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re: still unable to download files Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 8:08 am Posted by joe (7018 messages posted) what, may i ask, is your homepage? On Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 7:44 am, Pamela wrote: >I am already sick to death of IE6. Even after setting the security settings to medium >and then low it will not even allow my home page to completely load according to >some privacy report icon. Even though I designated always allow at this site it >blocks it from completely loading so the globe icon just keeps churning. >I have looked and checked every box I can find in Internet settings and still no >luck. > >Anyone? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: still unable to download files Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 8:19 am Posted by Steve (19681 messages posted) 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. On Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 7:44 am, Pamela wrote: >I am already sick to death of IE6. Even after setting the security settings to medium >and then low it will not even allow my home page to completely load according to >some privacy report icon. Even though I designated always allow at this site it >blocks it from completely loading so the globe icon just keeps churning. >I have looked and checked every box I can find in Internet settings and still no >luck. > >Anyone? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: still unable to download files Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 8:22 am Posted by Pamela (14 messages posted) http://www.coasttocoastam.com/ On Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 8:08 am, joe wrote: >what, may i ask, is your homepage? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: still unable to download files Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 8:30 am Posted by joe (7018 messages posted) have you ran a spyware scan latley? is that the only thing wrong that you can tell? try walking through this list if you haven't, it MAY be spyware or trojan that is messing up your ie, personally, i would look to downloading mozilla and staying away from ie all together, there is a link to it on annoyances home page, but try this as well, good luck, and oh yeah, don't post a hijack this log until permission is granted, because there could be an easier way to resolve this...;) http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/1089164666 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: still unable to download files Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 2:38 pm 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. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: still unable to download files Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 3:13 pm Posted by Steve (19681 messages posted) Try the Browser Firefox.92, some web sites will only work with IE, so you need to have it around for use from time to time. If more people start using other browsers web sites will work on getting compatable. The computer I worked on last night couldn't even get to any web site other then the one the malware would direct it to, so I went over with a CDR with some of the spyware romoval tools on it. If you don't have the lastest version of Spybot Search and Destroy 1.3, and Adaware 6, and CWshreader 1.59. Get them. Also before you start delete all the temp internet files, I went a step further and booted to a boot floppy and used DELINDEX command to delete other hidden dat files, that seemed to help. Google will help you with info on that if you want to look it up. After that I was able to get on line so did the online virus scans, and they found stuff the computers AV scanner missed. Some of the trojans had to be manually removed by simple to follow instructions again obtained from Google searches. At last ran a Hijack this log, and I told them to post the log at one of the forums like spywareinfo.com. At this point it was past everyones bedtime, and I'm not great at deciphering the logs anyway. Once you have the computer cleaned up download some of the preventive software like Spywareblaster. Using Firefox or another browser will also help, because IE Holes are now being exploited in a very destructive way, and Microsoft seems unable to patch IE. MS came out last week with a patch for a bad IE hole, and about 4 days later it was discovered the patch really didn't work well. So I have lost faith that even the patches to IE are going to really help. On Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 2:38 pm, Pamela wrote: >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 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: still unable to download files Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 5:44 pm Posted by Donna R (437 messages posted) it seems to me a clean install would be a good thing, if you can save your data first onto cd's or another computer. and saving now wold be wise in case things get worse! or if your hard drive is partitioned you can move files there. did you try clicking default for your settings in ie? that's where mine are. you can download firefox www.mozilla.org on another computer and burn it to a cd and see what happens. or if you have one, a usb memory card or flash drive is great to use. here's what I do--I have Norton ghost so when my computer is set up to please me I ghost c:, the operating partition, to another partion on my drive. then burn it to a bootable cd. if you have Norton ghost all you need is the ghost.exe file from the cd, you don't have to install it. put it on a floppy to run in dos after booting with a winme 98 boot disk, or a bootable cd. there may be a free ghost program on the net, too. and personally other than that I'd get rid of Norton. I've used avg free for years, it doesn't bog down the computer, has got the very few viruses or email worms that have happened by way. and spywareblaster keeps other critters off. post if you need more info about ghosting or anything. and let us know what happens. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: still unable to download files Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 5:56 pm Posted by Donna R (437 messages posted) did you try setting your homepage for "blank". then go to the page from a bookmark or by coping in the url. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum