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BleepingComputer.com -> Startup Programs Database is a good reference for auto started applications: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/archiv...the_save_x.html I filled in the email information required when I saw the petition in March and have only had one email from them even thought I was worried about being spammed from them.

All in all I have SP3 installed on my XP Home P4 2.4GHZ and Pro P4 2.8GHZ systems and it does seem a bit faster than before installing it.

I have never used Prevx but it is highly rated.

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HijackThis can produce a Startup list that includes the application name and hard drive location: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/to...ools/hijackthis Start HijackThis then go to Misc Tools section then go to Generate StartupList log. TrendMicro? HijackThis? Quick Start Guide: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/to.../hijackthis/qsg Do not play around with the Scan list entries as selecting some entries then asking to Fix checked could cause the system to not be able to boot up. The Spyware Hell - HijackThis Log Analysis area of this forum is used for HijackThis log analysis: http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showforum=12

It is a comprehensive tool to look at and manage the index.dat files stored on your system. Read about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index.dat CCleaner will clean the index.dat files at next reboot if you have the Delete Index.dat files option selected.

Changes: Added: Support for Windows XP Service Pack 3 Added: Support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 http://support.it-mate.co.uk/?mode=Product...=index.datsuite Discussion: http://forum.hosts-file.net/viewforum.php?...f18faa212c5c2c7

Any Sys Admin worth their salt probably would find out that the anonymizing software was running on your system pretty quickly.

Where is ThreatFire? I find that I can only wash my dishes once and they are clean no matter if I use Palmolive, Sunlight or a cheap generic dishwashing product. Chose one anti virus and don't open email attachments nor surf without the recommended Security applications installed. I chose avast! Free.

I have never done a Full scan as MBAM knows where the malware tends to get installed. This is on my slow XP Home system and it takes less than 5 minutes on my XP Pro system.

I sent the links to Steven Burn of hpHosts fame who uses Homer as his avatar: http://forum.hosts-file.net/viewtopic.php?...f5969eaa121cc89

Or some other not so legal substance

It seems to be quicker as well.

CSS Homer, animated: http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200805/css_homer_animated.html Bush CSS: http://www.romancortes.com/blog/bush-css

I think I"ll wait until May 13th which is "Patch Tuesday" 5:00PM EST my time and wait for the little yellow ! to appear in my Taskbar on my XP Home system.

Its looking better

Your img3.freeimagehosting.net pics aren't showing up for me

Thats for the unsupported Win2K I like the cute puppy. Killing Zip folders is like moving back to DOS command mode and having to find a Zip utility Why not just say Get Ubuntu and be done with Windows A good investment would be English language lessons and the excellent book: http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesTit...0764553224.html

Whenever I post something the post never completes so I have to terminate my browser session then re-open the forum to see that my post made it.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Its about at the bottom of the heap: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/filseclab.com http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-...roduct-list.php

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That's great.

Why not posts a HijackThis log in the log analysis area? http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showforum=12 Get HijackThis: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/to...ckthis/download