19 Sep 10
Originally posted by PenguinI only went to a couple of sites to find doubleclick. The first list I mentioned are probably about the same level of threat but they still add crap to your computer that builds up over time, requiring you to at least kill the cookies, which can add up to many megabytes if you aren't diligent. It's a double edged sword to stop cookies, on the one hand, you lose autologin for sites you want and stop the other sites from acting on your data. Don't forget, these cookie companies make money on tracking your movements on the web. So why don't we at least get a cut?
[b]Got rid of those and then ran just CNN, went to one report, backed out and retested, this time found just one Adware: Doubleclick.
I did not think that doubleclick actually downloaded malware and indeed, Looking at Wikipedia's page on DoubleClick (obviously this should be confirmed through more trustworthy sources), it just uses cookies to track pe ...[text shortened]... rce will help but is not guaranteed to keep you safe.
- Educate yourself
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I never knowingly go to porn sites, for instance, because if I really want porn, those creeps just make you THINK you are getting real porn, but in fact chances are very good your comp will just be turned into a zombie spewing out thousands of copies of the same sickware. If I want porn, I go to a porn shop🙂
The only thing I did wrong lately was to link to a facebook email link "Hi, I'm Donnie, and I want to be your friend" turned out to be the koobface trojan which loaded a fake Microsoft security essentials window that revealed itself in the way it would not let you X it out or any of the civilized things sites like the real MS lets you do. I had to take that HD out and put another in as primary and use AV's on it with windows coming from the now new primary (I had a backup drive for just such kind of emergencies) and it took a lot of runs even at that to kill the fukker.
There was a weird problem with the backup drive though. I had on the advice of someone from the general forum, some network guru, Crowley?, anyway, he said to download 'hashcheck' to check out software checksum numbers and such. So I think I did it wrong, downloaded the program but also the source code had a download which I also hit. Not sure if that was what caused the subsequent problem but the dam hashcheck prgm shortcut icon started reproducing itself on the desktop. I tried to delete the shortcuts, but when I got down to a certain level, a window popped up that said 'copy desktop to desktop', which I for sure never started and then I am back in the same boat. It wasn't till I loaded 'the ultimate boot CD' which had its own minimal OS that allowed me access to the HD and go to the desktop folder, I found there were actually over 4000 copies in there! I hit select all, deleted the whole bunch in one go! I was worried I would lose all my desktop icons but I restarted the HD under its own steam and that problem was gone and I only lost a couple of icons, which were easy enough to get back.
One other thing about that problem, it was not only hashcheck shortcuts reproducing one another but started including outlook express, word, firefox and a couple others. Very bizarre to say the least. So the conclusion was there was something inherent in the icons that led to that copy crap, because when I killed all the icons at once, the problem went away so I knew it wasn't something like a virus hiding out in the registry or temp file or some such rot!
So now I am trying to figure out how to get the HD to work again, not the backup which I have on the system now, I use Casper 5.0 to clone the HD's. The problem is there are some emails I need to copy to the backup HD I am using now so I can re-clone all that stuff to the HD. Do you know how to get the email stuff from one HD to another?
20 Sep 10
Originally posted by sonhouseCookies are harmless to your computer. They take up a very tiny amount of space.
I only went to a couple of sites to find doubleclick. The first list I mentioned are probably about the same level of threat but they still add crap to your computer that builds up over time, requiring you to at least kill the cookies, which can add up to many megabytes if you aren't diligent. It's a double edged sword to stop cookies, on the one hand, you ...[text shortened]... anies make money on tracking your movements on the web. So why don't we at least get a cut?
The only concern you might have is that some of them invade your privacy by keeping track of which sites you visit and then target the adds specifically to your browsing habits. Though why you would not want targeted adds I am not sure.
They should mostly be anonymous in that although they know what site you visited, that is not connected to your personal data in any way.
Worrying about cookies is a waste of time and will cost you far more than the little bit of space they use up on your PC. Tell your antivirus to ignore them. The only reason your antivirus reports them is it allows the antivirus to pretend it is doing something useful.
Do you know how to get the email stuff from one HD to another?
What email program do you use?
22 Sep 10
Originally posted by twhiteheadOutlook express 6. It turns out to be very easy in 5 and 6. Just a one or two step process now, as opposed to earlier versions where you had to download individual folders and such. They finally fixed an embarrassing problem for MS.
Cookies are harmless to your computer. They take up a very tiny amount of space.
The only concern you might have is that some of them invade your privacy by keeping track of which sites you visit and then target the adds specifically to your browsing habits. Though why you would not want targeted adds I am not sure.
They should mostly be anonymous in th ...[text shortened]... you know how to get the email stuff from one HD to another?
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Do you know of any program or site that can verify if stuff is missing from XP? I just had a bout of problems with a couple of different AV's, Spybot and superantispyware. I got a message saying I was missing "Framedyn.dll' and forget about ME loading🙂
I thought at first it was a spybot problem, sent an email to their support team, they sent back a link to MS addressing the exact message I got. There was also a remedy, a l download that re-inserts that dll into XP.
So having found that one definite XP problem, is there a way to verify that everything is present where it is supposed to be, XP registry entries correct, etc.? The reason I am a bit concerned is the HDD I am using right now is my backup, the one I had been using contracted a nasty trojan, which I finally killed and I had some work to do on the original (the one in place now as master) to make it worthy of being a backup drive again, I am just about ready to do the Casper 5 clone thing and get the backup drive where it belongs, on the shelf!
But having run into this missing dll thing, I want to be assured XP is all there. So anything out there that does a check on windows to make sure nothing is missing?
22 Sep 10
Originally posted by sonhouseAre you saying you have successfully transfered the email?
Outlook express 6. It turns out to be very easy in 5 and 6. Just a one or two step process now, as opposed to earlier versions where you had to download individual folders and such. They finally fixed an embarrassing problem for MS.
I use Gmail, so all my mail sits on Google's servers so I don't have problems with loosing mail on hard disks. It does mean that if Gmail ever fails ......
Do you know of any program or site that can verify if stuff is missing from XP?
No I don't. It would be next to impossible to do it perfectly as every installation is different.
Microsoft does have a utility to check the basic system files but I don't know how good it is. Just go to a command prompt and run SFC /scannow