Re: Some history for newbies!
Re: Some history for newbies!
You are a stark raving mad lunatic!!!
"~BD~" <BoaterDave@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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: "Hubert Rétif" <retifhubert@remove.this.intergga.ch> wrote in message
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: >> Are you implying/suggesting that by visiting the newsgroups to
investigate unusal events occuring
: >> on their computers, folk end up with even worse malware on their
machines?
: > At least, when I look to the discussion, I feel no more secure to click
on that link or another
: > one. It seems to be general when discussion is about virus, not only in
this group. Although, I
: > thought first that it would be something else by Microsoft.
: >
: >
:
: Thank you for your reply, Hubert.
:
: I strongly suspect that the majority of folk who come to these groups do
so when they have a major
: disaster with their computer. In consequence they will, I'm sure, be
focused simply on their own
: immediate problem and rarely do as I have done - stay and watch for the
long term!
:
: You may possibly have noted that some here do not like my views! <wink>
:
: Methinks it may be that they have something to hide - but who really
knows?
:
: It was for this reason that I initiated the thread you will find here in
full:-
:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mi...df3d1e14b?hl=en&q=The+newbies+dilemma&lnk=ol&
:
: It starts off like this:-
: How can anyone visiting here for the first time have *any* idea that they
: will receive good ........ or bad .......... advice?
:
:
: I thought at first that the TechNet Communities must be monitored by
: Microsoft staff and therefore be relatively safe. I'm still not sure about
: that. Having come here (for ease of use, on someone's advice) it appears
: that *no* such protection applies and that it really is a 'free-for-all'
and
: is, quite likely, a dangerous place to visit.
:
:
: This may not have always been so - and I do wish to stress that I HAVE
: received some excellent and helpful advice, much of which has enabled me
to
: help myself more and better understand my PC and its' software. I have
also
: learnt a great deal about 'malware' and how to deal with it.
:
:
: PCButts1 - some while ago now - explained to me how effective it is to run
: HiJackThis and then copy and paste a specific entry directly into Google.
: Here's an example - O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher]
: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
:
:
: Try it for yourself. I got 66,800 responses which can be reviewed at
: leisure. <g>
:
:
: What I have NOT found is other people who are trying to find out who
: *perpetrates* the 'malware' in the first place - no-one seems to care. I
do!
:
:
: So, in spite of comments like that of 'Fitz' elsewhere on this group, and
also having been
: 'warned-off'' having contact with PCButts1 by Kerry Brown and David H
: Lipman, I'm grateful for PCB's help. Perhaps he's one of the good guys
after
: all, but only experience here will tell. I'm glad I'm not a newbie any
more!
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: BD
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