re: still unable to download files
Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 2:38 pm
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Posted by Pamela
(14 messages posted)
Steve, I am ready to do that. Really I am past ready. BUT, I CAN'T DOWNLOAD!
: )
I guess I'll go to another computer and download and then transfer and install.
That is doable? Do you think I will then be able to download files?
I hope so.
Also I can't get shockwave to load the jigsaw puzzle either. I guess I'm too dependent
on my computer. : )
I did all those things. Spybot found a few things so did AdAware but didn't look
like anything lethal and I got let them clean up. I then did a definition update
and ran the Norton scan. Then did the one button checkup again. Everything checks
out ok according to all of the above except for a missing file in Microsoft Photo
Suite which I rarely use. WinDoctor couldn't fix it.
I had my browser hijacked a couple months ago but the swell people here helped me
eliminate it. I had been able to download all I wanted until after those Explorer
errors which Norton seems to have fixed but obviously not to my satisfaction. I
am about ready to reinstall Windows and NOT update anything. I did that late last
year and was peachy until the hijack.
I am definitely going to try a new browser. I had always preferred Netscape but
quit using it when so many sites weren't compatible.
Thanks again
On Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 8:19 am, Steve wrote:
>It's unsafe to use IE anyway. Use another browser.
>I have been using Firefox for a couple weeks, and find
>it works good enough. Millions of computers this last
>month have downloaded trojans from infected web sites.
>I spent 4 hours last night disinfecting a friends computer.
>When done he could at least get on line without being
>redirected someplace, but I doubt we found all the spyware. I had to use all the
>well posted, tools. Updated
>versions of Spybot, Adaware, CWshreader, Ran DELINDEX from boot floppy, to delete
>all the hidden dat files. Deleted all the Cookies, and Temp internet files. Ran
>3 online virus scans, at Panda, Trend, BitDefender, had to visit some AV sites to
>get manual removal instructions
>for a couple trojans that Anti Virus software couldn't remove. When done I installed
>Firefox, and Spyblaster
>for the folks I was helping, to help prevent some future
>problems, but the internet is a crap shoot now.
>
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