Hi, I have Windows 7 and Microsoft Live Mail. I am trying to download news
group from my server, but after a few seconds it stops and a message comes
saying that a Fire wall or antivirus program is preventing the download. My
firewall is the one in Windows 7, and I  turn it Off, ...

Excuse the cross post, however, Windows 9X [being left out of the
updating process] is just as vulnerable, if not more, than using
outdated applications in other OSs.
A basic explanation is found here:

How do I get my computer to save my network security password?I have wireless
internet.Everytime I turn my computer on I have to enter my password so I can
go online.I would like to turn on computer and be able to go online without
entering my password everytime.PLZ HELP! THX

Not exactly a new vulnerability, yet should be noted and dealt with.
Yet another exploit being used in the wild affecting iepeers.dll and
its object handling/re-usage.
http://secunia.com/advisories/38860

Hi, MSE has reported a virus, and ask me if I wanted to remove it. I told it
to remote it, then it asked me to restart the computer. But after restart, it
reports the same virus again. Do you know how can I jump out of this loop?

We have the ability to stop all pop-ups, but it seems now that you can't do
anything on a site
without temporarily allowing pop-ups?  Why ?
I have to temporarily allow so many that I think I should turn it off and

I've had my Xp (sp3) firewall turned off for the longest time.
I decided to take another look at it and see if I could figure it out.
The last time I looked, I didn't understand it all, so I just ignored it.
(Instead relying on the routers firewall)

I have just purchased an ASUS eeePC 1002HA running XP Home Edition and want
to add it to my home network. From the other computer on the network I can
ping the new device. However, when I attempt to access the shared files I am
prompted for a login password. Trouble is, I did not ...

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I'm wondering what the best/easiest way is of blocking videos streamed from
the internet (this is for my home network). I know that if I know the
appropriate port that is being used by the player then I should be able to
block those. So what is the best approach to blocking ...

I can't run the Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool on my Vista machine.
I go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/using/tools/igd/default.mspx and
check the box "I have read and ACCEPT the terms of the License Agreement" but
the "Start Test" button on the next page is greyed out ...

I am connecting to a Windows 7 machine that has VPN setup as an incoming
connection. From outside the office I am using Windows XP Pro with SP3 to
connect to the Windows 7 machine via VPN. I can browse folders I have shared
on the Windows 7 machine as long as I have the firewall ...

Although I run only one IE, with only one window open, task manager
shows 2 instances of iexplore.exe running. Does anyone know why?
Anything to worry about?

I need some clarification on enabling DEP on XP SP2 with IE 6 SP2. I have
read that DEP can be enabled in IE 6 SP2 by opening Internet
Explorer\Tools\Internet Options and then Advanced. Then click Enable memory
protection. Enable memory protection is not listed as an option.

I have a program that relies on the file linking of the PDF, and the
same program downloads files that had been updated.
Recently I have updated IE to 8, and my program stop working.
1st. The downloads doesn't work anymore.

I ran into this again twice in one day, on 2 different PCs, when browsing
different web site. First time was winXP, now it's vista.
I was browsing a web site (gizmag.com). Suddenly the browser disappeared and
a dialog pop up:

Many problems with performance and safety of your computer can be solved
easily with an updated antivirus and recognized. Antivirus Free Download
Microsoft best practices in:
http://yourantivirusfreedownloadonthissite.blogspot.com/

I'm using Vista with IE8. I regularly use Outlook Web Access to check my
office emails. When I try to download attachments, e.g. an Excel XLSX file,
it always saves as a ZIP file. This didn't happen with IE7 and it doesn't
happen using Google Chrome, only with IE8.

I have Windows XP SP3 and for security I have used for several years AVG
Antivirus free edition, AdAware and Spybot, all always up to date and have
not had any problems.
I recently discovered Microsoft Security Essentials and I am considering if

Kapersky finds 10 infected files in the HP Recovery Wizard. How can I
disinfect them?
Thanks,
Oreally

If you folks keep bitching and fighting instead of fighting malware I'm going
to go away.  I am trying to contribute useful information from my work in the
field, but I'll be damned if I'm going to continue here if 3/4 of the stuff is
people bitching at each other over perceived ...

I have an interesting dilemma maybe someone can figure out.  I removed malware
from a customer's XP Professional SP3 computer and I can start it and shut it
down quickly, that is, within about 20-25 seconds for startup and about 10
seconds for shutdown.  

Kapersky has found this in about 10 files of the HP Recovery Wizard. How can
I disinfect them?
Thanks,
Oreally

In the aftermath of an infection, after deleting the file ave.exe from the
user's profile, I discovered that a registry key is different if I log in as
a different admin user than the one that was logged in when the infection
happened.