698 on a Win98 machine that two teenagers had used to download music.

Joe Wood

Larry W4CSC wrote:

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 06:43:32 GMT, Jim
wrote:


Click on 'start', then 'run' and then type 'msconfig' and hit enter.
In the box that comes up, choose the 'startup' tab at the far right.
Oh, before I go further, unless you're comfortable with what is in the
other tabs, DON'T EVEN THINK about changing aything in them. :^)


I'd like to double this statement from Jim. If you don't know EXACTLY
what anything on the list does, DON'T DELETE it! You could trash the
O/S and it's I/O functions good.

I assume this thing has also been on the internet at some point. If
so, put it back on the net and download AdAware 6 from www.lavasoft.de
for free. Install and run it. The record is 112 spywares
simultaneously running hidden in background on a friend's computer,
here. There was so much spyware running it slowed down his 2Ghz
system and hogged LOTS of memory. When it was OFFLINE, the spyware
stored his keystroking in memory and he was running out of space.
AdAware will reliably uninstall and delete all this nonsense, which
made his computer a real powerhouse!

If you are someone who is operating system savvy, I also recommend
Spybot Advanced, which is free. Be informed it will find EVERYTHING
that has your personal stuff stored in it. DO NOT DELETE EVERYTHING
IT FINDS OR THE COMPUTER WON'T RUN! Spybot should not be run by the
average appliance operator for this reason. Spybot comes from:
http://security.kolla.de/

Larry


Larry W4CSC

No, no, Scotty! I said, "Beam me a wrench.", not a WENCH!
Kirk Out.....