Dear Clint and Hugh, Deny. Sounds like reasonable advice. Of course, these AV programs were just doing their jobs when they warned me about the change. If I keep clicking on Deny whenever I am in the dark [story of my life :-) ] then I'm not allowing the programs to give me the protection that they were designed for. David Grossman > > > If only it were that simple, Hugh. > > How many times have you received a warning message from an > antivirus > program, such as "there has been an attempted change of XXXXX > in your > Registry - accept or deny?" > > Sometimes I know what to do. More often that not I'm stumped > when I get that > message. > > So, when you write "there's not much to worry about if you pay > attention" > then I DO begin to worry. It means that I have to monitor the > AV program > that's monitoring my computer, and that I have to make > decisions that are > beyond my capabilities! > > David Grossman > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1805 - Release Date: 11/22/2008 10:34 AM ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-