re: winsysmngr
Friday, September 10, 2004 at 11:10 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Debra
(39 messages posted)
Thanks Carol,
I don't know where the winsysmnger came from, but after I deleted the things that
you told me to delete from Hijack this, it was gone. I will certainly look into
the other browsers, and the spyware things that you mentioned. Thank you again for
all your help.
DEB
On Thursday, September 9, 2004 at 10:15 pm, Carol J wrote:
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>Good job, Debra. I'm quite surprised that this log is from the same system. It's
>clean, nothing left to fix! I must have been mistaken about the CWS variant that
>showed in the log. hmmm.....You got rid of a lot more than winsysmngr, whatever
that was. I didn't see anything
>about it in the log. Now to keep it from happening again. Happy computing. :)For
prevention/protection only; these aren't cleaners: SpywareBlaster will help
>prevent further malware infections. It doesn't need to be running so uses no resources.
>You can read more about it. Be sure to check for and download updates after installing
>it. Then enable protection. SpywareGuard can be used, in addition, for real time
>protection. Check for updates often:
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>JavaCoolSoftware.com Consider using an alternative browser as your
main browser. FireFox or Opera are
>couple good choices. IE has too many security issues. Most of the malware infections
>come through IE, and rarely is there a browser hijacking when using another browser.
>For other tips and suggestions:
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>How did I get infected in the first place?
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- re: winsysmngr (Ms. Eagle: Thursday, September 9, 2004 at 10:15 pm)
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