-=PCTechTalk=- Re: installing spybot S&D
- From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:07:07 -0500
Like I said... I never actually encountered it myself where it would ask
about adding the BHO. But, if it installed it without asking me, I wouldn't
know, as I never checked up on it. On the other hand, if somehow you got
yourself a corrupt or spyware-infected copy, I guess that could likewise be
a possibility. But, I think you probably downloaded it from the official
site.
But, yes... some BHOs are innocent. All they are are Browser Helper Objects,
and programs use them to basically have the browser interact with the
software. The Acrobat program (actually, it might not be the read, it may be
the full Acrobat version) I think uses it so you can convert an HTML file
from the web to a PDF file. Puts a button on your browser, you click it, and
it converts the web page into an HTML file.
---Troth
-----Original Message-----
From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of cristy
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:59 AM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: installing spybot S&D
I would think if it was "normal" for spybot to add that, then others on here
would have seen it come up. I always read those BHO's were bad, so avoided
adding them but I guess some are good. When I did not add it, it froze up
everything with an error (x). For now I just decided not to install the
program on my uncles' computer even though it is working fine on mine. He
just had his computer totally cleaned out by a shop to start from scratch, I
am being very careful in putting programs on there now.
cristy
----- Original Message -----
From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:42 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: installing spybot S&D
>A BHO isn't necessarily bad. Several legit programs add one to your
>browser,
> including Adobe Acrobat. Spybot might add a BHO when you use the immunize
> features, as that may be how it prevents certain malicious scripts from
> getting through. Never actually investigated that, to be honest with you.
> I
> just install, scan, and immunize. I myself have never had the sort of
> problem you're describing. The most I've had in terms of problems with
> Spybot has been that it just would not update, no matter what I did.
>
> ---Troth
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of cristy
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:36 AM
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: installing spybot S&D
>
> Has anyone experiences when trying to install spybot S&D, it adding a BHO
> to
>
> your computer and asking you if you want to remove it? Then getting froze
> up with an x.
>
> cristy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:39 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: reformating hard drive.
>
>
>> These steps should minimize the risk of infecting a newly formatted drive
>> while reinstalling programs and restoring data.
>>
>> Back up the list of items below.
>> FDISK and Format your hard drive
>> Install your OS
>> Install your virus and security programs and configure them to monitor
>> downloads and installations
>> Run Windows Update
>> Update your virus and security software
>> Install all your programs from the original disk
>> Scan your back up disk(s) with your virus and security software.
>>
>> Copy your backed up data to the hard drive.
>>
>> This list of stuff to back up is probably/hopefully complete for most
>> home
>> users... YMMV
>>
>> 1. All folders and sub-folders in your Outlook/Outlook Express message
>> store
>> folder.
>> 2. Outlook/Outlook Express address book files.
>> 3. Internet Explorer Favorites folder
>> 4. My Documents folder and all sub-folders
>> 5. Data folders for programs that don't use the My Documents folder.
>> (such
>> as a password manager).
>> 6. Files, links and shortcuts on your desktop that you put there.
>>
>>
>> Don
>>
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <sandy1943@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:08 AM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- reformating hard drive.
>>
>>
>>>I want to reformat my hard drive to get rid of all my problems... so now
>>> what's a good back up program or should I just use Windows XP? Major
>>> problems with Outlook and outlook express as well! And if I do a back
>>> up,
>>> and then reinstall.......... am I going to create the same problem?
>>> What
>>> exactly do I back up, just the word files etc or the program themselves
>>> or............ any and all advise is welcome and appreciated!
>>>
>>>
>>> SandyLea
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