daveklepper
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Johnny
richg1998 Never, ever post your email address in the body of a message. People here who are registered can PM you. You just opened up your email to every hacker, spammer. They run auto mated software to find people like you. Sigh.
Most experienced users have 'throw away' e-mail accounts, and Yahoo is a common venue for that sort of thing. If problems should result you just abandon the throw away account and start a new one.
Wow, talk about off topic. This is a train forum.
You must be new. Never, ever post your email address in the body of a message. People here who are registered can PM you.
You just opened up your email to every hacker, spammer. They run auto mated software to find people like you. Sigh.
Switch to Linux Mint. The best PC software out. Out of Ireland and free download with regular updates. For casual users. I have used it since 2003. No issues. Top rated Linux Distro.
Don't need anti virus either. Some Trolls will argue this.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
So you are living in Israel and involved with personal computers, eh? Send my regards to the kind folk at Zone Alarm, the trojan that poses as a free firewall!!
Those guys are at the very apex of my contempt, took me hours to track down and delete all the residual garbage left behind after the ruse uninstall routine left it's mess behind.
I had Zone Alarm installed on my Windows 7 personal laptop, a machine on which I am set up as administrator, and immediately after install I started noticing peculiar behavior,and after I became certain that it was in fact Zone Alarm as the cause of it, I performed a standard "uninstall".
But there were still directories and files left behind on my machine, so I attempted to delete them manually, and was informed that I "did not have sufficient authority" to delete those files. Get it? I am the Admin and still didn't have sufficient authority to delete the crud left behind.
After trying all the official tactics to change permissions and such...to no avail... I grew weary of the game and popped a knoppix CD into my machine and booted from that, and wrenched the little demons out by their roots.
Knoppix, the ULTIMATE A.V. program!!
Since moving to Jerusalem in 1996, I have lived mostly from Social Security, and this has meant using second-hand computers and those shared with others. On occasion, a repair job has invovled using in the past flooppy disks and today USB cards to transfer data from opering computers to those requiring repair, often done with the help of fellow students instead of an authoriized repair laboratory. A second probleml is that certain of the conflicts that existed between Catrholics and among various Protestant Christian groups in Europe long ago seem to be playing out here in the Middle East, and it is not only the Major Problem of Islamic Fanatacism, but one sees minor problems also. Even to the point where one receives threats if one does not continue in a specific educational and/or religious venue but prefers to study and pray elsewhere! Can you imagine GM building into its cars some self-destruction mechanism should an owner prefer to replacer something defective with a Ford product? GM would never do something but I can name some USA computer equipment manufacturers who have done and are doing just that. One even told me in a message point blank that to continue using their product I had to buy a brand new computer!
Now here are some viruses that some of these various people have managed to piggyback on all sprts of messages via the internet, and that good anti-virus programs may fail to detect.
1. Multiplication. Duplicating existing files to fill the hard disk until the computer becomes unusable. These can be in seperate hidden files or in the same file with a ddL? OR ddl# or exe? or exe#, doubling or tripling the size of the file, and also slowing the computer's operation. Inspect files and carefully delete files you know don't contribute to the operation of your computer.
2. Dissapearing and reappearing recycle bin. Insure the icon of the bin is always on your startup screen, and check that items sent to the recycle bin actually go there before deleting them from that bin.
3. Deleting programs. Check to insure that programs added are programs you wanted to add or that are essentail for the programs you wanted added. Use the date and time markers in DOS as an aid in identification. These are hidden programs, and so far their labeling has usually be in a color other than black, but who knows what the futue might be.
For those of you who buy new computers, stay updated with the manufacturer and softwear suppliers, are made to feel as part of their family, these problems don't exist. But for those in the same boat as I am, I hope this helps.
For more information, contact me at daveklepper@yahoo.com
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