i find it interesting, that despite Windows constant reassurings, and
upgrades, and money making for said events, that i -still- get viruses. all
of that i get come through Internet Explorer, a Windows Browser if I'm not
mistaken. now, generally i dont even use IE, ill open it maybe once a month,
the rest of the time i use Netscape. tell me now.... why am i getting viruses
through IE, when i dont use it, and i get not one while using Netscape?
Netscape doesnt boast about security as thier main feature as does IE, i just
dont get it.

then when i DO get a viruse from IE, my security center alerts me about
every 2 seconds that im infected, and it intrupts and ruins any applications
i have open? what's the deal with this? and a a final thought, what truly
makes me the most upset, is this stupid XP activation thing.

Im the type of person that liek to ahve nice things, while trying out my
different options. so im constantly upgradeing, or swapping out hardware
components, to make things better for me, or just to compare. However,
everytime i swap out a new motherboard, i have to activate windows again. the
Key you gewt for XP, the 25 digit one, is onhly good for , i believe, 4
activaions, maybe 5, and once you run out... you ahve to drop 100$ on 25 more
letters and numbers, how on earth is this fair? not to mention having to
reformat because of viruses gotten through, once again IE. each time you
reformat you need to reactivate. very annoying and gets costly.

all in all, id ahve to say, if it werent for that fact that 95% of PC games
wont work on another Operation System, i would ahve switched out of Windows
and into Linux a very long time ago. so thank you Windows for a horrible
experience with you Operation System *smiles*

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"kabraxis" wrote:

| i find it interesting, that despite Windows constant reassurings, and
| upgrades, and money making for said events, that i -still- get viruses. all
| of that i get come through Internet Explorer, a Windows Browser if I'm not
| mistaken. now, generally i dont even use IE, ill open it maybe once a month,
| the rest of the time i use Netscape. tell me now.... why am i getting viruses
| through IE, when i dont use it, and i get not one while using Netscape?
| Netscape doesnt boast about security as thier main feature as does IE, i just
| dont get it.
|
| then when i DO get a viruse from IE, my security center alerts me about
| every 2 seconds that im infected, and it intrupts and ruins any applications
| i have open? what's the deal with this? and a a final thought, what truly
| makes me the most upset, is this stupid XP activation thing.
|
| Im the type of person that liek to ahve nice things, while trying out my
| different options. so im constantly upgradeing, or swapping out hardware
| components, to make things better for me, or just to compare. However,
| everytime i swap out a new motherboard, i have to activate windows again. the
| Key you gewt for XP, the 25 digit one, is onhly good for , i believe, 4
| activaions, maybe 5, and once you run out... you ahve to drop 100$ on 25 more
| letters and numbers, how on earth is this fair? not to mention having to
| reformat because of viruses gotten through, once again IE. each time you
| reformat you need to reactivate. very annoying and gets costly.
|
| all in all, id ahve to say, if it werent for that fact that 95% of PC games
| wont work on another Operation System, i would ahve switched out of Windows
| and into Linux a very long time ago. so thank you Windows for a horrible
| experience with you Operation System *smiles*

If you are not running Internet Explorer, you can not get an infection
"through" Internet Explorer. You are opening the door elsewhere to let the
nasty buggers in. May I suggest instant messaging and email as likely
culprits, along with Netscape.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"kabraxis" <mad_kabraxis(removethis)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:62B2A9ED-8DBE-4FBA-83DB-84CE290332FD@microsoft.com...
>i find it interesting, that despite Windows constant reassurings, and
> upgrades, and money making for said events, that i -still- get viruses.
> all
> of that i get come through Internet Explorer, a Windows Browser if I'm not
> mistaken. now, generally i dont even use IE, ill open it maybe once a
> month,
> the rest of the time i use Netscape. tell me now.... why am i getting
> viruses
> through IE, when i dont use it, and i get not one while using Netscape?
> Netscape doesnt boast about security as thier main feature as does IE, i
> just
> dont get it.
>
> then when i DO get a viruse from IE, my security center alerts me about
> every 2 seconds that im infected, and it intrupts and ruins any
> applications
> i have open? what's the deal with this? and a a final thought, what truly
> makes me the most upset, is this stupid XP activation thing.
>
> Im the type of person that liek to ahve nice things, while trying out my
> different options. so im constantly upgradeing, or swapping out hardware
> components, to make things better for me, or just to compare. However,
> everytime i swap out a new motherboard, i have to activate windows again.
> the
> Key you gewt for XP, the 25 digit one, is onhly good for , i believe, 4
> activaions, maybe 5, and once you run out... you ahve to drop 100$ on 25
> more
> letters and numbers, how on earth is this fair? not to mention having to
> reformat because of viruses gotten through, once again IE. each time you
> reformat you need to reactivate. very annoying and gets costly.
>
> all in all, id ahve to say, if it werent for that fact that 95% of PC
> games
> wont work on another Operation System, i would ahve switched out of
> Windows
> and into Linux a very long time ago. so thank you Windows for a horrible
> experience with you Operation System *smiles*

There are a few things wrong in your post.
The Security Center monitors your Windows Update status, anti virus
protection and firewall.
If something is wrong with one or more of those, you get notified.
The Security Center does NOT alert you that you have an infection.
If it is the Security Center, you have a problem with one of the 3 items.
Do you have anti virus protection and is it up to date?
Do you have all the latest Windows Critical Updates installed?
Do you have a firewall?
Also see:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/security.htm

