-=PCTechTalk=- Re: spyware software?

  • From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:34:00 -0400

Thank you Don.

Christy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 4:41 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: spyware software?


> You can find the entire thread (#94) here...
> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/06-2005/threads.html
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> If that is broken, try http://tinyurl.com/7lly2
> 
> 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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