jennie171

March 8, 2005

Thanks, I just downloaded it and am going to install it.

"GOODIE GOODIE A NEW TOY"

March 8, 2005

thank you ! I am a natural tinkerer by habbit, but sometimes I tinker when I should have left well enough alone. This of course is why know what I know, fixing my own screw ups. I felt a sense of relief when I found this site. I can now put down the hammer and Advil and ask someone who knows. LOL

March 8, 2005

Well I have a copy of windows ME, but I dont think that would be any better than 98SE. There were alot of bugs in ME.

How can I see which updates are already installed ? Windows update?

March 8, 2005

I feels special

March 8, 2005

Matriarch

March 8, 2005

I am new here too, so I know it doesn't count as much coming from me, but Im glad your here.

March 7, 2005

SIMS

March 7, 2005

I went to Trend Micro Housecall to do a security scan of my computer. I am running windows 98 SE. The scan reported to me that there were 2 vulnerabilities in my computer.

1. Critical This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the processing of PNG image formats. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. (then it references) MSO5-009 for a fix.

---when I go to windows update to search for critical updates, it isnt there. When I go to the manual download page http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en I see that it references Windows XP. It also has a list of EXE files to download. There is a section in the FAQ addressing windows 98 being affected but it just sends me to the update page which finds nothing. Im a bit confused as to what to do, and why the windows update isnt picking up this critical update, but the scanner is.

2. Moderate A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in Outlook Express that could cause the said program to fail. The malformed email should be removed before restarting Outlook Express in order to regain its normal operation. (then it references) MS04-018 for a fix. as far as I can tell MS04-018 , applies to XP as well. Still unsure of what to do. :blink:

March 4, 2005

as far as I can tell #2 MS04-018 , applies to XP as well. Still unsure of what to do.

March 4, 2005

I went to Trend Micro Housecall to do a security scan of my computer. I am running windows 98 SE. The scan reported to me that there were 2 vulnerabilities in my computer.

1. Critical This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the processing of PNG image formats. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. (then it references) MSO5-009 for a fix.

---when I go to windows update to search for critical updates, it isnt there. When I go to the manual download page http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en I see that it references Windows XP. It also has a list of EXE files to download. There is a section in the FAQ addressing windows 98 being affected but it just sends me to the update page which finds nothing. Im a bit confused as to what to do, and why the windows update isnt picking up this critical update, but the scanner is.

2. Moderate A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in Outlook Express that could cause the said program to fail. The malformed email should be removed before restarting Outlook Express in order to regain its normal operation. (then it references) MS04-018 for a fix. (Im still working on this one)

March 3, 2005

thanks

March 3, 2005

What java is best to use ?

March 3, 2005

I will have to crack her open, Im sure she has plenty of dust bunnies to give to me. Thanks for your help. Do you know anything about Routers ?

March 3, 2005

I guess Ill just take my chances and start studying. I want to build my own next time. Hopefully I can get this one here to behave so I can continue to work. If you know of any good advice for a beginner it would be appreciated.

March 3, 2005

One other thing I forgot to mention (DUH!) When It had its incident of sneezing it was the first time I was turning it on all day. It had sat all night and all day until around dinner time. So over heating seems to be ruled out.

March 3, 2005

Not me Im too scared!

March 3, 2005

flatulence

March 3, 2005

I have good old windows 98 SE. Sorry about the missing info. I'm kinda new to this posting thing. I have no error messages other than the occasional one with shut down or restart. I have checked all of the connections outside but haven't opened her up in a while. Do you think that would help ?

March 3, 2005

Here is my situation. I have an old computer nothing special. It was put together for me four years ago when funds where tight and since Ive upgraded a little here and there. I know I need memory Im running on 128mb. Can this cause my computer to restart itself? Keep in mind since the day I turned it on it has restarted itself from time to time. This is nothing new, but this time it kind of...........sneezed..........Where it turned itself off and on and off and on again quite a few times before I could make it behave.

Im up on all of the security features and have all of my updates, and upgrades. Ive had my Hijackthis log looked at an OK'ed. My system has a 650MHZ amd duron(its sad I know) , 128 Megs of Ram, 2 hard drives one 8 gig, one 40 gig. I have Ethernet hookup and a few other goodies. I know I am going to need a new one but would like to get another couple of months out of this one, maybe even another year. Anyone have any advice for me?

March 2, 2005

I did everything you asked. Thanks again for taking time for me.

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1

Scan saved at 9:23:54 PM, on 3/1/05

Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)

MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE

C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\CCEVTMGR.EXE

C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\CCSETMGR.EXE

C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\CCPROXY.EXE

C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\SNDSRVC.EXE

C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\AOL\TOPSPEED\2.0\AOLTSMON.EXE

D:\DISKEEPER\DKSERVICE.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE

C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\AOL\TOPSPEED\2.0\AOLTPSPD.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RPCSS.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\ptsnoop.exe

C:\PROGRAM FILES\LOGITECH\MOUSEWARE\SYSTEM\EM_EXEC.EXE

C:\PROGRAM FILES\LOGITECH\ITOUCH\ITOUCH.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE

C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\CCAPP.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\LEXBCES.EXE

C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\CCPD-LC\SYMLCSVC.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\LEXPPS.EXE