Your information about 4 or 5 activations is FALSE.
That is one of many similar rumours perpetuated by Microsoft's critics and
has no basis in fact.
You can install and activate FREE an unlimited number of times on the same
computer.
See this for the facts about activation:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"kabraxis" <mad_kabraxis(removethis)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:62B2A9ED-8DBE-4FBA-83DB-84CE290332FD@microsoft.com...
>i find it interesting, that despite Windows constant reassurings, and
> upgrades, and money making for said events, that i -still- get viruses.
> all
> of that i get come through Internet Explorer, a Windows Browser if I'm not
> mistaken. now, generally i dont even use IE, ill open it maybe once a
> month,
> the rest of the time i use Netscape. tell me now.... why am i getting
> viruses
> through IE, when i dont use it, and i get not one while using Netscape?
> Netscape doesnt boast about security as thier main feature as does IE, i
> just
> dont get it.
>
> then when i DO get a viruse from IE, my security center alerts me about
> every 2 seconds that im infected, and it intrupts and ruins any
> applications
> i have open? what's the deal with this? and a a final thought, what truly
> makes me the most upset, is this stupid XP activation thing.
>
> Im the type of person that liek to ahve nice things, while trying out my
> different options. so im constantly upgradeing, or swapping out hardware
> components, to make things better for me, or just to compare. However,
> everytime i swap out a new motherboard, i have to activate windows again.
> the
> Key you gewt for XP, the 25 digit one, is onhly good for , i believe, 4
> activaions, maybe 5, and once you run out... you ahve to drop 100$ on 25
> more
> letters and numbers, how on earth is this fair? not to mention having to
> reformat because of viruses gotten through, once again IE. each time you
> reformat you need to reactivate. very annoying and gets costly.
>
> all in all, id ahve to say, if it werent for that fact that 95% of PC
> games
> wont work on another Operation System, i would ahve switched out of
> Windows
> and into Linux a very long time ago. so thank you Windows for a horrible
> experience with you Operation System *smiles*

It sounds like you are not following even the most basic security
precautions. See the link below on tips on learning how to Protect Your PC
and make sure you are doing at least those. Advanced users running XP Pro
can use Software Restriction Policies to further lock down their computers
to be very secure. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...2/Default.mspx

"kabraxis" <mad_kabraxis(removethis)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:62B2A9ED-8DBE-4FBA-83DB-84CE290332FD@microsoft.com...
>i find it interesting, that despite Windows constant reassurings, and
> upgrades, and money making for said events, that i -still- get viruses.
> all
> of that i get come through Internet Explorer, a Windows Browser if I'm not
> mistaken. now, generally i dont even use IE, ill open it maybe once a
> month,
> the rest of the time i use Netscape. tell me now.... why am i getting
> viruses
> through IE, when i dont use it, and i get not one while using Netscape?
> Netscape doesnt boast about security as thier main feature as does IE, i
> just
> dont get it.
>
> then when i DO get a viruse from IE, my security center alerts me about
> every 2 seconds that im infected, and it intrupts and ruins any
> applications
> i have open? what's the deal with this? and a a final thought, what truly
> makes me the most upset, is this stupid XP activation thing.
>
> Im the type of person that liek to ahve nice things, while trying out my
> different options. so im constantly upgradeing, or swapping out hardware
> components, to make things better for me, or just to compare. However,
> everytime i swap out a new motherboard, i have to activate windows again.
> the
> Key you gewt for XP, the 25 digit one, is onhly good for , i believe, 4
> activaions, maybe 5, and once you run out... you ahve to drop 100$ on 25
> more
> letters and numbers, how on earth is this fair? not to mention having to
> reformat because of viruses gotten through, once again IE. each time you
> reformat you need to reactivate. very annoying and gets costly.
>
> all in all, id ahve to say, if it werent for that fact that 95% of PC
> games
> wont work on another Operation System, i would ahve switched out of
> Windows
> and into Linux a very long time ago. so thank you Windows for a horrible
> experience with you Operation System *smiles*

kabraxis wrote:
> i find it interesting, that despite Windows constant reassurings, and
> upgrades, and money making for said events, that i -still- get
> viruses. all of that i get come through Internet Explorer, a Windows
> Browser if I'm not mistaken. now, generally i dont even use IE, ill
> open it maybe once a month, the rest of the time i use Netscape. tell
> me now.... why am i getting viruses through IE, when i dont use it,
> and i get not one while using Netscape? Netscape doesnt boast about
> security as thier main feature as does IE, i just dont get it.
>
> then when i DO get a viruse from IE, my security center alerts me
> about every 2 seconds that im infected, and it intrupts and ruins any
> applications i have open? what's the deal with this? and a a final
> thought, what truly makes me the most upset, is this stupid XP
> activation thing.
>
> Im the type of person that liek to ahve nice things, while trying out
> my different options. so im constantly upgradeing, or swapping out
> hardware components, to make things better for me, or just to
> compare. However, everytime i swap out a new motherboard, i have to
> activate windows again. the Key you gewt for XP, the 25 digit one, is
> onhly good for , i believe, 4 activaions, maybe 5, and once you run
> out... you ahve to drop 100$ on 25 more letters and numbers, how on
> earth is this fair? not to mention having to reformat because of
> viruses gotten through, once again IE. each time you reformat you
> need to reactivate. very annoying and gets costly.
>
> all in all, id ahve to say, if it werent for that fact that 95% of PC
> games wont work on another Operation System, i would ahve switched
> out of Windows and into Linux a very long time ago. so thank you
> Windows for a horrible experience with you Operation System *smiles*

It sounds like you may have been infected with Spy Sherriff or SpyAxe
malware. This spyware can come in through IE, Netscape, IM worms, email,
java exploits, and probably other methods as well. Search these newsgroups
for post by David H Lipman to find out how to remove it.

Kerry