06-11-2008
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Re: A Trojan called Exploit.HTML/Frame_Exploit.D My wife opened it for mw
"Bill Hileman" <discgolfdad@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "SCSIraidGURU" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>> I would not implement OneCare on my corporate network or my home network
>> until it was proven to work. I would add a proper anti-virus solution
>> to protect you from harm. It is too new to trust. I am sure Microsoft
>> is working on Trojan detection and removal. This is very tricky to
>> program and accomplish. Anti-virus Trojan Horse detection and removal
>> either works or fails. No such thing as partial works with viruses and
>> Trojan Horses.
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>> I would get another product that does work against Trojan Horses
>> properly.
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> Well, Mr. Guru, if you find one, let us know. I've been in IT for 28
> years now, and have dealt with just about every anti-virus and
> anti-spyware scenario you can think of. Then one day, in order to
> "un-freeze" a cordless mouse, I accidentally clicked on some web banner,
> and unleashed a tirade on my laptop. Absolutely nothing would remove it,
> the worst trojan I'd ever encountered. Windows Live OneCare fixed it flat
> and it's never come back. Since then, I again somehow got another bogus
> trojan on my desktop. I installed WLOC and it's gone.
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> BTW, Stephen, I got my CD from Amazon today. While I consider myself to
> be fairly intelligent, I about had a fit trying to figure out how to open
> the package. In fact, I destroyed the packaging before finally realizing
> that it's a "tilt-out" type package... Sheesh, they need to put some
> opening instructions on that danged thing. It was also a little
> frustrating that I had to uninstall and reinstall. I have three laptops
> with one registration already, so I wasn't sure how exactly it was going
> to unlock this new package for my desktop, but I finally got it all done.
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