"BoaterDave" <BoaterDave@nospam.invalid> after much thought,came up
with this jewel in news:uGk0zJBiIHA.5900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
> A fascinating insight into how matters may be construed by some,
> Richard! I was pleased to hear that you have erradicated your
> malware without the need for the procedures carried out by
> 'Banwar' on the SWI forum, cited as an example by PA Bear.
You're not trolling for Bear, are you dave?
> I was impressed by Barkimmy (a fellow granddad!) taking the time
> and trouble to try to help.
Chances were good that it was a waste of bandwidth since many posters
do not "take the time and trouble" to follow-up.
> Malke responded (I believe Malke is
> female) with an array of 'links' to other sites. I'd bet real
> money that Richard and/or Barkimmy clicked on one or more of those
> links without giving it a second thought. I once had a notion
I'll bet those two brain cells were pissed off!!!
> that, as this place has Microsoft in its name, someone would be
> policing same. As far as I know, this is NOT so - no-one is
> responsible for checking that links placed here take one to a
> 'safe' place. A wonderful opportunity for 'the bad guys' to prey
> upon innocent folk, eh?
This is a free, public forum. Even you are allowed to post here.
Messages are not "approved" before posting but some have been removed
from the MS servers for "bad" content and still remain on other
servers.
> Here is the signature block of PA Bear, taken from AumHa.net:-
>
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> AumHa VSOP, Admin & Moderator; MS MVP-Internet Explorer, Mail,
> Consumer Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> Steely-eyed Missile Man, Sensei, Mule Skinner & Smart Alex
and what is your sig? troll wanabe????
>
>
> Wlth so many folk visiting AumHa for assistance with Malware
> erradication, I cannot help wondering why Robear cited a
> Spywareinfo site for his example, rather than one from AumHa.
Could be simple, it was the first entry using google?
> Perhaps Robear will explain why we should trust others when they
> tell us to download 'unknown' programmes onto our machines without
> us having any idea what effect they might have.
Who to trust? An age-old question.(or is that old-age)
>
> Dave
is this supposed to be some kind of delimiter????
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> "Richard Henderson" <RichardHenderson@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message
> news:9933CFEF-CA4D-49F3-928B-94DCA4A21F7A@microsoft.com...
>> Ah well ... just shows how wrong you can be! The original poster
>> is still around and did read your posts - thank you.
>> Largely now overtaken by events.
>> I did eventually get rid of the rustock virus and repaired my
>> installation from the original CD - just short of a reinstall.
>> Updates now OK, and no crashes or BSOD for quite a while, but
>> have opted out
>> of IE7 updates. My broadband is provided by BTYahoo who have
>> their own browser (an IE6 variant) which is incomptaible (at
>> present) with IE7. Richard
>
> <snip>
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