me like an animal, wire tapped my phone and has been monitoring all my web surfing activities for 2.5yrs and completely dehumanized me. The FBI agents have been following me 24X7X60X60 everywhere including grocery stores, retail stores, malls, restaurants and movie theaters. The FBI agents who were following me have at times verbally and racially abused me in retail store and grocery store parking lots by shouting at me inanities. One FBI agent once tried to ram into my car from behind with a comcast van and came within one inch of hitting me from behind. There was no traffic altercation between us and there was no traffic on the road. The FBI agent in the comcast van never tried to overtake me and was very angry at me and hated me for no reason. I have been unemployed for close to 3 yrs and When I send resumes to potential employers, the sadistic FBI agents who were monitoring my email and websurfing, have been badmouthing and assasinating my character with recruiters and jeopardizing my job opportunities for the last 2.5 yrs. The FBI has been interfering in my personal life for no reason. The FBI has completely destroyed and denied me any sort of privacy for 2.5 yrs. Each and every word I type and post on the web is being monitored and each and every email tapped. The sadistic FBI has forced me to live like a virtual prisoner for 2.5 yrs with zero privacy and 24 hr real time video focused on me. I cant talk to friends, family members and prospective employers without the fear of being over heard and recorded. I am afraid of doing everything and anything without fear. I am not a terrorist. I am not even a muslim. I dont have any muslim friends. I am not a drug smuggler. I did not kill anybody. I did not threaten to kill anybody. I dont have a record like gottis or escobars. I do not have any prior criminal record. Why should I suffer all this harassment and constant loss of privacy for such an extended period of time. I feel completely naked infront of the world and it has been like that for a couple of years. I am not familiar with US legal system that much. Can somebody tell me why the sadistic FBI has such ridiculous amount of power to harass and mentally torture me. WHy do the FBI has the right to think they are God and they are always right. WHy should my life depend on what the FBI thinks of me. Why should I be put through so much pain and suffering. Why do the FBI has the right to deny me privacy for so long. Who gave the FBI the right to interfere in my personal life and bad mouth and assasinate my character with potential employers. Why are the FBI agents telling employers not to hire me. As it is, it is very difficult to find a job in this economy and whatever few opportunities I get are being screwed by these fbi sadists. On what basis, the FBI installed a gps device in my car and tracking me like an animal. On what basis did the FBI wire tap my phone. On what basis did the FBI tap and monitor my web activities and email for 2.5 yrs. I feel as if I was put in a 6x6 cell with 24X7 video focused on me and fbi agents standing around the cell and constantly poking me with sticks. One undercover FBI agent sent an email and called me a dumbass. His email is sfrank9@aol.com and his ebay id is spodekmodek. Lot of FBI agents are harrassing me 24X7 in vehilces with michigan title plates UFX 210 (white SUV), XRA 155 (black car), BOGEY 27 (black car), PPL 587 (red car). Assume everything I said is true and somebody with legal knowledge and expertise help me out here. I do not have access to us.legal and misc.legal usenet news groups. I would appreciate if somebody can do a cut and paste this into us.legal and misc.legal news groups. Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43337
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    - Norton Firewall, NavW32.exe....crash. I'm clearly an ignoramus, so I'll need simple answers. I'm afraid. I have all the Norton AV stuff installed on my laptop, including Internet Security 2003. (I recently heard that this can cause problems, by the way) Anyway, I recently noticed that everything was slowing down, and seemed to be behaving oddly(I had several windows open, including an msn messenger conversation) And at the same time I found an irritating messge kept popping up, telling me that NavW32.exe (a Norton file) was attempting to access the internet. I don't remember seeing that one before. I clicked permit, then permit again... then finally got so annoyed I blocked, and then created a rule to block, just to stop that infernal message fom getting in my way. Oops. I don't know how to undo that. Further more, everything continued to repond in a highly confusing manner, until I suddenly lost my internet connection altogether. I can connect through aol, but it now seems that Microft Internet explorer has lost my settings, and I don't know how to put them back. In the corresponding box on the pc I'm using now, there's a message which says "Do NOT delete". Well, I didn't, but something evidently has. Could this be due to a virus of some kind? Loking again at Norton, I found the box was unchecked for msn messenger protection. Maybe something got in through the IM window? It was all up-to-date, anyway. julie Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43336
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    - securing wireless usb devices I manage the computers for a small charter high school. We have a wireless network, and some of the usb adapters are being stolen. Any ideas on how to secure these devices? The only solution I have come up with so far is to take them all off the computers and make the kids check them out. The other thing they are doing is unplugging them from the computer, and since there are 6 usb ports on these computers, they are getting plugged back into the wrong port, and then they don't work. Are there any usb port covers available somewhere? thank you. Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43335
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    - Certificate Services Correct me if I am wrong: I have created CA xyz. I have created web server certificate. Now, I need client machines to trust this CA, but I don't want to place private key CA on the client machine(because it could be stolen and somebody could impersonate me). From the mmc trusted root CA I exported xyz into xyz.cer file. Does xyz.cer contain public key? If not, how do I export public key? Thanks in advance Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43334
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    - security patch 816093 or MS03-011 help I need to reinstall this patch & cannot get it.There are only articles but no download anywhere.Do you know how I can get it?Veronica Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43331
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    - update 816093 or MS03-011 I need to reinstall this security update for virtual machine & cannot find the download only articles about itCan anyone help Veronica Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43330
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    - Eyeball on www/http bar I have an eyeball with "do not enter" picture that has appeared on the bar where you enter web address, and no matter which address I go to it remains there. Could someone explain what it is and what it does? I can click on it and it takes me to privacy settings. Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43328
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    - I am getting several patch.exe emails daily telling me to load it for security 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 Tag: stop home page changes Tag: 43324
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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: stop home page changes Tag: 43323
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    - OE HOW DO I TURN OFF THE OE MESSAGE IN XP PROFESSIONAL Tag: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes 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: stop home page changes Tag: 43226

How to stop home page changes:

Use SPYBOT........
Inside spybot press the Immunize button.
At the bottom of scroll area find:
Lock IE start page setting against user changes.
File > Close

Check Tools > Internet Options and find home page buttons
are available. Tried this on 10 pages that ask to change
home page and each was defeated.

For spybot:
SpybotSD - Search & Destroy by PepiMK Software:
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download

Good luck and hope this helps others.......

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