Hi Plato

"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
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> Don Cohen wrote:
>>
>> I have run into trouble with my daughter's computer. It is running XP
>> Home,
>> and used for online chatting and email primarily. I run NAV 2005 and
>> ZoneAlarm Free on it, and check periodically with AdAware and SpyBot S&D.
>> It has SP2 installed, and configured to automatically install Critical
>> Updates. But it's been a few months since I've been up there to check on
>> it.
>>
>> Yesterday morning she told me it was starting to get messed up
>> (non-technical term!). I'm pretty good about trouble-shooting hardware,
>
> 25 new viruses are released every single day. Teens who chat and
> download files recommended to them by chat buddies are the first ones to
> acquire the new bugs.


True. But I've instilled enough into her that other than MP3's, she knows
enough to not just casually accept files, or other downloads. I'm still
convinced that the User Profile corruption here resulted from her
inadvertently accepting the ZoneAlarmSecuritySuite Trial Upgrade, and its
subsequent expiration. But ultimately, who knows. I'll re-iterate this
with her, however.

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Don
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