[Rhodes22-list] Whala? Mr. Kroposki

[Bill Effros]

Mr. Kroposki,

I am both surprised and disappointed by your use of this alternate 
spelling for a French word. 

Mr. Effros

ed kroposki wrote:

>Herb and Marc:
>	I am not a programmer but a user.  Last Tuesday or Wednesday, my
>computers received a Microsoft update.  It was not to windows, most likely
>it was to the Beta Spy ware, which I have been using since it first came
>out.  
>	Since my wife teaches on line, I have to run all he security I can.
>I use Norton Works as my base.  Up until less than two years ago, I used
>MacAfee.  However, during a barrage of viruses, worms, et. al., I had some
>problems.  I tried to contact MacAfee and there was no way they were going
>to respond to a user.  I had previous experience with Norton so I cleaned
>out MacAfee and went to Norton.  Norton has done its job.  I can first
>report that Norton will respond to a user and that they trouble shot their
>areas of concern proving that it was not their product.  
>	A secure site troubleshot the problem from their side, including
>tracing.  They were not the problem.  The cable company, Charter, trouble
>shot their network with negative results. Therefore, the problem had to be
>my equipment.  I use two different computers configured somewhat differently
>with certain programs on one but not the other.  A quick comparison showed
>three common programs, two of which probably did not have anything to do
>with security on 128-bit sites.  
>	I removed Microsoft Spy ware from one, and whala.  I had tried
>disabling the agents but that had no effect.  I ran registry cleaning and
>file cleaning programs.  Now both computers are working just like last
>Tuesday.  The only change was getting rid of the MS Spy ware.  The
>technicians on the other side were surprised also.  Apparently, it was
>acting like a firewall on sites where information is going back and forth.  
>	Again, I did not see a recent upgrade to IE, but there may have
>been.  However, I believe there has been a recent upgrade in MS Spy ware.
>In fact, they are saying a new version is coming out.  As to which sites had
>problems, none of the regular type-sites without the lock.  Only, but not
>all of the sites with the security lock on the screen.  When I told Norton
>what I found, they said they had not heard of this problem, only firewall
>problems.  They took all the particulars.  I was talking to an upper level
>program troubleshooter.
>	After it all was straightened out, it was my opinion that it was
>typical MS type behavior.  I do not intend to relate this to MS, but if
>somebody is in contact with them, I have no objection of them knowing.  
>	Unfortunately, my wife needs windows to mesh with the teaching
>computers at this time.  They use Outlook Express with special folders and
>newsgroups transferring files and data back and forth.
>
>Ed K
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