AlexB - You need to add a setting to your config.ini file.

Type: SET ALEXB=RETARD

Restart your machine.


"AlexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> For one thing, you should leave you laptop overnight for it to get some
> updates and repair itself. Vista does have this ability.
>
> At the same token what makes you think that your machine is malware free.
> It is a statement I would never take for the face value. What for one is a
> good housekeeping is a lousy one for another.
>
> Read this:
>
> My policy is not to use any 3-rd party anti-malware except Spybot S&D.
> Windows Vista offers sufficient protection against malicious software
> writers some of them I am sure watch this forum very carefully.
>
> Download Microsoft Windows Baseline Security Analyzer. It is Beta 2.1 for
> Vista and I think it is safe to download. Run it.
>
> <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F32921AF-9DBE-4DCE-889E-ECF997EB18E9&displaylang=en>
>
> It will give you all your vulnerabilities, especially in your firewall
> settings. You should read the report and if it suggests any changes, you
> should consider them.
> Your Windows firewall setting will be analyzed.
>
> Download Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830).
> It will want to run upon install. Choose the FULL scan although it may
> give you a threatening message that it might take a few hours. It will
> scan your entire computer in about half an hour or less if you do not have
> a lot of stuff in it.
>
> <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ad724ae0-e72d-4f54-9ab3-75b8eb148356&displaylang=en>
>
> Some reassuring information: Malicious Software Removal Tool
> <http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx>
> The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool helps remove
> specific, prevalent malicious software from computers that are running
> Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000
> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=890830[/url]
>
> You can also go to Protection Center (Microsoft)
> <http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/howsafe.htm?s_cid=mscom_msrt>
> and click "Protection Scan." There will be a dropdown menu and a button:
> "Launch Full Scan or Vista." You can do it if you wish.
>
> Download and install Spybot Search & Destroy, a great piece of software
> which is free for individuals but corporations pay fees. You may be asked
> for donations but it is up to you. It is very up to date and every week
> you will have to download new updates, sometimes even more often. You
> should check for updates every time you run it. It will give you all
> su*kers leached into your registry and ask you if you wanted to remove
> them. Many of them have masqueraded themselves under MS Windows names like
> Windows.something. Do not hesitate to kill them all. You can trust SB S&D.
>
> [url]http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html[/url]
>
> It also allows you to IMMUNIZE your system. It means that when you go to a
> website and they try to download some kind of a Trojan to you SB S&D will
> either kill it silently, or ask you if you want to do it or will kill it
> and give you a notice. It is better to let it kill them all in silence.
>
> Listen to Mark Russinovich's (MS) webcast: Advanced Malware Cleaning
>
> <http://www.microsoft.com/emea/spotlight/sessionh.aspx?videoid=359>
>
> Downloading any 3-rd party "free" anti-spyware program (with teh exception
> SB S&D) is an invitation for a disaster.
>
> The AV (antivirus industry) is on the way to the cemetery:
> The slow death of AV technology:
> [url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/08/death_of_av/[/url]
> Vista did it in.
>
> Last note: it has been suggested around here by some unscrupulous trolls
> that the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) and SB S&D do
> not clean the registry. MSRT and SB S&D work on different principles. MSRT
> in full mode reads RAM memory and detects patterns in the files that match
> known viruses and other malware configuraions. This is why it takes so
> long to run. If malicious code is detected it is also quite likely that it
> has a representation in the registry.
>
> The only way to remove a particular piece of malware is to CLEAN the
> registry off of this key.
> SB S&D works by going thru the registry and locating known names that
> match its database of malicious software. After all culprits are found the
> user is asked if he/she want to remove the malicious software. If you say
> OK, then the registry IS CLEANED of this set of malicious execs. The execs
> themselves are killed in the respective folders.
>
> In this sense both tools do CLEAN the registry. They do not do any
> "housekeeping" which is absolutely superfluous and unnecessary. It is NOT
> recommended by MS and most of the experienced users as well.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Frank" <Frank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ABEE08AE-755C-421C-9C74-255E5C476D1D@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> Hi there,
>> I'm hoping someone can shed some light. I have a Vista laptop which is
>> factory spec (Spec:
>> [url]http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/jsp/productPage.do?service=UK&PRODUCT_ID=128153#0[/url]
>> ). It is up to date with virus and malware scanning and I use it mainly
>> for
>> internet and work, being quite wary of what I install on it.
>> In the last month it has been a lot more sluggish, with different
>> programs
>> freezing, then displaying "Not Responding" in the window; this can happen
>> in
>> anything that I'm using from Internet Explorer to MSN messenger.
>> Sometimes
>> even Vista freezes with refusing to acknowledge Start menu clicks or task
>> bar
>> clicks. It takes anything from 10 - 30 seconds for it to resolve and to
>> work fine again. These errors happen intermittantly every few minutes.
>> I'm not sure if it's related or coincidental but I've noticed the
>> harddrive
>> light will sometimes be lit whilst this is happening, without the sound
>> of
>> the harddrive actually being active.
>>
>> Please can someone shed some light on this and how to fix it.[/color]
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