John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue Feb 22 06:11:50 CST 2005
Or just use Firefox for the day to day browser. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:03 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] MS anti-spyware Hi John When in this mood, also go to this key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search and remove Bill's idea of always looking up the MSN Search page when you type in a not found URL. /gustav >>> john at winhaven.net 22-02-2005 03:21:34 >>> It just gets better and better. I just downloaded the latest iteration of MS anti-spyware and ran a scan to see if its any better. (So far its lived up to about 1/10 of the media hype.) Oh my gosh! It found a browser highjack attempt (How exasperating! I have Pest Patrol running 24/7 in order to keep those buggers out!) Oops, never mind, it was just me --- deciding that my homepage shouldn't be MSN.com (or whatever irritating homepage IE ships with). (I had changed it to my own website's homepage.) System scan: 1 item found 1 item ignored _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com