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echo: nthelp
to: Frank Haber
from: Rich
date: 2004-09-26 11:05:44
subject: Re: MS to secure IE for XP only

From: "Rich" 

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   You are doing these folks a disservice.  The folks I find infected =
with spyware are infected with stuff other than browser search hooks and =
helper objects.  Any example where you see an application registered to =
start when the user logs in is a great example.  If you don't actually =
remove this stuff, it doesn't matter what browser they use.  Their =
machine is owned and will likely continue to have further infections.

Rich

  "Frank Haber"  wrote in message =
news:41556ce5$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  I've had a couple of users whose IEs got so damaged by spyware that =
after
  removal, security and cert stuff just didn't work right no-how.  =
Firefox
  provided a quick out, and let them continue shopping (g).

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  "Frank Haber" <frhaber{at}N0SPMrcn.com>">mailto:frhaber{at}N0SPMrcn.com">frhaber{at}N0SPMrcn.com>
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