OOPS!! Motzarella wasn't sending (I thought) and switched to aioe.org,
but even tho the other 2 are not in my sent folder, they obviously got
posted.
And I still say that the unchecked malware is nothing to worry about
(VBG)
"Heather" <no.guns@highnoon.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
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>> slate_leeper wrote:
>>> The other day I brought up SpywareBlaster to check for updates, and
>>> found the status screen said that one item was unprotected in the
>>> "restricted sites" section. I paged through the list and found the
>>> unprotected item was number 1630, "CoolWebSearch 5starvideos.com."
>>>
>>> I set protection on for that item, checked for updates, and made
>>> sure
>>> the status screen said that all items were protected.
>>>
>>> Then I went to my HOSTS file and added 5starvideos.com and
>>> www.5starvideos.com. Yesterday when I looked at SpywareBlaster, all
>>> was well. Today the same item is again unprotected.
>>>
>>> AdAware, NOD32 antivirus, and SpyBot SD have all shown nothing.
>>> There
>>> is nothing I don't recognize running in the XP Task Manager list.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> -dan z-
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>> Three ideas:
>> 1)Uninstall and reinstall SpyWareBlaster
>> 2)DL, install, update and run both of these free programs seperately.
>> SuperAntiSpyware and MalWareBytes' Anti-Maleware.
>> 3)Unistall the two above programs if you don't want them after you
>> used
>> them.
>
> FWIW, I found the same unchecked item yesterday.....found a different
> one a week or so ago. Have no clue how they got unchecked.
>
> I run SuperAntiSpyware and Spybot weekly.....neither of these reacted
> to
> the unchecked malware name. Nor did they find anything to write home
> about other than the usual cookies that I know well and often remove
> manually.
>
> So I don't think running the two programs you mention will do much
> good.
> I suppose I will go to SpywareBlaster and ask them.
>
> Cheers.....Heather
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