-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Secunia

HI Gman,

Is the update for secunia called psi.exe?  I am not sure if I am downloading 
the correct update.

thanks,

christy
I updated winzip and Quick time.  It is requesting I update yahoo messenger 
also.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 7:22 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Secunia


>I updated Quick Time and then decided to update Win Zip even though I don't
> use it rather than uninstall.  It went o.k. and I now have another
> "evaluation trial" for WinZip.  Maybe I should have just uninstalled but
> this should fix any risk factor.  I am at 98% secure.
> Now the last one I need to deal with is Open Office.  I purchased a disk 
> to
> install Open Office quite a while ago because downloading it with dialup
> seemed unrealistic.  I don't use Open Office as I have so many card 
> programs
> that I use instead.  It was just fun to see what Open Office had to offer
> (and it is a neat alternative to Microsoft Office)  I am trying to decide 
> if
> I want to try updating Open Office as it may still take quite a while or
> just to uninstall it?  Any advise from anyone out there???
> Sandi
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 11:44 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Secunia
>
>
>> Sandi,
>>    I've never had the need to uninstall WinZip, so this is a new warning
>> message to me.  It's just a poorly worded warning that you'll lose ACCESS
>> to
>> your Zip files if you uninstall the program that's associated with them.
>> Of
>> course, that's not true if you have another compression program that 
>> works
>> with Zip files.
>>
>> Peace,
>> Gman
>>
>> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 11:57 AM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Secunia
>>
>>
>>>I just got around to downloading and installing Secunia and created a
>>> profile.  I see I have an e-mail requesting I verify.  I also requested 
>>> a
>>> Profile Recovery!  Oops. Did not know what it was and still don't so I
>>> need
>>> to visit "help".
>>> I came up with a score of 94.  One of the risk factors was Win-Zip and I
>>> decided to uninstall it since I now have I-Zarc.  Well, it warned me I
>>> would
>>> also lose all my WinZip files so I backed off of doing that.  I presume
>>> it
>>> would delete or uninstall everything I had done with WinZip before I got
>>> I-Zarc??  That was my interpretation anyway.
>>> Sandi
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