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485407	2006-09-18 04:16:00	Hi there! When using Auckland City Library Catalog PC blocks access to search a book results by blocking pop-up window. I have Win xp home without service packs. lt was ok until today. Can it be virus or spyware? On other websites there are no problems. Any ideas? Thanks	taly (5956)
485408	2006-09-18 04:19:00	Hi there! When using Auckland City Library Catalog PC blocks access to search a book results by blocking pop-up window. I have Win xp home without service packs. lt was ok until today. Can it be virus or spyware? On other websites there are no problems. Any ideas? Thanks	taly (5956)
485409	2006-09-18 05:04:00	Try deleting cookies, then install SP2. Without it, more can attack. It is a known fact that the initial release of XP can be taken down in 2 minutes by the Blaster worm. :eek:	pcuser42 (130)
485410	2006-09-18 10:48:00	Best to advise us what browser you're using. And yeah - get a service pack installed... at least SP1. If you go to SP2 make absolutely sure your system is clean of malware, viruses etc first.	Greg (193)
485411	2006-09-18 14:20:00	Thanks guys: will do.	taly (5956)
485412	2006-09-18 17:41:00	Taly: I am assuming that you have XP here . . . or you wouldn't be asking about this . The "clean" part in the above post/reply is primary! If you have ANY junk on your system . . . you can pretty well bet that SP-2 will muck things up . I have seen so many late installs of SP-2 that screwed up the opsys . . . but all is not lost . SP-2 horor stories are by people who waited too long to get it . Turn off System Restore, purge and clean like a mad Dutch woman and then run every piece of anti-stuff you have . To turn off System Restore: go to My Computer>>Control Panel>>System and go to System Restore tab and click in the Turn Off System Restore On All Drives box . IGNORE THE DIRE WARNINGS . . . they are just M$'s way of not telling you the truth . You are the master here, not M$! :groan: I don't recommend that you try to get SP-2 via FireFox either . . . there MIGHT be some conflicts with that browseer . . . Mr Bill doesn't like FireFox much . Hopefully you have the SP-2 disc from M$ at this time . . . but you can download it if you have a very large cap (or none at all!) . I very sincerly recommend getting and running the following: Spybot S&D (http://www . safer-networking . org/) AdAware ( . lavasoftusa . com/software/adaware/" target="_blank">www . lavasoftusa . com) SpyWare Blaster ( . javacoolsoftware . com/spywareblaster . html" target="_blank">www . javacoolsoftware . com) HiJackThis ( . majorgeeks . com/download3155 . html" target="_blank">www . majorgeeks . com) (here, a mirror site, as the Merjin home is kinda hard to navigate) . . . and post a copy on this site for perusal of our resident HiJackThis gurus . . Sir Speedy or Pancake! BTW: get Belarc Adviser ( . belarc . com/free_download . html" target="_blank">www . belarc . com) to get a snapshot of your system before you lose the keys and licenses for your programs . . . it will run in your default browser and then you can print it out (recommended heartilly!) for future reference . Everybody should do this yearly or after adding new hardware and programs . When all is clean and squeaks, then turn on System Restore again and get SP-2 ( . microsoft . com/uk/windows/sp2/default . mspx" target="_blank">www . microsoft . com) here . When you get it finally in/downloaded, then it'll be time to get some of these toys and tweaks from this site ( . aumha . org/freeware/freeware . php#aida" target="_blank">www . aumha . org) .	SurferJoe46 (51)
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