-=PCTechTalk=- Re: spyware software?

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Don

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:41 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: spyware software?


> Can someone send me the post on booting in safe mode and scanning as I 
> missed that (deleted) and would like to read it.
> 
> Thanks,
> christy
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <dktrfaustus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:19 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: spyware software?
> 
> 
>> milady and Don wrote:
>>> Good explanation...thanks. I needed that. Never heard any such before.
>>> Have to change the way I do things... ML
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for that explanation.  I read "scan" as to mean scan as in
>>> preventive measures rather than scan as in finding infections.  I
>>> concur that virtually all scans for clean up reasons must be done in
>>> Safe mode.
>>> Don
>>
>>
>> I'm glad I made some sort of sense in the end...  :)
>> There's always a danger of clouding the issue when you post at such
>> length.
>>
>> ML - yes, it can be quite a shock to the system when you discover the
>> time you've been wasting [hunting for malware outside of Safe mode].
>> I imagine a lot of people here, even if they don't do it as part of
>> their work, like to help out friends and relatives by scanning their
>> computers, and I wouldn't like them to waste months of their life, as
>> I did at first, scanning to no avail. That's why I'm so emphatic
>> about imparting this little tidbit.
>> [I have to say, I miss Guitar Man's contributions on subjects like
>> this - he was very knowledgable on virii, and always had a healthy
>> urge to write about his "collection"; those who feel like a trip down
>> memory lane should check out the YahooGroups message archive. <g>]
>>
>> Don - thanks for concurring, and yes, reading back, I can see how
>> that confusion in my wording could occur - my bad.
>>
>>
>> Faustus
>>
>>
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