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01-Jul-2002, 10:15 AM
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| Security Test I'm not sure how intrusive this little test is, but I ran it and it was quite interesting, it checks I/E for security on your PC and recomends changes if needed. I ran it and all was well, try it ! HERE it is...Rhett PS, I had no security holes 
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01-Jul-2002, 11:09 AM
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 Dark Star I think you better buy a new pc, hook it up and just stare at it Anything you do will make changes, are we a little paranoid ?? Perhaps the scariest thing you downloaded was that little program that tells you whats going on ! Relax, big brother doesn't have time for you, he is to busy chasing after me !!  ...Rhett
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01-Jul-2002, 12:12 PM
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| rhett, rhett, rhett .... We all know that a systems REG is an everchanging and expanding thing of beauty  Other than the fact that the larger the REG becomes while changes are made and new keys are created with downloaded 3rd party software and all these diagnostic tests will in time slow things down over time... it's just the way that it is.3rd party program downloads may cause conflict with other previous downloads and we all live with that... IMO and from my limited knowledge of 3rd party downloaded apps, I've seen a few systems become unstable by 3rd party app happy download users. I know that you have too.... and anyone cruisin the real help boards will see that as well.  scanreg /restore at the prompt ... LOL The reason I use a download manager and uninstaller is because then I need not be concerned about if a program I downloaded has an uninstall engine or not ... whenever I want it gone it leaves excatly and completely as it came in. No worries about "I wonder if this download left a trail of junk that did not uninstall" .... One click of a button and its ALL gone bye bye.  I know that you are not a "3rd party app download happy" kind of guy. .... so please don't go get all howdy on me now. ... heck we have a new chat room now (thanks Mike) and we can always go duke it out in there.   btw I am aware "this" diagnostic utility is not an installed 3rd party app..... there's no .exe files installed therefore requires no uninstall. .... Temp Internet Files is all Hey btw... Did your A/V program show up at all during this test? Mine never showed it's face 
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01-Jul-2002, 12:39 PM
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 Glad you cleared that all up So if I'm not a D/L happy kind of guy?? Why is the "download file" dialog box burned in my screen ? I never had my AV go off either, must be why they said "may" I use AVG, you use Norton...maybe McAfee gets it's goat Was in chat last night, no ducky ! I thought you'd be on a plane today..... Rhett
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01-Jul-2002, 02:54 PM
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| Re: Glad you cleared that all up Quote:
If a "File Download" dialog box appears referencing a text (.txt) file, then you are also vulnerable. To continue the test, select "Open this file from its current location", and click "OK". A security warning may appear. Click "OK". and then it went on to say... If a "File Download" dialog box appears referencing a .tmp or a .exe file, then you are secure. Click "Cancel" to close the dialog box. So I took that to mean.... If a "File Download" dialog box appears referencing a text .txt file= bad news ... and that if what appears is a.tmp or a .exe file= good news see now thats how I understood that to work but only if they mean what they say and say what they mean. now the one that I got a kick out of was the Security Zone Spoofing Hack mostly because they say... Vendor Solution: Not available at this time from Microsoft. but this is what's really way  Workaround: At this time the only workaround is to disable active scripting. However, if you disable active scripting you will lose important functionality on some Web sites, including this Web Browser Check. and well of course we would never get to see this "Web Browser Check" function at all if we had "disabled active scripting" now would we? But the best suggestion they gave was... "We recommend that you wait for the patch from Microsoft, and install it when it is available" See that's why I don't really worry... they make good sound recomendations like wait for the patch I believe they may have some great influence with the Microsoft people... heck I know it's all true because I read all about it on the INTERNET.
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