[ham] RE: [Rhodes22-list] Dummy with computer needs help--badly

[Michael Meltzer]

funny thing, he delisted minutes after the post.

MJM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Cc: "'piratesam'" <piratesam at tds.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 5:42 PM
Subject: [ham] RE: [Rhodes22-list] Dummy with computer needs help--badly


> Hey Piratesam,
> Who are you?  Have not seen you on this list lately.  
> 
> Ed K
>                                       
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of piratesam
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:18 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Dummy with computer needs help--badly
> 
> The easiest thing to do is to simply disconnect the phone line from your
> modem when not in use on the internet - then nothing will come of go.
> Then
> find out what is wrong .good luck
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Todd Tavares" <sprocket80 at mail.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 1:39 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Dummy with computer needs help--badly
> 
> 
> > HELP MJM, Mark, Will, Steve, Rik, or any of you smart computer guys,
> HELP!
> >
> >    I am ready to trash my computer and start over and do not want this
> particular problem to reoccur with a new computer.
> >
> > I have been having problems with my computer for about a month now.  I
> use
> win98SE and have slow dial-up service.
> >
> >    About a month ago I started getting pop-up ads trying to connect to
> the
> internet, even when I was sitting down watching TV and not near the
> computer.  I had no idea where they were coming from. Deleting the
> history,
> cookies, changing my security settings didn't stop them.  I brought the
> task
> window and viewed the properties for the files running, but when I did a
> search in the directies named...these files did not exist...not hidden,
> archive..nothing.
> >
> >    I have a Norton 2000 maintenance software package (Norton Works
> 2000?)
> that monitors, cleans, defrags etc.  Half or more of the Norton items
> wouldn't run.
> >
> >    I deleted all unfamiliar downloaded programs and items.....still
> the
> pop-ups came.   They only stopped after I went through windows explorer
> and
> deleted or uninstalled unfamiliar files/directories.
> >
> >    I thought I was a genius until I opened my telephone bill and today
> found a $398.00 internet charge.  It seems that I had picked some sort
> of
> downloaded software that dialed up and connected to the internet at 2:00
> AM
> while I was sleeping and went to a pay site somewhere in the Camoros
> Islands
> off the coast of West Africa.  I know it wasn't wifey or the kids.
> >
> >    This charge was an add on from ATT.  I do not use ATT.  ATT CSR
> said
> this is happening with increasing frequency, but refused to remove the
> charges from my bill.
> >
> >    So my questions are  (yes there is a question in here somewhere)
> what
> can I do to stop this from happening again?  How can I be sure this
> software
> is not still in my computer hiding? Is there software that I can buy to
> prevent this?  Can my McAfee Virus or Norton firewall software be
> configured
> to catch it?   Short of trashing the computer and getting a
> non-telephone
> internet service...what should I do.
> >
> >     And a second subject,  my windows defrag keeps restarting because
> a
> file is trying to write to disk.  How can I stop this?  Are these two
> problems related? (hopefully this is an easy fix)
> >
> >
> > Todd
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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