D:\SPY SWEEPER\SPY SWEEPER\SPYSWEEPER.EXE

C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE\1033\MSOFFICE.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE

C:\UNZIPPED\HIJACKTHIS\HIJACKTHIS.EXE

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Verizon Online

F1 - win.ini: run=hpfsched

O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\ADOBE\ACROBAT 5.0\READER\ACTIVEX\ACROIEHELPER.OCX

O2 - BHO: Web assistant - {9ECB9560-04F9-4bbc-943D-298DDF1699E1} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\AdBlocking\NISShExt.dll

O2 - BHO: NAV Helper - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872} - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll

O3 - Toolbar: Web assistant - {0B53EAC3-8D69-4b9e-9B19-A37C9A5676A7} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\AdBlocking\NISShExt.dll

O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll

O3 - Toolbar: AOL Toolbar - {4982D40A-C53B-4615-B15B-B5B5E98D167C} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\AOL TOOLBAR\TOOLBAR.DLL

O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSDXM.OCX

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PTSNOOP] ptsnoop.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EM_EXEC] C:\PROGRA~1\LOGITECH\MOUSEW~1\SYSTEM\EM_EXEC.EXE

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [zBrowser Launcher] C:\Program Files\Logitech\iTouch\iTouch.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [scanRegistry] C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TaskMonitor] C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [systemTray] SysTray.Exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CountrySelection] pctptt.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LexStart] Lexstart.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [urlLSTCK.exe] C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\UrlLstCk.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [symantec NetDriver Monitor] C:\PROGRA~1\SYMNET~1\SNDMON.EXE

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [symantec Core LC] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe start

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [schedulingAgent] mstask.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [LoadPowerProfile] Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [ccEvtMgr] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [ccSetMgr] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [scriptBlocking] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Script Blocking\SBServ.exe" -reg

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [ccProxy] C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\CCPROXY.EXE

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [sndSrvc] C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\SNDSRVC.EXE

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [AOL TopSpeedMonitor] C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\TopSpeed\2.0\aoltsmon.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [DkService] D:\Diskeeper\DkService.exe

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [spySweeper] "D:\Spy Sweeper\Spy Sweeper\SPYSWEEPER.EXE" /0

O4 - Startup: Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

O8 - Extra context menu item: &AOL Toolbar search - res://C:\PROGRAM FILES\AOL TOOLBAR\TOOLBAR.DLL/SEARCH.HTML

O9 - Extra button: Real.com - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Shdocvw.dll

O9 - Extra button: AIM - {AC9E2541-2814-11d5-BC6D-00B0D0A1DE45} - D:\PROGRAM FILES\AIM95\AIM.EXE

O9 - Extra button: AOL Toolbar - {4982D40A-C53B-4615-B15B-B5B5E98D167C} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\AOL TOOLBAR\TOOLBAR.DLL

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: AOL Toolbar - {4982D40A-C53B-4615-B15B-B5B5E98D167C} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\AOL TOOLBAR\TOOLBAR.DLL

O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll

O16 - DPF: {4A3CF76B-EC7A-405D-A67D-8DC6B52AB35B} (QDiagAOLCCUpdateObj Class) - http://aolcc.aol.com/computercheckup/qdiagcc.cab

O16 - DPF: {B8BE5E93-A60C-4D26-A2DC-220313175592} (ZoneIntro Class) - http://zone.msn.com/binFramework/v10/ZIntro.cab27513.cab

O16 - DPF: {E5D419D6-A846-4514-9FAD-97E826C84822} (HeartbeatCtl Class) - http://fdl.msn.com/zone/datafiles/heartbeat.cab

O16 - DPF: {F00F4763-7355-4725-82F7-0DA94A256D46} (IncrediMail) - http://www2.incredimail.com/contents/setup...p1/imloader.cab

O16 - DPF: {37DF41B2-61DB-4CAC-A755-CFB3C7EE7F40} (AOL Content Update) - http://esupport.aol.com/help/acp2/engine/aolcoach_core_1.cab

O16 - DPF: {7936F65B-5993-4CB3-96E2-E2DB0B781E10} - http://download.kerclink.com:8080/KERclinkInstall.cab

O16 - DPF: {BF985246-09BF-11D2-BE62-006097DF57F6} (SimCityX Control) - http://simcity.ea.com/play/classic/SimCityX.cab

O16 - DPF: {A44B714B-EE0F-453E-9300-A69B321FEF6C} (MaxisSimsFamilyTeleX Control) - http://thesims.ea.com/teleport/families/Ma...FamilyTeleX.cab

O16 - DPF: {644E432F-49D3-41A1-8DD5-E099162EEEC5} (Symantec RuFSI Utility Class) - http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/SharedC...n/bin/cabsa.cab

O16 - DPF: {B160422D-0A48-11D4-BD9B-00A0C9B0AB7B} (Download Class) - http://expressit.broderbund.com/plugin/Download.cab

March 1, 2005

I currently have Norton Internet Security 2004, I also run spy sweeper with shields up. Before I bought spy sweeper I found that I had 2 trojans and a worm. Since then I have removed them but am plagued with the thought that there is something else there that I just cant see. I am quite dissapointed with Norton, but would like to know if maybe there is some security vulnerability that Im not aware of.