-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Conficker

I absolutely LOVE it when that light comes on above my own head, so I'm 
really happy to hear that you just experienced an "A-HA!" of your own. 
:)


Understanding all of these technical terms and how everything fits together 
really is just a matter of making enough of these types of 'connections' 
(DBX file means folder in OE, etc.).  Any of us who may appear smarter or 
more intelligent than others simply have had the opportunity to mentally 
recognize more of these connections and can see the whole collection of 
parts and data as more of a single unit than others.  It doesn't make us ANY 
smarter or better than anyone else, just further along in our individual 
understanding of how it all works together.

I can say without ANY hesitation that I'm really, really far from knowing 
everything there is to know about these infernal contraptions.  Sure, there 
are plenty of things that I can answer right off the top of my head, but the 
majority of the questions I reply to require me to look up at least one 
(usually more) aspect of the answer before I even think about bringing up a 
Reply window.

Two things have become obvious to me as a result of my willingness to help 
others with computers.  First, I've found that doing this has made me about 
as close as one can get to being a professional search user.  I've learned 
how to word and reword the search terms I use to get me to the answers I 
seek.  I've also learned some words I should avoid to keep the search terms 
from bringing up lots of unrelated sites that won't help me get to the 
bottom of an issue.  It's taught me a lot about how to use things like 
"quotations" and plus & minus signs within Google searches to force the 
inclusion or removal of results that have certain words or terms in them in 
order to better target my searches, too.

Secondly, I have discovered that answering questions for others requires me 
to have a pretty good idea of what I'm talking about before I start typing. 
As a direct result, I believe I'm learning more than many of you folks as 
time passes.  Of course, I'll go look the same thing up again the next time 
a repeat subject is raised.  That's partly because things may have changed 
since my last search on an issue (new OS = different directions, etc.), but 
it's also because none of us have the brain capacity to remember everything. 
As long as I can remember how to get the most use out of a good search 
engine, I can find out almost anything I choose to learn.       :)

Peace,
Gman

http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glo" <redowl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 5:20 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Conficker


> What I specifically did was start>search>all files & folders.  The words I
> searched individually are:Conficker, Downadup, Kido, and Waledac.  I read
> something with all these aliases (aliai?) and searched them. All the
> "confickers" were IE files with the blue e Icon except one.  I thought 
> those
> were maybe temp files, but the exception was named conficker.dbx.  I just
> read my initial post and it was not stated clearly enough for an innocent
> byspector to understand.  Sorry 'bout that :o) What I really want to know 
> is
> how come that virus word was a dbx and it your reply just penetrated after
> about 20 minutes, DUH.  (lights come on) It's a dbx because it's a 
> subfolder
> in OE under pctt.  Thanks! ~Glo 

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