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Old May 30th, 2008
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Hi, gang...

Things are different now...
Used to be almost OK, but for now--- NEVER even try to D/L any program...
You've got at min a 95% probability (not chance) of getting a virus...
This does not apply only to the Gnutella Network... Torrents are maybe even worse right now !
Apps = Zaps !

For you, Mullet35...
Your description of your problems is not exactly voluminous, eh ???
But, it sounds a lot like a common problem caused by M$...
If you're running XP you probably need to do some updates...
That usually fixes at least the Adobe nonsense.
Not sure if the above comment applies to Darth Vista...

and...

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spyware doctor and spybot and they are picking up nothing
Well, NO surprise there !
PC-TOOLS Registry Mechanic is great... Spyware Doctor is not.
(I've been using PC-TOOLS apps since 1984.)
Spybot is useless. Yeah, I know... That comment will upset many people.
Tough. It's fact.

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I did have a trojan infect the system that trend micro picked up but could not remove because it was imbedded in a program written to cd and it warned it was very hard to remove trojans under these circumstances.
This is not actually true...

It is not very hard...

It is IMPOSSIBLE.

If one does not use REAL protection software than one has no grounds for complaint.
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